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==Won't Go To Lanka ==
[http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=CONTROVERSIES-WHICH-ROCKED-WC-14022015034024 ''The Times of India''] Feb 14 2015 Controversies Which Rocked WC

Controversy dogged the 1996 World Cup, co-hosted by India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, even before the event began as Australia and West Indies refused to send their teams to Sri Lanka following the bombing of a bank by the Tamil Tigers in January 1996. The ICC later ruled that Sri Lanka would be awarded both games on forfeit.