Sri Lanka Cricket on Monday affirmed that the Leader Council of the nation’s cricket board chose to suspend national player Danushka Gunathilaka from all types of cricket with a quick impact.
Sri Lanka Cricket on Monday affirmed that the Chief Panel of the nation’s cricket board chose to suspend national player Danushka Gunathilaka from all types of cricket with quick impact and won’t consider him for any determinations subsequent to being educated that the star hitter was arrested and accused of rape in Australia.
“Moreover, Sri Lanka Cricket will do whatever it may take to immediately complete an investigation into the supposed offense, the endless supply of the previously mentioned legal dispute in Australia, steps will be taken to punish the said player whenever seen as blameworthy,” expressed the cricket board in an authority media discharge.
“Sri Lanka Cricket wishes to stress that it embraces a “zero resilience” strategy for any such lead by a player and will offer all the necessary help to the Australian policing to do an unprejudiced investigation into the episode,” it added.
“The Chief Council of Sri Lanka Cricket chose to suspend national player Danushka Gunathilaka from all types of cricket with quick impact and won’t consider him for any determinations subsequent to being educated that Mr. Gunathilaka was arrested and accused of rape of a lady in Australia,” SLC said in a media discharge.
In 2021, he was suspended by SLC for one year after he penetrated the group’s profile secure air pocket on a visit to England alongside colleagues Kusal Mendis and Niroshan Dickwella.
The Board had likewise given him a six-month boycott in 2018 after he had broken the group check-in time.
Around the same time, Gunathilaka was likewise suspended after his anonymous companion was blamed for assaulting a Norwegian lady.
In 2017, the board suspended him for six restricted overs games after it found about Gunathilaka missing instructional courses and turning up for a game without his cricket gear.
Gunathilaka had shown up by video connect in cuffs at a Sydney court on Monday to look for bail after he was accused of four counts of rape.
Gunathilaka, who talked exclusively to affirm his character, was displayed on a screen in Bringing down Center Nearby Court.
He seemed quiet as he sat wearing a dim Shirt at a Sydney detainment focus. The player’s legal counselor, Ananda Amaranath, said he would look for bail for the 31-year-old.
Judge Robert Williams momentarily dismissed the case prior to hearing the bail application.
The arraignment said it would look to stifle the distribution of certain components that could recognize the supposed casualty.
Police arrested and charged Gunathilaka on Sunday, hours after the national group lost to England at the Twenty20 World Cup.
With AFP inputs