Sangakkara, Mahanama Named in Interim Committee To Run Sri Lanka Cricket

Former Sri Lanka internationals Kumar Sangakkara, Roshan Mahanama and Sidath Wettimuny were named in the nine-member transformation committee ‌that will run Sri Lanka Cricket, a day after the previous leadership resigned from their posts.

Local media reports said the former board members had resigned after a ⁠meeting with the country's president Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

Former state minister and businessman Eran Wickramaratne has been named as the chairman of the new interim committee, which aims to implement a new constitution for SLC to ensure better management and transparency.

"Our immediate priority is ‌a ⁠total overhaul of the governance framework at SLC," Wickramaratne said in a statement.

Former Sri Lanka captain Sangakkara, who served as the president of Marylebone ⁠Cricket Club in 2019-20, is currently the director of cricket for the Indian Premier League franchise ⁠Rajasthan Royals.

Mahanama has also been involved in cricket administration since his international retirement in ⁠1999, having served as an ICC match referee for more than a decade.