The visit of the International Cricket Council (ICC) delegation to Sri Lanka resulted in a standoff over the timeline for restoring a elected cricket administration In the Island, Cricket Age exclusively learns.
The ICC team, which included Deputy Chairman Imran Khwaja and BCCI Secretary Devajit Saikia, met with the government-appointed Cricket Transformation Committee (CTC) in Colombo to address concerns following the government takeover of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC).
The visit focused on governance reforms, constitutional restructuring, election timelines, and ensuring compliance with ICC autonomy regulations.
Cricket Age understands that, the ICC made it loud and clear to have a faster roadmap for restoring a fully autonomous elected cricket administration in Sri Lanka, even though the CTC resisted committing to a rigid deadline.
The crisis was triggered in late April when Shammi Silva and the executive committee resigned in following government intervention. Sri Lanka’s Sports Ministry subsequently placed cricket administration temporarily under government supervision and appointed former banker and politician Eran Wickramaratne to lead a 9-member committee.
