SLC responds to Arjuna’s claims
Sri Lankan Cricket has responded to several media reports citing a statement made by Mr. Arjuna Ranatunga mentioning that ‘Sri Lanka Cricket has sought permission to send 7 officials on an overseas joy ride, spending millions of rupees’.
The statement notes as follows :
Sri Lanka Cricket wishes to inform the public that the ‘news reports,’ published quoting Mr. Arjuna Ranatunga pertaining to the organization’s seeking permission from the Ministry of Sports to send 07 officials on an overseas tour for official duties, provide a misleading picture, thus tarnishing the image of Sri Lanka Cricket and its officials. SRI Lanka Cricket wishes to announce that in this mentioned case, Sri Lanka Cricket has sought permission from the Ministry of Sports to send 07 Executive Committee Members to engage in official matters during the ongoing Men’s Asia Cup.
Any tours undertaken or planned to be undertaken by its Executive Committee Members are purely aimed at conducting “official work” pertaining to the development of the game of cricket in Sri Lanka and nothing else.While being the host cricketing board for the Asia Cup 2022, the work expected to be done by these officials of SLC during the planned tour to the UAE includes: meeting and discussing bilateral cricket arrangements with the officials of the member countries; holding discussions with the Asian Cricket Council; and also meeting with the private sector representatives, who can bring in massive commercial opportunities for the game in Sri Lanka.