Yuvraj Singh-led Toronto Nationals' game against Montreal Tigers start delayed due to payment issues in GT20

The Global T20 tournament in Canada was embroiled in controversey on Wednesday after players from Toronto Nationals and Montreal Tigers refused to take the field due to outstanding payments. 

While Toronto is led by India's Yuvraj Singh, Montreal is skippered by Aussie George Bailey. The match was scheduled to be held today at 10PM IST, but the start was delayed due to non payment of income. The players from either side were not present on the field even an hour before the match was to begin. 

The official Twitter handle of Global T20 league later issued a statement that termed the delay due to "technical issues." 

"The match between @MontrealTigers and @TorontoNational has been delayed due to technical reasons. The game will now start at 2:30PM local time. It will be a 20-over-a-side match."

Meanwhile, another controversy erupted on Wednesday in the Canada league after Pakistani Umar Akmal stated that he was approached by former Pakistani Test player Mansoor Akhtar to fix games. Akmal immediately reported the matter to the anti-corruption unit in the Pakistan Cricket Board. Akhtar is since then untraceable.