The Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) board may not recommend the extension of chief selector Sanath Jayasuriya's term following the leaked private video of the cricketer, the Deccan Chronicle has learnt.
A highly placed sources in Sri Lanka has told the Indian publication Jayasuriya may resign after the Champions Trophy and if he does not, then the board is unlikely to extend his tenure.
"Recently his private life video was leaked to the media and it is very bad public perception and we don't want him to continue as a selector. He has disgraced the game and the nation,"a top SLC board officials told the Deccan Chronicle
Another official, on condition of anonymity said, "It is quite likely that Jayasuriya may not be our selector post Champions Trophy.”
Despite repeated attempts by the Indian publication Jayasuriya was not available for comments.
"We have not sent him to England for the Champions Trophy and he will not be sent there at the cost of SLC board," the source emphasised.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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