Sri Lanka’s National Emergency vs Asia Cup 2022: Even though Sri Lanka Cricket finished the Australia series convincingly, they are once again in trouble. A state of emergency has been imposed on the island nation of Sri Lanka as a result of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s flight from the country amid protest. Consequently, both the impending Pakistan Tour of Sri Lanka and the Asia Cup 2022 is now in peril.
Thousands of protesters also descended on PM Ranil Wickremesinghe’s palace on Wednesday, further complicating matters. The military of the nation was compelled to intervene and advise citizens not to do it. Curfews have been imposed over all of Colombo, leaving Sri Lanka in unrest and despair.
According to Dinouk Colombage, a spokeswoman for Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, “an emergency has been proclaimed to address the situation in the country because the president is out of the country.”
Due to the recent economic crisis and widespread protests, Sri Lanka has been plagued with issues. Thousands of demonstrators stormed the Galle Presidential residence as President Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives in the midst of all of that.
A senior police official stated, “There are continuing protests outside the prime minister’s office in Colombo and we need the curfew to handle the situation.”
The Pakistani side, captained by Babar Azam, has already arrived in Sri Lanka to play a two-match Test series. In Colombo, Pakistan is presently competing in a warm-up match. The two-match Test series that will begin on July 16 in Galle, however, is still uncertain.
The protest has made it on to the fort overlooking the cricket. The cops can't stop numbers like this pic.twitter.com/14HaQ2s7Qd
— Andrew Fidel Fernando (@afidelf) July 9, 2022
The month-long tour of Sri Lanka by the Australian men’s team has now come to an end. The Indian women’s team just completed a tour around the nation.
If the situation worsens further, the ACC does not want to take any chances.
During the second test between Sri Lanka and Australia, protesters and general turmoil made their way to the Galle International Stadium. For this reason, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) is probably going to reconsider where the competition will be held.
As Sri Lanka continues to struggle with civil turmoil, hundreds of protesters stormed the Presidential Palace in Colombo last week. Due to the severe lack of necessities, protests have become the norm.
