{"id":161420,"date":"2026-04-30T06:52:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T12:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=161420"},"modified":"2026-04-30T06:52:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T12:22:58","slug":"sangakkara-mahanama-named-in-sri-lanka-cricket-transformation-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=161420","title":{"rendered":"Sangakkara, Mahanama named in Sri Lanka Cricket transformation committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-70924605\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">Former Sri Lanka internationals Kumar Sangakkara, Roshan \u200bMahanama and Sidath Wettimuny were \u200cnamed in the nine-member transformation \u200bcommittee that will \u2060run Sri Lanka Cricket, a day after the previous leadership resigned from \u200ctheir posts.<\/p>\n<p>Local media reports said the former \u200cboard members had resigned \u200cafter \u2060a meeting with the \u2060country\u2019s president Anura Kumara Dissanayake.<\/p>\n<p>Former state minister and businessman Eran Wickramaratne has \u200bbeen named as \u200cthe chairman of the new interim committee, which aims to implement a new constitution \u200cfor SLC to ensure \u200bbetter management and transparency.<\/p>\n<p><b>ALSO READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/bbl-privatisation-plans-blocked-cricket-australia-weighing-other-options\/article70923517.ece\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Cricket Australia board weighing alternatives after BBL privatisation plans blocked<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur immediate priority is a \u2060total overhaul of the governance framework at SLC,\u201d Wickramaratne said \u200cin a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Former Sri Lanka captain Sangakkara, who served as the president of Marylebone Cricket Club in 2019-20, is currently the director \u200cof cricket for the Indian Premier \u200bLeague franchise Rajasthan Royals.<\/p>\n<p>Mahanama has also been involved \u2060in cricket administration since his international \u2060retirement in 1999, having served as an ICC \u200cmatch referee for more than a decade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Apr 30, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/international\/kumar-sangakkara-roshan-mahanama-sidath-wettimuny-sri-lanka-cricket-transformation-committee-latest\/article70924605.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Sri Lanka internationals Kumar Sangakkara, Roshan \u200bMahanama and Sidath Wettimuny were \u200cnamed in the nine-member transformation \u200bcommittee that will \u2060run Sri Lanka Cricket, a day after the previous leadership resigned from \u200ctheir posts. 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