Former Sri Lanka cricketer Sachithra Senanayake has been arrested on charges of match-fixing.
According to reports, Senanayake was arrested after he surrendered to the Special Investigation Unit of the Sports Ministry today and will be produced in court.
Sachithra Senanayake is accused of trying to fix matches during the Lanka Premier League (LPL) in 2020.
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.
However, the former cricketer has denied all the allegations, claiming them as baseless charges aimed at defaming him and his family.
Sachithra Senanayake (38) has played one Test, 49 ODIs and 24 T20 Internationals for Sri Lanka between 2012 and 2016. (NewsWire)