Danushka Gunathilaka: Sri Lankan cricketer (Srilanka Cricketer) who is facing allegations of sexual assault, got a huge relief for Danushka Gunathilaka. Sydney Court in Australia dismissed three of the four cases registered against him. The public prosecutor said that the 3 cases registered against Danushka were invalid due to lack of sufficient evidence. Only one of the four sexual assault cases filed by the woman alleging Danushka’s sexual assault will stand. Public prosecutor Hugh Buddin revealed to the court that the remaining three cases are invalid. With that, this 32-year-old Sri Lankan player breathed a sigh of relief.
A woman filed a police complaint against Danushka during the T20 World Cup last year. She revealed in her complaint that he sexually assaulted her without her consent. With that, the police arrested Danushka who was in the team hotel with the team members. Danushka met the lady on a dating app. Both went on a date. Later they went to her house in Ross Bay, Sydney. There he forcibly raped her,” the police said in their report.
Danushka Gunathilaka, a top-order batsman, was banned twice. In 2018, he was banned for 6 months for violating the team curfew. In the same year, he was suspended after Danushka’s friend raped a Norwegian woman. He later breached the rules of the bio-secure bubble during the tour of England in 2021. With that, along with him, Kushal Mendis and Niroshan Dickwella were suspended by the Sri Lanka Cricket Board. He is a key player in the Sri Lankan team. He played 8 Tests, 47 ODIs and 46 T20 matches for the national team. Danushka, who is performing well, has made it to the 2022 T20 World Cup team. Danushka, who played the first match against Namibia, did not play the rest of the matches due to an injury.
