PMD responds to Daily Mirror article on Sri Lanka Cricket

Colombo, June 22 (Daily Mirror) - The President’s Media Division (PMD) has issued a statement in response to today's Daily Mirror article titled “Hold SLC Elections or Get Blacklisted, ICC Informs President AKD.”

Statement issued by the PMD:

The Government of Sri Lanka strongly condemns the false and misleading front-page report published by the Daily Mirror, titled ‘Hold SLC Elections or Get Blacklisted, ICC Informs President AKD.’

The report has no factual basis and deliberately misrepresents the meeting between President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and ICC Chairman Jay Shah at the Presidential Secretariat. The President and the ICC Chairman publicly confirmed on X that the discussion covered cricket development, grassroots and youth programmes, and expanding opportunities for young players, not ultimatums, blacklisting threats, or election demands.

No such ultimatum was issued.