Sri Lanka Cricket board suspended; Arjuna Ranatunga appointed as Chairman of Interim Committee

6 November 2023 07:04 am Views - 18452

By Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya 

COLOMBO (Daily Mirror) - Following growing calls to sack the committee of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), the SLC board has been suspended and an interim committee led by Arjuna Ranatunga has been appointed by Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe, to address the ongoing challenges within Sri Lanka Cricket.

The Ministry said under the authority granted by Sports Law No. 25 of 1973, the Minister has appointed the interim committee.

The newly established committee members are as follows:

• S. I. Imam, Retired Supreme Court Judge

•  Rohini Marasinghe, Retired Supreme Court Judge

• Irangani Perera, Retired High Court Judge

• Arjuna Ranatunga (Chairman)

• Upali Dharmadasa

• Rakitha Rajapakshe, Attorney-at-Law

• Hisham Jamaldeen