A private cricket league that brought international players to Srinagar’s Bakshi Stadium has ended in chaos, with organisers allegedly leaving the city, leaving players, match officials and hotel bills unpaid.

The Indian Heaven’s Premier League (IHPL), which had eight teams and international stars like Chris Gayle , Thisara Perera, Jesse Ryder and Deven Smith, started in Srinagar on October 25 and was scheduled to end on November 8.

On Saturday morning, however, the players were informed that the day’s match had been cancelled for “technical reasons”. Players and match officials were taken by surprise on Sunday morning when the staff of the hotel they were staying at informed them that the organisers had allegedly left the city without paying for their rooms.

“The hotel management inf

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