Obviously in Sri Lanka, there is a lot of ethnic tension between the minority Tamils (who are mostly Saivite Hindus) and the Sinhalese (who are mostly Theravada Buddhist). But in Sri Lanka there is a clear cut separation of cricket from politics. You will not find a single Sinhalese who won't support Muralidharan. And similarly, you won't find a single Sri Lankan Tamil who doesn't support the national team.
Millions were killed and millions were moved as refugees due to that small issue and they were still living as refugee even after 30+ years on different countries like India which is something inhumane things were done to them,treat everyone as human.Politicians getting benefits not good for the country's future.