- Says players not allowed in the administration of the game
By Thilanka Kanakarathna
Individuals who did not have much knowledge about cricket had destroyed the Sri Lankan national team, former Sri Lankan Cricket Captain, Minister Arjuna Ranatunga said yesterday.
Ranatunga was the captain of Sri Lankan cricket team that won the 1996 ICC World Cup.
“I will remain silent as Sports Minister Faiszer Musthapha knows the subject well, but will break the silence and make the team better perform under a different political leadership in future,” he said.
He said so attending the launching of the book Sellam da Sellam authored by Thameera Manju at the BMICH yesterday.
The writer Thameera Manju is a Journalist and also the Secretary to Ranatunga’s Ministry.
Minister Ranatunga hinted that the Sports Minister Musthapha knew the game and its rules better than him. “Faiszer knows cricket and the rules better. Therefore, I will leave the business to him and stay silent,” he said.
“But I will take up the game under a different Government,” he said.
Minister Ranatunga, saying that he would never accept the portfolio of Sports Minister, however, said that he would accept Sri Lanka Cricket only under a different political leadership and that within six months he would show a difference.
“I am not in a position to accept that responsibility now as I hold another responsibility,” he said.
“I’m not greedy. No one can challenge that I cannot oversee cricket and no one has the right than I do. “Today players are not allowed to be a member of cricket administration. Several individuals have destroyed cricket in Sri Lanka. It was a shame to say that Sports Ministers have also supported,” he said. Minister Ranatunga added that the public would provide the correct answers to all of them during future elections.
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