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Sri Lanka’s T20 World Cup winner faces criminal charges over match fixing in LPL

Sri Lanka’s T20 World Cup winner faces criminal charges over match fixing in LPL

This will be the first case in Sri Lanka that goes to trial since the enactment of the law.

Former Sri Lankan cricketer, Sachithra Senanayake, is facing criminal charges over match-fixing allegations. The Attorney General’s Department has directed the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) of the Ministry of Sports in Sri Lanka to press criminal charges against Senanayake as “sufficient materials have been disclosed in terms of the Prevention of Offences related to Sports Act No. 24 of 2019”.

Senanayake, who was a member of the T20 World Cup-winning team in 2014, 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 which is a criminal offence in Sri Lanka. Senanayake has refuted the allegations while claiming there were attempts to defame and slander him. He has denied any connection between him and the reports.

Senanayake could face upto 10 years in Jail

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If proven guilty, Senanayake on conviction will be liable to a fine of 100 Million Sri Lanka Rupees or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 10 years, or both fine and imprisonment. His will be the first case that goes to trial since the enactment of the law.

Senanayake made his international debut for Sri Lanka in 2011. At the time of making his international debut, Senanayake had already taken 297 first-class wickets from 59 matches at an average of 20.50, and 107 List A wickets at an economy rate of 3.9. In his international career, the spinner played 1 Test match, 49 ODIs, and 24 T20Is. In ODIs, Senanayake took 53 wickets with an average of 35.35 and an economy rate of 4.7. He took 25 wickets in T20Is with an average of 21.96 and an economy rate of 6.77.

Senanayake was later banned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2014 from bowling in international cricket after he was found to have an illegal action. He retired from international cricket in February 2020.

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