Sachithra Senanayake remanded on match-fixing charges

Sachithra Senanayake

Former Sri Lanka cricketer Sachithra Senanayake has been remanded on charges of match-fixing during the Lanka Premier League (LPL). 

The Colombo Chief Magistrate remanded the former cricketer until 15 September after he was produced in court yesterday. 

Sachithra Senanayake was arrested yesterday after surrendering to the Special Investigation Unit of the Sports Ministry. He is accused of trying to fix matches during the LPL in 2020.

Senanayake, it is alleged, 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 this year, the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court imposed a three-month travel ban on the former cricketer after a probe was launched into match-fixing allegations. The off-spinner has denied all the allegations and claimed them as baseless charges aimed at defaming him and his family.