India's cricket chiefs Monday changed the venue of the second One-Day International against Sri Lanka due to political tension in the coastal city of Visakhapatnam. The match will now take place Friday in Nagpur, which had hosted a Twenty20 international between India and Sri Lanka last week. Visakhapatnam, in the south-eastern state of Andhra Pradesh, has been gripped by demonstrations over the federal government's decision to create a separate state of Telangana. The match on Friday at the Vidarbha Cricket Association ground in Nagpur will be a day-night game, the Indian cricket board said in a statement. Sri Lanka begins a five-match one-day series against India Tuesday in the western city of Rajkot. The remaining matches will be played in Nagpur (Dec. 18), Cuttack (Dec. 21), Kolkata (Dec. 24) and New Delhi (Dec. 27). Sri Lanka lost the preceding Test series 2-0 and both teams won a Twenty20 match each. England bowlers turn down IPL chance England fast bowlers Stuart Broad and James Anderson will not play in next year's Indian Premier League, British media revealed Monday. The seamers were in line for exciting opportunities in the cash-laden climes of the IPL but will instead turn their full attention to their international careers. Andrew Flintoff injured his knee while playing in the IPL last year while Kevin Pietersen had to deny claims he aggravated an Achilles injury while training with Bangalore Royal Challengers. BBC radio quoted Broad, who also turned down an India stint last year, as saying that his “number one priority” was to represent his country.
