Danushka returns home

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Cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka, who was stranded in Australia pending trial for the past 11 months, returned to Sri Lanka on Tuesday night after he was found not guilty on sexual harassment charges by a judge-alone hearing in Sydney.

Gunathilaka, a member of the Sri Lanka T20 team at the ICC World T20 Championship held in Australia in November 2022, was barred from leaving the country after a woman he had met through an online dating app, made charges against the opening batter that he sexually harassed on their first meeting at the woman's apartment in Sydney.

After four hearings, Gunathilaka was found not guilty by the Sydney court, and was freed from all accusations.

Returning to Sri Lanka with a close friend and an unidentified foreign woman, who was seen accompanying Gunathilaka at the trials, he thanked all who stood by him during past 11 months and said that he would resume training with intentions of returning to the national side.

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Lee Wednesday, 04 October 2023 07:23 PM

Happy that the ordeal is over for Dhaniska. Fair judgement and justice served and hopefully he can resume his cricketing career. However, he should have apologized for his unacceptable conduct, perhaps a misjudgement, for bringing disrepute to the game, his team, fans and the country. You let the side down! Representing your country is a great honour for a very select few people in sports and he/she should be a role model and ambassador. Had you apologized instead of your sense of arrogance, you would have won back more of those who were disappointed. Now show that you can change and be a class human being and cricketer.

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