Former Sri Lankan all-rounder Dilhara Lokuhettige was banned for eight years by the ICC for corruption offenses in T10 league cricket.
Dilhara Lokuhettige, who played 9 ODIs and 2 T20Is for Sri Lanka, received an eight-year ban from the ICC in September 2019 after being found guilty of three corruption charges. The offenses related to his participation in the T10 League in Sharjah and other T20 competitions.
The ICC's investigation found that Lokuhettige had been involved in fixing matches and had attempted to corrupt other players. He was charged with being party to an effort to fix matches, failing to disclose corrupt approaches, and failing to cooperate with the investigation.
Lokuhettige's case was part of a wave of corruption cases involving Sri Lankan cricketers that raised serious concerns about the state of cricket governance in Sri Lanka. The country's players had been involved in multiple fixing scandals across various T20 leagues, suggesting that there was a systemic problem.
The eight-year ban was one of the longer sanctions imposed by the ICC for corruption offenses and reflected the seriousness with which the tribunal viewed Lokuhettige's involvement. The case also highlighted the particular vulnerability of T10 and T20 leagues, where the short format made it easier to fix specific outcomes and the proliferation of leagues created more opportunities for corruption.
Banned for eight years by the ICC for match fixing, attempting to corrupt others, and failure to cooperate.
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