The Sri Lankan cricket authorities today cleared the name of seven of its eight players to play in the BCCI backed multi-million Indian Premier League (IPL) scheduled to begin from April next year.Captain Mahela Jayawardene and spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan are among the players to sign up to play in the inaugural season of the IPL. “We have approved the names of seven players to play for IPL and the eighth player Nuwan Zoysa does not have a contract with us though his name will also be cleared for playing in the league,” Secretary of Sri Lankan Cricket (SLC) K Mathivanan said.
