Dhananjaya de Silva and Niroshan Dickwella are reportedly the highest-paid Sri Lanka national cricketers, according to their newest annual central contracts with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) that are to be finalised under present Administrative Committee, headed by Prof. Arjuna de Silva, which is looking after national cricket affairs until Thursday’s (20 May) SLC Annual General Meeting (AGM). Sri Lanka is ranked currently 8th in Tests, 9th in ODIs, and 8th in T20Is, the lowest it has fallen to in the last two decades. The three-match ODI series between the two countries is to begin on 23 May. The players were expected to sign their agreements soon before heading to Bangladesh for the three-match ODI series. Sri Lanka ODI squad had already entered into their bio-security bubble last week and is expected to leave for Dhaka today (16).

Source: The Nation May 16, 2021 18:56 UTC