Sachitra Senanayake

The Colombo Magistrate’s Court yesterday rejected the anticipatory bail application filed by former Sri Lanka cricketer Sachitra Senanayake who is accused of attempting to fix matches during the Lanka

Premier League (LPL) that was held in Hambantota in November-December last year.

The former Test cricketer is reported to have approached two cricketers participating in the LPL 2020, via phone calls from Dubai, UAE.

Senanayake is reported to have returned to Sri Lanka from overseas, but is said to have failed to cooperate in the ongoing investigations.

He had reportedly handed over two of his mobile phones for investigations, but it was later revealed that the two phones do not belong to him.

The anticipatory bail application filed by Senanayake was rejected after the court had issued summons on him to appear yesterday.

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