Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka is likely to be banned for one year from all forms of international cricket for breaching Player Code of Conduct, Cricket Age reliably learns.
Gunathilika, who scored half centuries in both innings in the ongoing test against South Africa, was found guilty for breaching player code of conduct, after team management informed Sri Lanka Cricket Board (SLC) about this.
In another major development, a 26-year-old Sri Lankan who holds UK citizenship,was arrested by the Kollupitiya police last night in connection with an alleged rape of a Norwegian woman at a star class hotel in Kollupitiya.
Police said the 23-year-old Norwegian woman had lodged a complaint with the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) police stating that she was raped at the hotel in Kollupitiya on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Sports Ministry sources said the arrested suspect is a friend of Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilake whose name had also been mentioned in the complaint lodged by the victim.
The woman was produced to the Colombo Judicial Medical Officer for a medical examination on Sunday.
