Former Sri Lanka and Chennai Super Kings all-rounder Dilhara Lokuhettige has been banned from all cricket for eight years after an ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal discovered him responsible of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code.
The ban for Lokuhettige is backdated to April 3, 2019, when he was provisionally suspended.
As beforehand introduced, following full hearings and shows of written and oral argument, the Tribunal discovered Lokuhettige responsible of:
Article 2.1.1 – for being get together to an settlement or effort to repair or contrive or in any other case affect improperly the consequence, progress, conduct or different side(s) of a match.
Article 2.1.4 – Directly or not directly soliciting, inducing, engaging, instructing, persuading, encouraging, or deliberately facilitating any Participant to breach Code Article 2.1.
Article 2.4.4 – Failing to speak in confidence to the ACU full particulars of any approaches or invites obtained to have interaction in corrupt conduct underneath the Code.
Lokuhettige has additionally been charged by the ICC on behalf of the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) with breaching three counts of the ECB Anti-Corruption Code for Participants for the T10 League and these proceedings are ongoing.
Alex Marshall, ICC General Manager – Integrity Unit, stated: “Having represented Sri Lanka in worldwide cricket, Dilhara had attended numerous anti-corruption training classes and would have identified his actions have been a breach of the Code.
“The severity of the sanction reflects the seriousness of his offences and his continued refusal to cooperate and should serve as a deterrent for anyone considering getting involved in corruption of any kind.”
Notably, few days in the past, former Zimbabwe captain and ex-Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) coach Heath Streak was banned from all cricket for eight years after he accepted 5 costs of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code. Mr. Streak was charged as a participant underneath the Code by advantage of his standing because the coach of Zimbabwe from 2016 to 2018 and because the coach of assorted home groups.
