Sri Lanka Cricket Set to Rope in Aravinda de Silva

Sep 11, 2017 at 10:29 AM

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Sri Lanka Cricket Set to Rope in Aravinda de Silva

With Sri Lanka’s miseries further compounding after the humiliating ‘tour wash’ against India at home, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has decided to rope in former star Aravinda de Silva in an advisory role.

The disastrous series at home against India only extended Sri Lanka’s miserable performance this year. In the first two months of the year, the Islanders were whitewashed in Tests and ODIs by South Africa. The T20I series win in South Africa and Australia gave some respite, but what followed after that has been nothing short of disastrous.

Sri Lanka failed to win the home series against Bangladesh and exited the Champions Trophy at the group stage. It was followed by a shocking ODI series loss against Zimbabwe at home before they lost all the nine games (three Tests, five ODIs and one T20I) against India.

What is even more worrying is that the team did not show any sign of improvement. Every poor performance was followed by even a poorer one and with the team now in total disarray, and the cricket board is all set to seek de Silva’s help.

“With the Sri Lankan team in total disarray, we need someone with Aravinda’s vision to put things back on track. He will be given full control over matters pertaining to international cricket,” a senior SLC official told Cricbuzz on Sunday (September 10).

De Silva was in a similar role earlier this year when he was the chairman of SLC’s Cricket Committee but resigned from the post due to the difference of opinions with the board officials.

“He wasn’t very keen when we first approached him as he is heavily involved with his business. But we have convinced him to help us out with the Sri Lankan team in dire straits,” the source added.

De Silva had also twice served as Sri Lanka’s chief selector in 2010 and 2016.

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