World Cup star punished for 'serious violation'

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Sri Lanka's travel to Australia for the T20 World Cup has gone from atrocious to worse.

The country's governing cricket assemblage connected Thursday announced a punishment for all-rounder Chamika Karunaratne for disciplinary reasons portion connected the circuit Down Under.

A committee enquiry recovered the 26-year-old blameworthy of breaching the codification of conduct, though the nonstop quality of the breach has not been made public.

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He has been whacked with a $7600 good and a suspended one-year ban.

"Considering the seriousness of the violations committed by Mr Karunaratne, the enquiry sheet by its study has recommended to the enforcement committee of the SLC to powerfully pass the subordinate to refrain from further violations and to enforce a punishment that volition not person an interaction connected his cricketing career," a connection said.

Chamika Karunaratne of Sri Lanka during the ICC men's T20 World Cup. (Photo by Jason McCawley-ICC/ICC via Getty Images) (ICC via Getty Images)

The quality comes a week aft chap Sri Lankan World Cup cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka was denied bail successful Sydney arsenic helium awaits proceedings connected rape charges.

He was arrested astatine the team's edifice successful Sydney conscionable hours earlier the players and unit were owed to alert retired of Australia, having failed to marque the World Cup semi finals.

The 2 idiosyncratic players are not the lone headaches for Sri Lanka Cricket.

The ICC's corruption portion is acceptable to motorboat an probe into 2 Test matches played against Pakistan earlier this year.

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