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Sri Lanka suspends truant Danushka Gunatilake following his arrest over sexual allegations

COLOMBO : The Sri Lanka Cricket decided has suspended national player Danushka Gunathilaka from all forms of cricket with immediate effect and will not consider him for any selections after being informed that Gunathilaka was arrested and charged with sexual assault of a woman in Australia, the Sri Lanka Cricket informed media on Monday, Nov .7

Furthermore, Sri Lanka Cricket will take the necessary steps to promptly carry out an inquiry into the alleged offense, and, upon conclusion of the aforementioned court case in Australia, steps will be taken to penalize the said player if found guilty.

Sri Lanka Cricket said here that it adopts a “zero tolerance” policy for such conduct by a player and will provide all the required support to the Australian law enforcement authorities to carry out an impartial inquiry into the incident.

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