Cricket: Gurasinha likely selection committee chief if Sanath ruled out

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All points to a situation where former Sri Lanka Test batsman Asanka Gurusinha, who at present is Cricket Manager and a selector of Sri Lanka Cricket, will be taking over as the Chairman Selection Committee.

A veteran of 41 Test matches with seven Test hundreds and eight Test fifties ended up scoring 2452 runs and with two hundreds and 22 fifties in 147 ODI outings is nevertheless remembered for his stubborn stance at slot number three in the World Cup winning outfit.

Especially, he became immortal with his knock of 63 which enabled Sri Lanka to seal the fate of the ICC World Cup final against Australia in 1996.

He made his international debut in 1985 against Pakistan in Karachi as wicket-keeper.

Yet, he made his mark as a top order batsman.

He had also opened bowling for Sri Lanka with his slow seamers time and time again.

The present critical situation arose after incumbent Chief selector Sanath Jayasuriya ran himself out of contention due to a multitude of reasons.

However it is also learned that Jayasuriya and SLC President Thilanga Sumathipala were involved in an lengthy discussion on Friday afternoon, the outcome of it is yet to be known.

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