Danushka Gunathilaka slapped with 6-match ban following rape charges

By : ABP News Bureau | Updated at :

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The governing body's rules stipulate that during matches players must be back in their hotel rooms by midnight and cannot have guests/ Photo Courtesy: Twitter

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Gunathilaka has had a sequence of disciplinary issues in the recent past. With his current suspension, he became the second Lankan cricketer to be suspended after Jeffery Vandersay, in a span of a week/ Photo Courtesy: Twitter

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As stated by police, Gunathilaka was not aware of what took place between the Norwegian woman who had complained of rape on Saturday night after which his friend, Sandeep Jude Selliah was arrested/ Photo Courtesy: Twitter

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He had booked two rooms at the hotel on the night of the incident and had violated Sri Lanka Cricket's code of conduct of players by staying out long hours/ Photo Courtesy: Twitter

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On July 26, the police quizzed Gunathilaka over the alleged rape of a Norwegian woman in a hotel room where he was present/ Photo Courtesy: Twitter

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Gunathilaka will also not be paid for the second Test against South Africa, during the course of which he was in breach of the contract/ Photo Courtesy: Twitter

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Sri Lanka Cricket suspended him for breaching the 'Player Code of Conduct and Contractual Obligation' / Photo Courtesy: Twitter

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Gunathilaka has been given the three-match suspension for violating the contract that he has entered to with SLC/ Photo Courtesy: Twitter

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Remaining three-match suspensions were given to him for the one-year sentence which he was already serving since October 18, 2017 for breaching the 'Player Contract'/ Photo Courtesy: Twitter

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