Former Sri Lanka cricketer Sachithra Senanayake has been arrested on charges of match-fixing
Senanayake has been remanded into custody after surrendering to the Sports Ministry’s Special Investigation Unit today.
He is expected to appear in court in relation to the alleged attempts to manipulate cricket matches during the 2020 LPL season.
It is alleged that Senanayake had approached two cricketers in the first edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) in 2020 via telephone from Dubai to fix matches.
In August 2023, the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court imposed a travel ban on the former cricketer after a probe was launched into match-fixing allegations.
A three-month travel ban was imposed on the former off-spinner after the Attorney General’s (AG) directions to the Sports Ministry’s Special Investigation Unit (SIU) to press criminal charges against him.
The former cricketer, however, refuted all accusations, describing them as unsubstantiated accusations intended to incriminate him and his family.
