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Shammi Silva elected Sri Lanka Cricket President

By Saurabh Sharma February 21, 2019 • 19:12 PM View: 2565

Colombo, Feb 21 (CRICKETNMORE): Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Thursday announced the election of Shammi Silva as its new president.

Backed by former president Thilanga Sumathipala, Silva garnered 83 out of a possible 142 votes, and in the process defeated Jayantha Dharmadasa, who ended up with 56 votes.

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