Sri Lanka's National Cricketer Dhanushka Gunathilake who is being charged over raping an Australian female was suspended from participating all formats of Cricket with immediate effect by the Executive Board of the Sri Lanka Cricket .He will not consider for any selections after being heard he was arrested over a sexual assault of a female in Australia Sri Lanka Cricket has stated .
Furthermore Sri Lanka Cricket will take necessary steps to Promptly carry out an Inquiry into the alleged offense and upon Conclusion of the aforementioned court case In Australia and steps will be taken to penalize the said player if Found guilty Sri Lanka Cricket has stated through the press release issued today .
Sri Lanka Cricket wishes to emphasize that it adopts a “zero tolerance” policy for any 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.
Meanwhile Dhanushka Gunathilake who was arrested yesterday by the Sydney Police had been remanded until 12th of January by the Sydney High Court Today (07).Court has refused to grant him bail twice it has been reported