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Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka captured in Australia on assault charge:

Danushka Gunathilaka has been captured on charges of rape, a report citing group sources said on Sunday.

NDTV sports citing a news report said that the 31-year-old Gunathilaka, who was essential for the continuous T20 World Cup crew, was captured on Sunday and taken to Sydney City police headquarters after charges of rape on a lady on November 2.

"Daushka Gunathilaka has been captured for a supposed assault. The Sri Lankan group has left Australia without him," the news channel cited the report.

Sri Lankan group was wiped out from the competition subsequent to losing to Britain on Sunday.

Gunathilaka was out for a duck in the principal round match of the continuous T20 World Cup against Namibia.

The New South Ridges police, on its site, has likewise referenced about the capture of an anonymous Sri Lankan public.

"Sex Wrongdoings Crew analysts have charged a Sri Lankan public following an examination concerning the supposed rape of a lady in Sydney's east last week," the report said.

As per subtleties on the site, a 29-year-elderly person had been physically attacked at a home in Rose Sound recently.

"The lady met with the man subsequent to speaking with him for various days through a web based dating application; it's supposed he then physically attacked her on the night of November 2, 2022.

As a component of progressing examinations, a crime location assessment was embraced by expert police at a location in Rose Narrows yesterday. Following further requests, a 31-year-elderly person was captured at an inn on Sussex Road, Sydney, in no time before 1am today (Sunday 6 November 2022)," the report added.

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is yet to give an assertion regarding this situation.