Sri Lanka President sack sports minister Roshan Ranasinghe
Sri Lanka President Ranil WIckremesinghe sacked sports minister Roshan Ranasinghe on Monday amid ongoing controversy in the Sri Lanka Cricket board.
Sri Lanka President Ranil WIckremesinghe sacked sports minister Roshan Ranasinghe on Monday amid ongoing controversy in the Sri Lanka Cricket board.
Recognizing the efforts of the groundsmen and the curators during the ongoing Asia Cup, that has seen several rain-affected contests,…
in June this year, despite the acute economic and civil crisis, SLC had said that the five-team tournament would be played at the R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium, Colombo for the initial matches before the action shifts to the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota.
The civil unrest has escalated in Sri Lanka in the last one week as protestors barged into the Presidential building demanding the resignation of both the acting president Gotabaya Rajapaksa and prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Fighting for series honours may be over, though Dasun Shanaka's side show no interest in slowing down, looking to hand the tourists another blow ahead of the upcoming World Test Championship series.
Meanwhile, many of Sri Lanka's top cricketers are also understood to have made donations to the country's health sector privately.
Jayawardene also spoke about Muttiah Muralitharan stating that the spinning legend was a difficult bowler "to convince to do something he didn't want to".
At present, the Sri Lankan Cricket (SLC) is working on the theory that the LPL may feature at least five teams and could go on for a little over three weeks, the report further said.
Although there is still no confirmation on the host nation, the same is expected to be confirmed before the end of the month.
The clarification from the board came after media reports emerged on the comments made by Sports Minister Dullas Alahapperuma on Tuesday.
