Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said on Tuesday it has ratified an independent committee’s recommendation to lift a ban imposed on batter Danushka Gunathilaka, who was cleared of a sexual assault charge last month.<\/p>\n
Gunathilaka was found not guilty of sexually assaulting a woman in Sydney when he was in Australia last year for the Twenty20 World Cup. The 32-year-old had been suspended from all forms of cricket by the SLC immediately after his arrest.<\/p>\n
The SLC said in a statement on Tuesday that an independent committee had recommended a full lifting of the ban on Gunathilaka with “due consideration to his cricketing career and its impact on the cricketing ambitions of the nation”.<\/p>\n
“The Executive Committee of the SLC, at its meeting held on 13th October 2023, has ratified this recommendation,” it added.<\/p>\n
“They have also cautioned Mr. Gunathilaka to always uphold his status as a representative of the nation in all his future actions.”<\/p>\n
Gunathilaka last played for Sri Lanka in a first-round match against Namibia at the T20 World Cup in October 2022.<\/p>\n