Sri Lankan Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage is discontent with his Indian counterpart for issuing just 10 tickets for the cricket World Cup finals between India and Sri Lanka. The minister said that President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s delegation consisted of more than 10 people but the party had to be restricted to 10.
The minister was quoted by The Sunday Times that the other ministers who accompanied the President had to procure their tickets in the black market.
Another minister Seneviratne said that when Indian delegates visited Sri Lanka they were treated much better. The Sri Lankan High Commissioner in New Delhi, Prasad Kariyawasam, however, said that facilities extended to their delegates were satisfactory.