Sanath Jayasuriya meets actor Mammootty

Former Sri Lanka opener Sanath Jayasuriya on Tuesday met Malayalam actor Mammootty who’s in Lanka to shoot a movie. The Sri Lankan famous person shared a put up with the film legend, captioned, “It was an honour to meet Senior Malayalam actor @mammukka. Sir you are a true super star. Thank you for coming to Sri Lanka. I would like to invite all Indian stars & friends to #VisitSriLanka to enjoy our country.”

In the put up, Jayasuria, who was just lately appointed his nation’s tourism model ambassador, urged Indian stars and pals to go to Sri Lanka which has been reeling beneath an unprecedented financial disaster. The Indian Ocean island’s debt-laden financial system collapsed after it ran out of cash to pay for meals, gas and medication — sparking months of protests. The authorities owes $51 billion (€50 billion) and is struggling to make curiosity funds on these loans, not to mention pay down the principal.

Recently, the Australia males’s cricket staff gamers who had visited Sri Lanka for 3 T20Is, 5 ODIs and a couple of Tests, donated their prize cash from their tour of the island nation to help the locals in want, Cricket Australia had acknowledged.

It was an honour to fulfill Senior Malayalam actor @mammukka . Sir you’re a true tremendous star. Thank you for coming to Sri Lanka. I wish to invite all Indian stars & pals to #Go toSriLanka to get pleasure from our nation pic.twitter.com/7PHX2kakH8

— Sanath Jayasuriya (@Sanath07) August 16, 2022

“Our Aussie men have donated their prize money from the recent tour of Sri Lanka to support children and families impacted by the nation’s worst economic crisis in decades,” CA wrote on their official Twitter deal with.

“The donation will go towards @unicefaustralia‘s programs to support nutrition, healthcare, safe drinking water, education and mental health services,” learn a follow-up tweet.

The donation was led by Australian Test captain Pat Cummins, a UNICEF Australia ambassador, and Aaron Finch, who’s the nationwide staff captain in ODIs and T20Is. A complete of 45,000 Australia {dollars} (25,36,294 lakhs in INR) was donated by the staff.

The cricket befell amidst the inner turmoil within the nation owing to the awful monetary scenario and protests demanding the resignation of the then President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

Sri Lanka will subsequent play within the Asia Cup, adopted by the T20 World Cup in October.