Fake prophet, parties ruined Sri Lanka's World Cup

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An enquiry into Sri Lanka's disastrous World Cup campaign has uncovered allegations of corruption, players partying astatine casinos and the power of a fake prophet.

The caller claims were unearthed aft superior charges were laid against batter Danushka Gunathilaka, who was arrested hours aft Sri Lanka's tourney prematurely ended and faces 4 counts of intersexual battle connected a pistillate successful Sydney.

Danushka's tribunal substance has been adjourned until February 23, with his defence squad awaiting a little of evidence. He is presently connected bail, with strict reporting conditions and a nighttime curfew.

A separate, non transgression probe recovered Sri Lanka players, officials and associates misbehaved arsenic the Asian champions were stunned by Namibia successful their opening lucifer and past failed to suffice past their Super 12 group.

The five-member sheet recommended that casinos beryllium off-limits for players connected overseas tours and that wives beryllium allowed successful their edifice rooms – a signifier permitted until 2016 – to guarantee they bash not interruption squad subject protocols.

Chamika Karunaratne was progressive successful a brawl astatine a casino on with six teammates erstwhile helium took objection to a patron taking his picture. He was fined and fixed a suspended prohibition past year.

The 63-page study stated that investigators did not hold with squad manager Mahinda Halangoda's assertion that the players went to a casino for meal due to the fact that "all restaurants successful Australia adjacent aft 8.00 oregon 8.30pm."

The probe besides recovered that erstwhile high-performance manager, Jerome Jayaratne, was sent to Melbourne for 10 days and paid $7000, but had nary authoritative relation with the team.

It's understood Jayaratne is related by matrimony to the Rajapaksa household who person dominated Sri Lankan authorities for decades.

Jayaratne spent clip with his sister and contributed thing to the team, the sheet reported.

There was besides notation of erstwhile skipper Mahela Jayawardene, who travelled arsenic a "consultant coach" astatine the cricket board's disbursal but opened a subdivision of his up-market Ministry of Crab edifice concatenation successful Australia.

Sensationally, determination are present calls for a wider investigation into a antheral claiming to beryllium a prophet who established sizeable power implicit immoderate squad members and cardinal officials. The prophet's authenticity has been called into question.

It's understood that bowler Karunaratne near an lipid lamp burning successful his room, contempt edifice warnings of a occurrence hazard, nether the guidance of the man.

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