In the wake of a humbling loss to India within the 2023 World Cup, Sri Lanka’s Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe made a sweeping choice on Monday, dismissing each member of the Sri Lanka Cricket board. Following a staggering defeat by a staggering 302 runs in Mumbai on November 2, public outrage and requires the resignation of the Shammi Silva-led SLC administration had reached a crescendo. In response to those calls for, a number of demonstrations had been staged exterior the SLC premises, urging the Silva administration to step down.
Sri Lanka cricket in all types of turmoil.(Agencies)
The pressure escalated to the purpose the place riot police had been deployed to safeguard the constructing. Ranasinghe took swift motion by appointing an interim seven-member committee, with former World Cup-winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga on the helm. This committee’s formation was made potential underneath the authority of Sports Law No. 25 of 1973.
Comprising three retired judges, together with two girls, and former SLC chair Upali Dharmadasa, this committee marked the return of Arjuna Ranatunga to a management function in Sri Lankan cricket. Ranatunga, who beforehand led the same interim committee in 2008, had been important of the Silva administration’s administration.
Shammi Silva had been elected as SLC chief in May for his third consecutive time period, initially set to run till 2025. However, the current flip of occasions has reshaped the panorama of Sri Lankan cricket administration.
This was Sri Lanka’s second straight woeful efficiency towards India in ODIs. Before being bundled out for 55 on the Wankhede Stadium 4 days in the past, they had been shot out for 50 within the Asia Cup remaining at Colombo on September 17. Sri Lanka’s heavy defeat to India – the second-largest by way of margin on the CWC ’23 not solely was an embarrassing efficiency nevertheless it additionally put paid to their probabilities of qualifying for the semifinals. With simply 2 wins from 7 video games, Sri Lanka are struggling at seventh, a rung beneath Afghanistan.
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