Overview
- Sri Lanka Cricket said Wednesday its president Shammi Silva and the full executive committee resigned with immediate effect after a special meeting.
- The Sports Ministry announced it has taken over the board’s administrative functions on a temporary basis pending the appointment of an interim committee.
- Officials and reports cited player dissatisfaction, poor results including a group‑stage T20 World Cup exit, and allegations of financial mismanagement as drivers of the change.
- The move is likely to draw ICC scrutiny because the council rejects state control of cricket boards and it suspended Sri Lanka in 2023 for political interference, which cut funding and shifted events.
- Local reports named former MP Eran Wickramaratne and ex‑players Sidath Wettimuny and Roshan Mahanama as likely interim picks, though no appointments or election timeline have been confirmed.