Sanath refutes malicious reports against him
Sri Lanka’s star batsman Sanath Jayasuriya strongly and remorsefully reject malicious reports against him and claims that these are sadistic attempts by his political opponents to damage his political career.
A website believed to be financed by a discarded politico who has joined the United National Party recently and is famous for intermittently publishing doctored and wicked news items about the President and his family members leveling illusory corruption charges, published in his Website on 21st that “Former Sri Lanka Cricket captain and UPFA MP Sanath Jayasuriya has said that President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Namal Rajapaksa have misled him with false promises that he would be included in Sri Lanka’s cricket world cup team” . He was nicknamed as Goebbles due to the intensity of his fictitious reports during the Presidential and General Electons.
The news item also said that “ Jayasuriya had added that he was also hurt by objections raised by his former colleagues Sangakkara, Mahela, Dilshan, Muralitharan, Lasith Malinga, Thilan Samaraweera, Upul Tharanga and Dilhara Fernando for his inclusion in the cricket team”. The news item states that the MP Jayasuriya further said that “ politics has now ruined his sports career and that he did not like politics any more”. The report also reveals that Mr. Jayasuriya has made these comments to one of his close friends.
This news item was reproduced in a Weekend English Newspaper without mentioning Mr. Jayasuriya’s name but carrying the whole story under the caption “Politics and Cricket”.
When contacted for clarification, Mr. Jayasuriya informed that this is a vicious and malicious act of the greenhorn in the UNP envious of his political popularity and the whole story is baseless and he has never spoken to anyone at any time about the matters mentioned in the report. He said that this is not the first time that this discarded politico has attempted to create rift between him and Mr. Namal Rajapaksa and there were similar attempts made previously as well. He further said that he called the Editor and Deputy Editor of the concerned Weekend English Newspaper and refuted the whole report.(niz).
Source: Government News Portal
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Ahe beach boy.
I feel sorry for Sanath Jayasuriya. He is a good cricketer but not a good politician. His political arena has ended his cricket life.
Mohamed Shareef Asees
What is the name of the concorted weekend english newspaper? Who is the man behind all the fabricated lies? Why not publish these names so readers would know what is going on. Liers must not be protected and should be exposed to public.
Murali did the honourable thing by retiring when he felt his time was up and his brilliance with the ball was fading. He thus made way for up-and-coming young bowlers to prove their mettle in the SL team. He is therefore regarded with high esteem and given celebrity status in SL, India and in the world over. He is still chosen to play in India in rival State teams. He is charming and lovable. He is a good coach. I am sure he helps the poor and the needy with the wealth he has earned.
However, SJ chose a different path. He is now an MP in the UPFA government with a nice pay and all the perks. He has lost his shine as a batsman with age. His scores were apalling in the last few matches he played for SL. However, he is greedy to play-on for SL when he contributes little by bat and ball. He is too selfish to allow younger and more promising players to represent SL in the team. He is using his new found political muscle to try to gain a place in SL team to earn more money. This is sheer greed and corruption.
This man does not know when to ride away into the setting sun, like Murali. His greed is apalling. He neither serves SL cricket nor his Matara electorate. Isn’t it time he stops moaning and not invite more inevitable brickbats by his own apalling behaviour, and buckle down to genuine pro-active social work in his electorate among the poor and the needy to uplift their quality of life using his wealth?
oh my god…. play cricket, it is what you good at… politics make you look stupid……….you are all are going after money and power……giving bad influence to the future generation…Our children are looking up to you all as good cricketers…. shame on you. or retire decently…
Cricket is a gentlemans game-
Crciket and Politics dont go together-
Cricket teaches to play the game and play it well=
Politics-sad to say-Only those who are into it knows how to play it.
For Sanath-best is get to some desrving region and teach the youngsters to play the game-
This way he can always preserve his dignity-