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A three-member committee to investigate Dhanushka Gunathilake’s case
Sri Lanka Cricket has appointed a three-member committee to conduct an investigation into Dhanushka Gunathilake’s case.
08 November 2022
An investigation is to be started regarding the alleged incident involving sportsperson Dhanushka Gunathilaka. Sri Lanka Cricket expresses its willingness to appoint a three-member inquiry panel consisting of Judge Sisira Ratnayake (Retired High Court Judge). Lawyers Mr Niroshana Perera and Mr Asela Rekava and others are involved.
This committee will also investigate various incidents which have come to the attention of Sri Lanka Cricket and which allegedly took place during the time the national team stayed in Australia.
The Board in this process will immediately seek an explanation from the Team Manager regarding his conduct in relation to the occurrence of such incidents.
After the committee submits the report, the Sri Lanka Cricket Executive Committee will take strict disciplinary action against the players and officials.
ධනුෂ්ක ගුණතිලකගේ නඩුව සම්භන්ධයෙන් ක්රිකට් ආයතනයෙන් ත්රිපුද්ගල කමිටුවක්
ධනුෂ්ක ගුණතිලකගේ නඩුව සම්භන්ධයෙන් පරීක්ෂණයක් පැවැත්වීමට ශ්රී ලංකා ක්රිකට් ආයතනය ත්රිපුද්ගල කමිටුවක් පත් කර ඇත.
2022 නොවැම්බර් 08
ක්රීඩක ධනුෂ්ක ගුණතිලක සම්බන්ධ බව කියන සිද්ධිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් පරීක්ෂණයක් ආරම්භ කිරීමට නියමිතය. විනිසුරු සිසිර රත්නායක (විශ්රාමික මහාධිකරණ විනිසුරු) ගෙන් සමන්විත ත්රිපුද්ගල විමර්ශන මණ්ඩලයක් පත් කිරීමට ශ්රී ලංකා ක්රිකට් කැමැත්ත පළ කරයි. නීතීඥ නිරෝෂණ පෙරේරා මහතා සහ අසේල රැකව මහතා ඇතුළු පිරිසක් සම්භන්ධව සිටී.
ශ්රී ලංකා ක්රිකට් ආයතනයේ අවධානයට ලක්ව ඇති සහ ජාතික කණ්ඩායම ඔස්ට්රේලියාවේ රැඳී සිටි කාලය තුළ සිදුවූ බව කියන විවිධ සිද්ධීන් සම්බන්ධයෙන් ද මෙම කමිටුව විමර්ශනය කරනු ඇති.
මෙම ක්රියාවලියේ සිටින මණ්ඩලය, එවැනි සිදුවීම් සිදුවීමට අදාළව ඔහුගේ හැසිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් කණ්ඩායම් කළමනාකරුගෙන් වහාම පැහැදිලි කිරීමක් ඉල්ලා සිටිනු ඇත.
එම කමිටුව විසින් එම වාර්තාව ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමෙන් පසු ශ්රී ලංකා ක්රිකට් විධායක කමිටුව ක්රීඩකයින්ට සහ නිලධාරීන්ට එරෙහිව දැඩි විනය ක්රියාමාර්ග ගනු ඇත.
தனுஷ்க குணதிலக்கவின் வழக்கு தொடர்பாக இலங்கை கிரிக்கெட்டின் மூவரடங்கிய குழுவொன்று
தனுஷ்க குணதிலக்கவின் விவகாரம் தொடர்பில் விசாரணைகளை மேற்கொள்வதற்காக மூவர் கொண்ட குழுவொன்றை இலங்கை கிரிக்கெட் நிறுவனம் நியமித்துள்ளது.
08 நவம்பர் 2022
விளையாட்டு வீராங்கனை தனுஷ்க குணதிலக்க தொடர்பில் கூறப்படும் சம்பவம் தொடர்பில் விசாரணைகள் ஆரம்பிக்கப்படவுள்ளன. நீதிபதி சிசிர ரத்நாயக்க (ஓய்வுபெற்ற உயர் நீதிமன்ற நீதிபதி) ஆகியோரைக் கொண்ட மூவரடங்கிய விசாரணைக் குழுவை நியமிக்க இலங்கை கிரிக்கெட் விருப்பம் தெரிவித்துள்ளது. சட்டத்தரணி திரு.நிரோஷன பெரேரா மற்றும் திரு.அசேல ரேகவ மற்றும் பலர் இதில் ஈடுபட்டுள்ளனர்.
அவுஸ்திரேலியாவில் தேசிய அணி தங்கியிருந்த காலத்தில் இடம்பெற்றதாகக் கூறப்படும் இலங்கை கிரிக்கெட்டின் கவனத்திற்கு வந்துள்ள பல்வேறு சம்பவங்களையும் இந்தக் குழு ஆராயவுள்ளது.
இந்தச் செயல்பாட்டில் உள்ள வாரியம், இதுபோன்ற சம்பவங்கள் நடப்பது தொடர்பாக குழு மேலாளரிடம் அவரது நடத்தை குறித்து உடனடியாக விளக்கம் கேட்கும்.
குழு அறிக்கை சமர்ப்பித்த பின்னர், இலங்கை கிரிக்கெட் நிர்வாகக் குழு வீரர்கள் மற்றும் அதிகாரிகளுக்கு எதிராக கடுமையான ஒழுக்காற்று நடவடிக்கை எடுக்கும்.
Cricket
Sunil Kumara Gamage Accepts SLC Resignations, Ministry Steps In
Sri Lanka’s cricket administration has entered a period of transition after the government stepped in to take temporary control of the sport’s governing body.
Sports Minister Sunil Kumara Gamage has accepted the resignation of Shammi Silva and the Executive Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket, marking a significant shift in leadership.
Following the resignations, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports announced that it would assume oversight of cricket administration under the authority granted by the Sports Law No. 25 of 1973. The decision places all operational and administrative matters of SLC under ministerial supervision with immediate effect.
Authorities indicated that the arrangement is temporary and part of a broader effort to stabilise the sport’s administration. A new committee is expected to be appointed in the coming days to examine existing issues and propose structural reforms aimed at improving governance and accountability.
The leadership’s decision to step down was communicated to the government earlier, prompting swift action to ensure continuity in the management of Sri Lanka’s most prominent sport.
Cricket
SLC President Shammi Silva and Executive Committee Step Down Effective Today
The President of Sri Lanka Cricket, Shammi Silva, has officially resigned from his position with immediate effect, according to an announcement released by the board today (29).
In a significant development, all office-bearers and members of the Executive Committee have also stepped down from their respective roles, signaling a complete leadership transition within the governing body.

Sri Lanka Cricket confirmed that the decision has been formally conveyed to Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Sunil Kumara Gamage.
No further details were immediately provided regarding the reasons behind the mass resignation or the process for appointing new leadership.
Cricket
Sri Lanka Cricket Grants Rs. 10 Million to Rising Javelin Athlete Rumesh Tharanga
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) today provided a financial grant to rising javelin thrower Rumesh
Tharanga Pathirage.
This support was extended under the direction of the SLC President Mr. Shammi Silva and
the Executive Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket, following a request made by the Minister of
Youth Affairs and Sports, Sunil Kumara Gamage.
Rumesh Tharanga received the grant this evening at the SLC headquarters.
This initiative is part of SLC’s ongoing efforts to support and promote sports beyond cricket,
as well as to assist promising athletes in achieving success at the international level.
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