ICC T20 World Cup 2022: Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka charged for alleged sexual assault, arrested in Sydney from team hotel

Know the latest about Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka

Sri Lanka is one place from where we have had some of the finest cricketers in the history of the game. From Sanath Jayasuriya to Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Muttiah Muralitharan, Chaminda Vaas and many others, they are hailed as some of the all-time best in cricket. As a cricket-playing country, Sri Lanka has always been very competitive in the game. Well, not just during bilateral series and Test series, Sri Lanka as a unit is also very competitive during ICC tournaments.

This time as well, Sri Lankan cricket was making news for cricketing reasons. However, there’s a shocking update right now coming from the cricket team. As per the latest media reports in ESPN CRICINFO, Sri Lanka batter Danushka Gunathilaka has been charged by police after an alleged sexual assault in Sydney’s east. As per reports, a police official was quoted as saying,

“The woman met with the man after communicating with him for a number of days via an online dating application; it’s alleged he then sexually assaulted her on the evening of Wednesday 2 November 2022. As part of ongoing investigations, a crime scene examination was undertaken by specialist police at an address in Rose Bay yesterday.

The cricketer was arrested from the team hotel in the wee hours of Sunday morning. For more updates, stay tuned to IWMBuzz.com