Colombo: Criterion social media followers on the cricket field! According to the number of followers, who is the ‘icon’, who is the ‘star’ cricketer! There is a storm of controversy after seeing the eligibility criteria in the neighboring country’s cricket league. The incident is of the Lanka Premier League (Lanka Premier League). Before the start of the sixth season of the franchise league of the island state, all the practice is about this rule.

According to this new rule of the Lankan League, it is necessary to have at least two and a half lakh followers on social media to become an ‘icon’ or ‘star’ cricketer. As soon as this strange rule became known, there was a storm of criticism on social media. Many people ask why the popularity of social media will be a criterion for determining the eligibility of cricketers in a cricket league?