South Africa’s apartheid policy touched a raw nerve and forced the world cricket community to shun them for two decades. But what about cricket’s very own apartheid policy in which they ignore certain cricketing nations?

Sri Lanka was not allowed to play a full Test series in England till 2002. The fact that Sri Lanka finally played a full series was only because they fulfilled the ‘condition’ of beating host England in a Test in 1998, thanks to the Muttiah Muralitharan magic.