Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe sacked the nation’s Minister of Sports & Youth Affairs and Minister of Irrigation Roshan Ranasinghe throughout a weekly cupboard assembly on Monday, November 27. Roshan Ranasinghe had earlier accused the President of attempting to assassinate him over his work with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC).
Roshan Ranasinghe sacked a whole SLC board after the senior males’s cricket workforce’s embarrassing defeat towards India in the Cricket World Cup Cup 2023. He appointed a brand new committee with the previous captain Arjuna Ranatunga dealing with all cricket operations in the island nation.
Ranasighe’s interference in cricket affairs led the International Cricket Council (ICC) to droop the board’s membership efficient instantly. ICC additionally shifted the U19 World Cup 2024 from Sri Lanka to South Africa and stopped the funding until additional updates.
However, Sri Lanka are allowed to play worldwide cricket matches, together with bilateral collection after the SLC’s plea to ICC. It will probably be too early for ICC to contemplate lifting the ban on Sri Lanka Cricket however the authorities sacking Roshan Ranasinghe hints at enchancment in an out-of-hand scenario.
Meanwhile, Ranasinghe was reportedly approached by President Wickremesinghe over the previous’s choice to position an interim cricket committee. According to the Daily Mirror, Ranasinghe was requested to dismiss the brand new committee however he refused,
“President Ranil Wickremesinghe told me that if the cricket interim committee is not removed, the Sports Act will be brought under him. I said that the committee will not be removed, I have told the president to remove me from the ministry,” Roshan Ranasinghe stated in the Parliament.
Sri Lanka endured a poor World Cup 2023 with simply two wins in 9 group-stage video games. Captain Dasun Shanaka missed the vast majority of the event in India because of an harm because the workforce’s efficiency was hammered largely because of varied accidents.
