Sanga-Nishantha one-on-one tomorrow
Sri Lanka’s champion batsman Kumar Sangakkara will meet Sri Lanka cricket secretary Nishantha Ranatunga tomorrow in a bid to iron out some of the issues that have cropped up between the two.
Issues surfaced once again when Sangakkara speaking on the subject of SLC offering Lasith Malinga the option to represent the Mumbai Indians or play for Southern Express.
Last year when Sangakkara’s IPL team Hyderabad Sunrisers qualified to play in the Champions Trophy T-20 tournament, Sangakkara had to forego a participation fee of US$ 40,000 after he chose to play for his local T-20 team Kandurata following a statement made by Ranatunga questioning Sangakkara’s patriotism.
Speaking about this issue to a morning daily, Sangakkara said: “My situation was different. The President and the entire SLC were supportive of me. It was a case of one individual carrying out his personal agenda 
and vendetta against me.”Since Sangakkara made his famous and unforgettable Sir Colin Cowdery oration for the MCC a section of the sports administration are not happy with the conduct of the former Sri Lanka captain.
Even upon the return of the Lankan team after their T-20 win in Bangladesh, some of the statements made by Sangakkara and his colleague Mahela Jayawardena did not go well with the administration and they were about to be hauled before a SLC committee, but that fell apart.
The Sunday Times learns that Sangakkara would meet the SLC officials on Monday. Initially, SLC CEO Ashley de Silva said he was unaware of such a meeting, but, Ranatunga said that Sangakkara had requested a one-on-one with him from CEO Ashley de Silva and he had replied saying that his doors are always open.