The Colombo Magistrate’s court has imposed an overseas travel ban on former national cricketer Sachithra Senanayake.
The Attorney General’s Department has directed the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) of the Ministry of Sports to press criminal charges against former Sri Lanka cricketer Sachithra Senanayake as “sufficient materials have been disclosed in terms of the Prevention of Offences related to Sports Act No. 24 of 2019”, The Sunday Times reported yesterday.
The former T20 World Cup-winning cricketer is reported to have approached two cricketers participating in the first edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) in 2020 via phone calls from Dubai to entice them to fix matches. This is a criminal offence in Sri Lanka.
Senanayake has refuted the allegations while claiming there were attempts to defame and slander him. He has vehemently denied any connection between him and the reports.