Sanath Jayasuriya and SLC selection committee resign

The Chairman of the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) selection committee Sanath Jayasuriya and the other members of the committee have tendered their resignations to the Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara. 

The selection committee is chaired by former captain Sanath Jayasuriya and comprises of members Asanka Gurusinha, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Eric Upashantha and Ranjith Madurasinghe.

A collective letter signed by all of them notifying of their decision was handed over to the minister this afternoon. 

According to the letter, they will resign with effect from September 07, 2017.   

Sri Lanka’s cricket team, the administration as well as the selection committee has come under heavy criticism in the wake of the national team’s poor run of form in all formats as of recently. 

Sri Lanka suffered a home test series whitewash at the hands of India and have already conceded the five match ODI series by losing the first three games rather tamely which has caused massive unrest among the home fans. 

Irate fans, angered by the Sri Lankan team’s continued poor performances, even threw water bottles into the ground as India reached within eight runs of winning the third ODI in Pallekele on Sunday.