{"id":293841,"date":"2022-11-08T01:09:28","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T20:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=293841"},"modified":"2022-11-08T01:09:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T20:09:28","slug":"sri-lanka-suspend-gunathilaka-after-arrest-over-alleged-sexual-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/sri-lanka-suspend-gunathilaka-after-arrest-over-alleged-sexual-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka suspend Gunathilaka after arrest over alleged sexual assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zero tolerance<br \/>\n COLOMBO<br \/>\nSri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said on Monday it has suspended Danushka Gunathilaka from all forms of cricket following his arrest in Sydney over an alleged sexual assault and will not consider him for any selections.<br \/>\nThe 31-year-old was charged with sexual assault while in Australia to play in the T20 World Cup and was denied bail by a court in Sydney on Monday.<br \/>\n\u201cThe Executive Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket decided to suspend national player Danushka Gunathilaka from all forms of cricket with immediate effect and will not consider him for any selections&#8230;,\u201d the SLC said in a statement.<br \/>\nSLC said it had a \u201czero tolerance\u201d policy for any such conduct and will cooperate with Australian law enforcement. SLC will carry out an inquiry into the incident, it said on Sunday.<br \/>\nGunathilaka played a first-round World Cup match against Namibia but was ruled out of the remainder of the T20 tournament with a hamstring injury.<br \/>\nThe Sri Lankan team were eliminated in the group stage of the World Cup, losing to England on Saturday in their final match of the tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zero tolerance COLOMBO Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said on Monday it has suspended Danushka Gunathilaka from all forms of cricket following his arrest in Sydney over an alleged sexual assault and will not consider him for any selections. 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