Jayasuriya to return as chairman of selectors

Sanath Jayasuriya is set to assume control as Sri Lanka's boss selector yet again, barely a year after he ventured down from the part. The board has practically affirmed Jayasuriya's arrangement, however is tending to the games clergyman's endorsement before it makes a formal declaration. 

"In needing to take Sri Lankan cricket to another way, we have put a few changes set up," SLC president Thilanga Sumathipala told Divaina. "Thusly, we are hoping to name Sanath Jayasuriya as the new executive of selectors." 

Previous wicketkeeper-batsman Romesh Kaluwitharana and previous offspinner Ranjith Madurasingha are likewise anticipated that would be a piece of the board of trustees, as per SLC VP Mohan de Silva. 

Jayasuriya will supplant Aravinda de Silva, who had just marked on for a two-month part in front of the World T20. SLC has not settled the Jayasuriya-drove board's term, but rather "ideally," Mohan de Silva said, "it will be up to the following [2019] World Cup." 

The SLC VP additionally said that while Aravinda's board of trustees is because of select the Test squad for a forthcoming England visit, it will now do as such in discussion with Jayasuriya, "keeping in mind the end goal to give congruity". 

With present selectors Kumar Sangakkara and Lalith Kaluperuma out of the nation, Jayasuriya will successfully turn into a selector of that advisory group, before he assumes control over the reins toward the end of April. 

Jayasuriya already held the post from January 2013 to March 2015. Amid that period, Sri Lanka won a World T20 and a Test arrangement in England, both in 2014, preceding enduring a quarter-last exit at the 2015 World Cup. It was Jayasuriya's board of trustees that formalized Angelo Mathews' presumption of the Test and ODI captaincy. Be that as it may, the period had additionally been assailed by open differences in the middle of Jayasuriya and senior players – especially Mahela Jayawardene. 

Previous Sri Lanka seamer Eric Upashantha, who had served in the past Jayasuriya-drove board of trustees, has been connected to the anticipated declaration too. 

Sri Lanka have real visits not too far off. Taking after the three-Test voyage through England, Australia are booked to visit Sri Lanka for a full visit in July and August. An away visit to South Africa is additionally planned toward the end of the year.