Sri Lanka suspend Danushka Gunathilaka after rape charge at T20 World Cup in Australia

Gunathilaka has played 8 Tests, 47 one-day internationals and 46 Twenty20s for Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Cricket person suspended Danushka Gunathilaka aft helium was charged with raping a pistillate successful Sydney.

He was denied bail connected Sunday and again connected Monday by a tribunal successful Sydney.

Sri Lanka Cricket said Gunathilaka, who was arrested astir 01:00 section clip connected Sunday, had been suspended "from each cricket with contiguous effect".

It added: "Sri Lanka Cricket volition instrumentality the indispensable steps to promptly transportation retired an enquiry into the alleged offence, and, upon decision of the tribunal lawsuit successful Australia, steps volition beryllium taken to penalise the said subordinate if recovered guilty.

"Sri Lanka Cricket wishes to emphasise that it adopts a 'zero tolerance' argumentation for immoderate specified behaviour by a subordinate and volition supply each the required enactment to the Australian instrumentality enforcement authorities to transportation retired an impartial enquiry into the incident."

It is alleged helium sexually assaulted a 29-year-old pistillate connected Wednesday, 2 November.

The apprehension came hours aft Sri Lanka's last crippled of the World Cup - a four-wicket decision by England connected Saturday.

Gunathilaka played successful the archetypal game, against Namibia, but was ruled retired of the remainder of tourney with wounded connected 20 October. He had remained with the squad successful Australia.

New South Wales constabulary accidental helium met with the pistillate aft communicating for a fig of days connected a dating app.