Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was present at the toss ahead of the curtain raiser of the Champions Trophy in 2002 in Colombo. He is seen alongside Pakistan skipper Waqar Younis and his Sri Lankan counterpart Sanath Jayasuriya. ICC Chief Malcolm Grey is also in the picture. Later that year Wickremesinghe ordered SLC Chairman Hemaka Amarasuriya to withdraw from the ICC Meetings and instead appointed outsider Thilanga Sumathipala to attend ICC Meetings.