Published: Apr 01, 2016, 09:41 PM (IST)
Edited: Apr 01, 2016, 09:41 PM (IST)
Colombo: The World Cup winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga on Friday slammed the local cricket administration for the “sorry state of the game” in the country. “The game has gone under bookies and other questionable characters,” Ranatunga said. “I am hoping to meet the President and the Prime Minister soon to brief them”, Ranatunga who is also the current Ports and Shipping Minister told reporters. He was critical of the action to replace the selection committee after the original committee had picked the World T20 squad. He appeared to target the current Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Chairman Thilanga Sumathipala, also the current Deputy Speaker of Parliament. Ranatunga was among the candidates whom Sumathipala defeated at the SLC election held in January. He urged the sacking of the SLC administration to be replaced by an interim committee. T20 World Cup 2016: Sri Lanka will come back stronger, says Jeffrey Vandersay
The present may not be perfect for Sri Lanka owing to the exit of stalwarts like Kumar Sangakkara but the team will come back stronger in a few years’ time, young leg-spinner Jeffrey Vandersay said on Sunday. Sri lanka, missing big players like Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene, have been knocked out the World Twenty20 in the preliminary stage itself, a rather disappointing result given that the team was the defending champion. They have managed just one win so far and that too against minnows Afghanistan. The islanders will play an inconsequential match against South Africa on Monday. “We have a young team. We lost a couple of big names in the last three years. We are in the process of rebuilding.
