Sri Lankan batsman Danushka Gunathilaka has been banned for Six International Test matches for breaching his country’s cricket board’s player code of conduct and contractual obligation.

Gunathilaka’s offence is related to a criminal investigation into sexual assault, which had allegedly occurred at the team hotel during the second test against South Africa in Colombo.

The Sri Lanka police reiterated that Gunathilaka was not a suspect in the criminal investigation, but another man, who is known to Gunathilaka, had been arrested as a suspect.

The offence was understood to be a serious breach of curfew during the second test against South Africa in Colombo.

Gunathilaka will also not be paid any match fees, bonuses or other payments for the test according to a SLC release.

The first three matches of the six-match suspension are for Gunathilaka’s current breach of the code of conduct, while the other three have been enforced from the one-year suspended sentence of a three-match ban that was in force from October 2017.

He had initially been suspended for six matches last year, which was later revised to three matches. He was also fined 20% of his annual contract fee.