Danushka Gunathilaka, 31, was charged with sexual assault whereas in Australia to play within the T20 World Cup.
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) says it has suspended Danushka Gunathilaka from all types of cricket following his arrest in Sydney over an alleged sexual assault and won't contemplate him for any alternatives.
The 31-year-old cricketer, in Australia for the T20 World Cup, was charged with sexual assault and was denied bail by a court docket in Sydney on Monday.
“The Government Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket determined to droop nationwide participant Danushka Gunathilaka from all types of cricket with speedy impact and won't contemplate him for any alternatives …” the SLC stated in an announcement on Monday.
SLC stated it had a “zero tolerance” coverage for any such conduct and can cooperate with Australian legislation enforcement. SLC will perform an inquiry into the incident, it stated on Sunday.
Earlier, a Sydney court docket declined Gunathilaka’s bail plea. Exterior the court docket, defence lawyer Ananda Amaranath stated the choice was disappointing and his shopper was contemplating interesting to the Supreme Courtroom of New South Wales.
Gunathilaka’s bail software was made in a closed court docket after the police prosecutor lodged an software to forestall the publication of the info of the case and the indictment.
The cricketer had spent an evening in custody on the Surry Hills Police Station earlier than showing in handcuffs and a gray T-shirt through video hyperlink on the court docket.
“Sure sir,” he advised the court docket when requested if his video hyperlink was working.
Gunathilaka travelled to Australia with Sri Lanka’s T20 World Cup workforce however performed within the workforce’s first sport solely, which they misplaced to Namibia, earlier than being dominated out of the competitors with a hamstring tear.
The cricketer had been holding up nicely contemplating the circumstances, his lawyer advised media exterior the court docket.
“He has the total help of the Sri Lankan excessive commissioner and the Sri Lankan cricket board. So he's OK,” Amaranath stated.
The left-handed batsman has performed practically 100 T20 and One-Day Internationals for Sri Lanka and eight Check matches.
Sri Lanka misplaced their closing group match to England on Saturday within the T20 World Cup and the remainder of the workforce – minus Gunathilaka – left for residence on Sunday.
Advisor coach and former captain Mahela Jayawardene, who had travelled with the workforce to Australia, advised reporters on the airport in Sri Lanka on their arrival that it will be as much as the Australian judicial system to find out what had occurred.
“The gamers who go on these tournaments are usually not faculty children, they're professionals they usually should take accountability for his or her behaviour and the choices they make,” Jayawardene stated.
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