Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Monday determined to droop nationwide participant Danushka Gunathilaka from all codecs with quick impact following his arrest for sexually assaulting a lady throughout the T20 World Cup.
“The Executive Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket has decided to suspend national player Danushka Gunathilaka from all forms of cricket with immediate effect and for Mr Gunathilaka to be arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a woman in Australia and for any selection against him. will not be considered,” the SLC stated in a media launch.
SLC’s ExCo has determined to droop nationwide participant Danushka Gunathilaka from all types of cricket with quick impact and won’t be thought-about for any choice. Read https://t.co/0qp6lNVEoH
— Sri Lanka Cricket (@OfficialSLC) 7 November 2022
“Furthermore, Sri Lanka Cricket will take essential steps to promptly examine the alleged offence, and upon conclusion of the above court docket case in Australia, steps might be taken to punish the stated participant if discovered responsible.
“Sri Lanka Cricket would like to emphasize that it adopts a “zero tolerance” policy for any such conduct by a player and will provide all necessary assistance to Australian law enforcement authorities to conduct an impartial investigation into the incident.”
The left-hander performed towards Namibia within the first spherical match of the present showpiece and was dismissed for naught. Later, he was dominated out of the match resulting from harm whereas the group certified for the Super 12 stage. Sri Lanka’s group completed fourth in Group 1.
According to native media stories, Gunathilaka and the lady have been in contact for a number of days after they related by means of a web-based courting app. The arrest was produced from a Sydney lodge hours earlier than the Sri Lankan group left for Australia.
SLC’s ExCo has determined to droop nationwide participant Danushka Gunathilaka from all types of cricket with quick impact and won’t be thought-about for any choice. Read https://t.co/0qp6lNVEoH
— Sri Lanka Cricket (@OfficialSLC) 7 November 2022
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In 2021, he was suspended by the SLC for a 12 months after breaking the group’s bio-secure bubble on a tour of England together with teammates Kusal Mendis and Niroshan Dickwella.
The board additionally handed him a six-month ban in 2018 after breaking the group curfew. In the identical 12 months, Gunathilaka was additionally suspended after his unnamed good friend was accused of raping a Norwegian lady.
In 2017, the board suspended him for six limited-overs video games after Gunathilaka went lacking coaching periods and turned up for a recreation with out his cricket gear.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
