Sri Lanka Cricket to suspend the contract of Shehan Madushanka for carrying heroin

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Sri Lanka Cricket to suspend the contract of Shehan Madushanka for carrying heroin

Colombo, May 26: Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is planning to suspend the contract of medium pacer Shehan Madushanka after he was arrested for possessing heroin.

SLC CEO Ashley de Silva said, "We have not been officially informed on this yet. He is a contracted player. We will take action to suspend his contract if he carries a drug charge." Madushanka's arrest was the first time a contracted player was remanded over a drug charge.

The cricketer and his friend were arrested on May 23 for possessing heroin. The magistrate at Kuliyapitiya in the north-western province ordered him to be remanded till June 2. The 25-year-old broke into the international scene in early 2018 with an ODI hat-trick on debut against Bangladesh, making the fourth player in one-day history to achieve the feat.

His international appearances have been limited to his debut ODI and two T20 internationals, also against Bangladesh.

Story first published: Tuesday, May 26, 2020, 12:22 [IST]

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Sri Lanka Cricket to suspend the contract of Shehan Madushanka for carrying heroin

Sri Lanka Cricket to suspend the contract of Shehan Madushanka for carrying heroin. The 25-year-old pacer was arrested on Monday by the Lankan police.