The late Gamini Dissanayake, who was a President of the Sri Lanka Cricket Board and was instrumental in obtaining Test Status for Sri Lanka in 1981, was given a life-time achievement award by the Asian Cricket Council in the recently concluded Asia Cup Tournament in Karachi. This was because he was a pioneer who formulated the concept of the Asian Cricket Council.
Pictured here is Syed Ashraful ul Haq, Chief Executive Officer of the Asian Cricket Council with Mrs. Srima Dissanayake and Navin Dissanayake, Minister of Investment Promotion at the presentation in Karachi.