*ISLAMABAD – Sri Lanka’s* cricket board on Tuesday suspended pacebowler *ShehanMadushanka* from all forms of the game, two days after he was arrestedallegedlylinkinpossession of heroin.
The right-arm bowler was stopped while driving with another person in a caron Sunday and found to have two grams of the drug, police said.
He took a hat-trick against Bangladesh on his one-day international debutin January 2018. He also played two T20 matches against Bangladesh in 2018,but has not played an international since due to injuries.
Sri Lanka Cricket secretary Mohan de Silva said they suspended the25-year-old pending an internal disciplinary inquiry. He was remanded intocustody on Monday.
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“We have suspended him with immediate effect and he also cannot take partin any form of the game,” de Silva said. -APP/AFP
