Speaking to NDTV, former cricketer Roshan Mahanama said the leaders are to be blamed for Sri Lanka's current economic crisis, and that there is a need for a change.

Spin bowling legend Muttiah Muralitharan and former captain Kumar Sangakkara have been named in the four-member Sri Lanka cricket committee.

Wasim Akram shared a video of when he made Roshan Mahanama retire hurt after hitting him in the box with two consecutive deliveries.

Several former cricketers including former captain Mahela Jayawardene and former ICC match-referee Roshan Mahanama were against the stadium proposal.

Roshan Mahanama served almost 12 years as an International Cricket Council elite panel referee. His assignments included three Cricket World Cups.

A former captain and member of the Sri Lanka squad that won the 1996 ICC Cricket World Cup, Mahanama represented his country in 52 Tests and 213 ODIs between 1986 and 1999, in which he scored 2,576 and 5,162 runs, respectively.