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Arjuna Ranatunga comments on Dhanushka Gunathilaka’s incident.
Former cricket Captain Arjuna Ranatunga & current Sports Council Chairman commented on Dhanushka Gunathilake, who was arrested on sexual arrestment charges in Sydney, Australia.
“The support that can be given to him as a player assigned by the country was discussed with the sports minister today. It should also be found out who allowed this child to do this mistake”.
“He has been involved in similar offences before. The cricket body has reduced his two-year suspension to 6 months. Then there is also an offence there.”
“I saw in the media that some players have participated in casinos. Is it possible to allow them to go like that? The Deputy Chairman of the administration said that they were only allowed to participate in one event. But I saw in the media that they have gone to 16 events. So There is a question regarding all these things. We are ready to conduct a comprehensive investigation on this.”
ධනුෂ්ක ගුණතිලක පිළිබදව අර්ජුන රණතුංග අදහස් දක්වයි.
ඕස්ට්රේලියාවේ සිඩ්නි නුවරදී ලිංගික චෝදනා යටතේ අත්තඩංගුවට ගත් ධනුෂ්ක ගුණතිලක පිළිබදව හිටපු ක්රිකට් නායක අර්ජුන රණතුංග මහතා අදහස් දක්වනු ලැබීය.
“රට නියොජනය කරපු ක්රීඩකයෙකු හැටියට ඔහුට ලබා දිය හැකි සහයෝගය පිළිබදව අද දින ක්රීඩා අමාත්යවර හා සාකච්චා කරනු ලැබුවා. මේ දරුව මේ වැරැද්ද කරන්න අවසර දුන්නේ කවුද යන්නත් සොයා බැලිය යුතුය”.
“ඔහු මීට පෙරද මෙවැනිම වරදවල් වල නිරත වෙලා තියෙනව. ක්රිකට් ආයතනය තමා ඔහුගේ අවුරුදු දෙකේ දඩුවම මාස 6ට අඩු කරල තියෙන්නේ. එතකොට එතැනත් වරදක් තියෙනව.”
“මම මාධ්ය වලින් දුටුව සමහරක් ක්රීඩකයො කැසිනෝ වලට සහභාගී වෙලා තියෙනව කියල. එහෙම යාමට අවසර දීමට හැකියාවක් තියෙනවද? පරිපාලනයෙන් ආපු උප ලේඛම් තුමා කිව්වේ එයාල අවසර දීල තියෙන්නේ එක උත්සවයකට සහභාගී වීමට පමණයි කියල. හැබැයි මම දැක්ක මාධ්යවලින් කියනව උත්සව 16කට ගිහිල්ල තියෙනව කියල. ඉතින් මේ හැම දේම පිළිදව ප්රශ්ණයක් තියෙනව. මේ පිළිබදව අපි පුළුල් පරීක්ෂණයක් පැවැත්වීමට සූදානමින් සිටිනව.”
தனுஷ்க குணதிலக்க குறித்து அர்ஜூன ரணதுங்க கருத்து.
அவுஸ்திரேலியாவின் சிட்னியில் பாலியல் குற்றச்சாட்டில் கைது செய்யப்பட்ட தனுஷ்க குணதிலக்க குறித்து முன்னாள் கிரிக்கெட் தலைவர் அர்ஜுன ரணதுங்க கருத்து தெரிவித்துள்ளார்.
“நாடு நியமித்துள்ள ஒரு வீரராக அவருக்கு வழங்கக்கூடிய ஆதரவு குறித்து இன்று விளையாட்டுத்துறை அமைச்சருடன் கலந்துரையாடப்பட்டது. இந்த தவறை இந்த குழந்தையை செய்ய அனுமதித்தது யார் என்பதையும் கண்டறிய வேண்டும்”.
“அவர் இதற்கு முன்பும் இதுபோன்ற குற்றங்களில் ஈடுபட்டுள்ளார். கிரிக்கெட் அமைப்பு அவரது இரண்டு ஆண்டு தண்டனையை 6 மாதங்களாகக் குறைத்துள்ளது. பிறகு அங்கேயும் ஒரு குற்றச் செயல் உள்ளது.”
“சில வீரர்கள் சூதாட்ட விடுதிகளில் பங்கேற்றதை ஊடகங்களில் பார்த்தேன்.அப்படி செல்ல அனுமதிக்கலாமா?ஒரு நிகழ்வில் மட்டுமே பங்கேற்க அனுமதியளித்ததாக நிர்வாகத்தின் துணைவேந்தர் கூறினார்.ஆனால் அவர்கள் அதை ஊடகங்களில் பார்த்தேன். 16 நிகழ்வுகளுக்குச் சென்றுள்ளனர். எனவே இந்த விஷயங்கள் தொடர்பாக ஒரு கேள்வி உள்ளது. இது குறித்து விரிவான விசாரணை நடத்த நாங்கள் தயாராக இருக்கிறோம்.
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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