World Twenty20 organisers have changed the bottled water supplier and called in food inspectors to check the spread of suspected gastro virus at the tournament, officials said yesterday.

Several players from New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa and Australia have reportedly been treated for stomach bugs since their arrival in Sri Lanka, with Kiwi Tim Southee even requiring hospital treatment for dehydration.

An ICC spokesman said the brand of bottled water used by players and officials so far in the tournament had been replaced.

Among players who went down with gastro trouble over the past two weeks included New Zealand’s Daniel Vettori, Mitchell Starc and Brad Hogg, of Australia, and Paul Stirling and George Dockrell, of Ireland.

The 12-nation tournament, Sri Lanka’s biggest sporting event, opened on September 18 and runs till October 8.

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