Former Sri Lankan off-spinner Sachithra Senanayake has been indicted by the Hambantota High Court for trying to lure a fellow participant for match-fixing through the 2020 Lanka Premier League (LPL) .
The Attorney General’s Department stated this turns into the primary such indictment of a nationwide degree cricketer for match-fixing underneath the nation’s recently-introduced anti-corruption regulation. He was arrested and launched on bail in 2023.
The 40-year-old performed one Test, 49 ODIs and 24 T20 Internationals for Sri Lanka between 2012 and 2016 for a mixed haul of 78 wickets. He was a member of Sri Lanka’s 2014 T20 World Cup-winning squad.
According to native media stories, he made the corrupt strategy to a different nationwide participant Tharindu Ratnayake, who was enjoying for Colombo Kings at the moment.
“Senanayake is also alleged to have contacted two other cricketers participating in the inaugural LPL in 2020 via telephone from Dubai, attempting to persuade them to engage in match-fixing,” a report within the Sri Lankan ‘Daily Mirror‘ said.
Published – June 05, 2025 02:46 pm IST
