Former Sri Lanka captain and ex- Mumbai Indians (MI) opener Sanath Jayasuriya is perhaps some of the gifted all-rounders that the island nation has produced but it surely was his private life controversies that overshadowed his glittering profession.
In 2017, cricketer-turned-politician Jayasuriya was accused of leaking sex tape with his ex-girlfriend Maleeka Sirisena. A video that allegedly exhibits the Sri Lankan cricketer making out with his former girlfriend was circulated on WhatsApp and different social media platforms and reportedly the video was launched as ‘revenge porn’ by Sanath Jayasuriya.
Maleeka is the spouse of a enterprise tycoon and was allegedly Jayasuriya’s ex-girlfriend. She blamed Jayasuriya for the leak of the sex tape and claimed that she was engaged to the former Sri Lanka cricketer in a small temple.
The sex tape incident was first reported by Colombo Telegraph and it confirmed the person who’s strikingly related to Jayasuriya, recording the whole sexual encounter.
Here is the screengrab of the leaked sex video
Notably, left-handed batsman Jayasuriya tied the knot thrice however all three of his marriages had been unsuccessful. His first marriage passed off in 1998 with Air Sri Lanka’s floor hostess Sumudu Karunanayak and it lasted only for a 12 months.
Subsequently, Jayasuriya obtained married to Air Hostess Sandra De Silva in 2000 and the couple had been blessed with three kids. However, the former batsman began seeing Maleeka Sirisena in 2012 and divorced her second spouse Sandra De Silva due to his affair.
According to studies, Jayasuriya and Maleeka, who was an actress, tied the knot secretly in a temple in February 2012.
However, after a while, Maleeka left Sanath Jayasuriya and married a businessman. She later claimed that the former Lankan batsman leaked their sex tape to search revenge.
Meanwhile, Jayasuriya, who was banned for 2 years in February 2019 for breaching the ICC anti-corruption code, is ready to make his cricketing comeback with a training stint at Melbourne membership Mulgrave.
The 51-year-old former captain and chief selector will be a part of fellow Sri Lankans Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga, who’ve been contracted as gamers by the membership aspect, which competes in Victoria’s Eastern Cricket Association.
Jayasuriya is a world cup winner and has performed 586 internationals – 110 Tests, 445 ODIs, and 31 T20Is – over twenty years, and smashed 42 centuries. He has additionally taken 440 wickets throughout the three codecs.
Jayasuriya additionally performed for MI within the Indian Premier League (IPL) from 2008 to 2010 below the captaincy of Sachin Tendulkar and was the Master Blaster’s opening companion through the time.
