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Former Sri Lankan cricketer Sachithra Senanayake indicted for match-fixing
Indian Chronicle
|June 12, 2025
Former Sri Lankan off-spinner Sachithra Senanayake has attempted to lure fellow cricketers for match-fixing in the 2020 Lanka Premier League (LPL).
The 40-year-old has been indicted by the Hambantota High Court for his attempts. According to some of the news outlets in Senanayake made the approach to Tharindu Ratnayake, who was playing for the Colombo Kings at that time.“Senanayake is also alleged to have contacted two other cricketers participating in the inaugural LPL in 2020 via telephone from Dubai, attempting to persuade them to engage in match-fixing,” a report in the Sri Lankan ‘Daily Mirror’ stated. The Attorney General's Department said this becomes the first such indictment of a nat
This story is from the June 12, 2025 edition of Indian Chronicle.
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