Sri Lanka Cricket Chairman Shammi Silva has submitted his resignation letter to Sports Minister Sunil Gamage, and in line with this, all administrative functions of the Sri Lanka Cricket have been temporarily taken over by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports from today (29) in accordance with Sections 31 and 34 of the Sports Act No. 25 of 1973.
The relevant announcements have been issued by Sports Minister Sunil Gamage and it is reported that all the executive committee members of the Sri Lanka Cricket have also resigned from their positions.
The announcement issued by the Minister also states that a new interim committee is to be appointed soon to find solutions to the problems existing in cricket and to make structural changes. Political sources say that the Sri Lanka Cricket Chairman has been asked to resign from his position by the government.