Sri Lanka batsman Danushka Gunathilaka has been suspended from all forms of international cricket by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) pending an inquiry. The development came at the end of the third day’s play in the second and final Test between Sri Lanka and South Africa in Colombo.
An SLC release said that the decision to suspend the player was taken following an initial inquiry conducted by Sri Lanka Cricket, after the team management reported that the player have violated the ‘Code of Conduct’.
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Gunathilaka’s match fee for the ongoing Test against South Africa will be withheld, while the suspension will come into effect immediately after the match at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground.
The Sri Lankan cricketer has had a sequence of disciplinary issues in the recent past. In 2017, after displaying a poor attitude towards training when Sri Lanka hosted India, the batsman was suspended for six white-ball matches for misconduct, later revised to three with three matches being part of a suspended sentence, and was subsequently omitted from the one-day international squad to face Pakistan.
