Indian Premier League Chairman and Commissioner Lalit Modi's contention that cricket boards allowing their players to take part in the IPL were entitled for participation fee has been questioned by the Sri Lanka Cricket.

"As far as Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is concerned it has not received any participation fee in the recently concluded Indian Premier League," a Cricket Board official said here.



"We do not know about other boards but SLC has not got any fee for allowing its players to play in the IPL" the official said.

In a letter to the island players late last month, Sri Lanka Cricket Chairman Arjuna Ranatunga said "by permitting our national players to participate in the IPL, it is private individuals who earn a percentage of the players' earning while Sri Lanka cricket gets no financial benefits whatsoever." Modi, in an recent interview, had reportedly asserted that boards were getting a fee for permitting their players to participate.

Modi was asked whether the entry of another Twenty20 league backed by the BCCI, after the Indian Premier League (IPL), add to the anxiety expressed by some boards that all the money generated by these two tournaments is flowing only towards the BCCI, the players and their agents, and not to the respective boards who release the players.

"Absolutely not true," said Modi.