Ex-Sri Lanka cricketer Sachithra Senanayake banned from leaving country over match fixing charges
Updated On: 15 August, 2023 07:46 AM IST | Colombo | IANS
Senanayake’s case will be the first since corruption in sports was made a punishable criminal offence in Sri Lanka under the Prevention of Offences related to Sports Act in 2019
Sachithra Senanayake. Pic/AFP
The Chief Magistrate's Court in Colombo banned former Sri Lanka cricketer Sachithra Senanayake from travelling overseas after a probe was launched against him on charges of match fixing.
Senanayake (38), who played one Test, 49 ODIs and 24 T20 Internationals fir the island nation between 2012 and 2016, has been accused of trying to fix matches during the Lanka Premier League (LPL) in 2020.
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