WIPA also clarified its stand immediately.

'They informed the WICB that they were unavailable for the first Test against Bangladesh,' WIPA said in a statement. 'These players were under no contract with the WICB that imposed any terms, conditions and obligations with regard to the first Test against Bangladesh and have taken no strike action within this context.'

On the boycott of the 2010 World Twenty20 ticket launch, WIPA said that though the players participated in the ODIs against India, 'there was no contract setting out what the terms, conditions and obligations were with regard to this series and it was their understanding it was an optional event.'

'In the normal circumstances, the players may well have attended in any event without a contract but after a three-hour meeting at which it came to their attention that a large number of long outstanding issues had still not been resolved they exercised the option not to attend,' the WIPA statement read.