The governing body for cricket in Sri Lanka has not introduced a quota system mandating the make-up of future squads, contrary to posts that shared a fabricated news graphic alongside claims that an interim administration had made the change. The chair of the interim body told AFP no changes have yet been made, and team selections will be made with "no consideration given to caste, race, creed or class". The news organisation whose logo was superimposed on the circulating graphic also said it was a "fake" and they had not run any such stories.
"These people are leading the country towards religious fanaticism, religious bigotry, racism, and even towards war," says the Sinhala-language caption of a Facebook graphic shared on May 2, 2026.
According to the graphic, Sri Lanka Cricket -- the country’s wealthiest sporting body -- is changing its constitution to introduce an ethnicity and religion-based quota to select players, similar to a system employed by South Africa (archived link). South Africa has formal targets for racial representation in their cricket teams (archived link).
Superimposed text on the graphic claims Sri Lankan cricket squads will now have to be composed of "three Sinhala-Buddhist players, three Sinhala-Catholics, three Sri Lankan Tamils, one Muslim, one hill-country Tamil and one Burgher".
The graphic bears the logo of local news outlet Top News and a photo of opposition politician Eran Wickramaratne, who was appointed to lead the Sri Lanka Cricket board...
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