Sri Lanka, Feb. 26 -- While public anger boiled over Sri Lanka's humiliating performance last night at the R. Premadasa Stadium against New Zealand, where they were officially eliminated from the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, calls are now growing for the resignation of Shammi Silva, Chairman of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), with some alleging that he is clinging to power despite mounting failures.

Sri Lanka's aspirations of hosting the T20 World Cup trophy came to a crushing end following a bitter defeat. In a devastating blow to the cricket-crazy nation, a 61-run loss to the New Zealand national cricket team in the Super 8 stage sealed their fate. For the thousands of passionate supporters who packed the Colombo venue, it was a night of shattere...