SLC awaiting ICC response to Lokuarachchi accusation
View(s):Sri Lanka Cricket is awaiting the results of the ICC probe into the actions of Sri Lankan cricketer Kaushal Lokuarachchi during the Bangladesh Premier League tournament.
A top official of SLC told the Sunday Times, “The ICC has given him fourteen days to respond to their charge.”
Lokuarachchi has been charged by the ICC for failing to report an incident where he was approached by certain individuals on match fixing. Lokuarachchi had declined the offer, but had not reported the incident to the authorities.
The SLC official further said, “As far as we are concerned Lokuarachchi has not done any wrong – the only thing is that he has failed to report the approach to the authorities. However Sri Lanka Cricket is not going to get involved in this matter in any manner.”
Earlier, nine individuals were charged with various offences allegedly committed in violation of the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s anti-corruption code during the 2013 Bangladesh Premier League, the ICC and the BCB announced.
The charges, which followed an investigation carried out by the ICC’s Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU), relate to an alleged conspiracy within the Dhaka Gladiators franchise to engage in match-fixing and spot-fixing during the tournament, as well as failures by individuals to report approaches made to them.
Lokuarachchi turned out for the Kandurata Maroons who won the SLC four-cornered T-20 tournament and will be a part of the Lankan squad who will take part in the Champions League T20 tournament which will take place in India next month.
- SRP
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