According to reports, the board had violated procedure when appointing the elections committee. In a letter sent to SLC, sports Minister Faiszer Musthapha had pointed out sports law that states an election committee can only be appointed and sanctioned at an Extraordinary General Meeting with the approval of SLC members.

As the SLC had appointed the election committee only at an executive committee meeting, the ministry views it as invalid and has asked SLC to halt the reception of nominations. The SLC, however, claims that it had received permission to conduct the election from previous sports minister Dayasiri Jayasekera.The current Executive Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket headed by Thilanga Sumathipala was recently reappointed as an Interim Committee to continue operations until fresh elections are held.