Sri Lanka Cricket in crisis as president Shammi Silva faces ouster bid, special meeting convened

Sri Lanka Cricket board has called for a special Executive Committee meeting on Tuesday to discuss the future of current chief Shammi Silva after country's president Anura Kumara Dissanayake called for new administration to take over.

Dissanayake has already made it clear that he wants Silva to make way for a new administration to run cricket.

Sources said that the Executive Committee members could decide to resign en masse which would allow to calling of a fresh election for office bearers.

Silva has his current term until May of 2027 but faces calls to relinquish office.

The government seems keen to engineer Silva's exit due to player dissatisfaction and national team's poor show over past few years.

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Silva who first won the SLC presidency in 2019 by majority votes of member clubs was re-elected uncontested in 2021 2023 and 2025.

Silva also served as the President of the Asian Cricket Council succeeding India’s Jay Shah in 2025.

However, it would be interesting to see how ICC looks at the whole scenario as world body's charter clearly specifies that no government interference will be accepted.