On 8th March 2016 Sri Lankan Cricket Board (SLCB) constituted a new National Cricket Selection Panel

On 8th March 2016 Sri Lankan Cricket Board (SLCB) constituted a new National Cricket Selection Panel headed by former cricketer Arvinda de Silva. 
•    Members of the panel are Kumar Sangakkara (retired from international cricket recently), Romesh Kaluwitharana, Lalith Kaluperuma and Ranjith Madurasinghe.
•    The panel will succeed the Kapila Wijegunawardena-headed selection committee which was appointed in April 2015. 
•    Wijegunawardena selection panel was sacked by Sri Lankan board ahead of the 2016 ICC World T20, 
•    T20 World cup has started from 8th March 2016 in India.
•    Wijegunawardena selection panel was sacked in the wake of the national team’s poor performances in the just-concluded Asia Cup in Bangladesh and the preceding bilateral series in India. 
•    In January 2016, Sri Lanka had also lost its No 1 ICC Twenty20 ranking after they lost to New Zealand.
•    Board also announced that Angelo Mathews will be the captain and Dinesh Chandimal the Vice Captain of the team for the T-20 Cricket World Cup.