Shammi Silva has been re-elected because the president of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on the sixty fourth annual common assembly of the governing physique held in Colombo on Monday.
He was elected uncontested to steer the governing physique for the 2025-27 time period, the SLC stated.
This marks his fourth consecutive time period as president, and the third time he has been elected uncontested.
Silva had changed Jay Shah, the present ICC Chairman, because the president of the Asian Cricket Council in December final 12 months.
Silva’s tenure was marred by his conflict with the then sports activities minister Roshan Ranasinghe in 2023. The minister’s appointment of an interim committee, within the aftermath of Sri Lanka’s heavy defeat to India within the 2023 World Cup, led to the nation’s suspension from the ICC.
As an instantaneous fallout of the ICC suspension, the under-19 Males’s World Cup scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka in January final 12 months was shifted to South Africa.
The sports activities minister was later sacked, and the court docket reinstated Silva’s SLC administration.
Since Sri Lanka received the 1996 World Cup, the cash-rich physique’s positions have develop into a matter of status for native enterprise leaders.
In 1998, the safety division of Chandrika Kumaratunga, the then President of the nation, turned concerned on the AGM, leading to fisticuffs between rival factions.