A panel that investigated a breach of the bio-secure coronavirus bubble during Sri Lanka's limited over series in England has recommended bans of up to two years for three players accused, cricket official sources said Thursday. The five-member panel told Sri Lanka Cricket that vice captain Kusal Mendis and opening batter Danushka Gunathilaka should be barred from all forms of the game for two years, the sources said. The panel said all three should be fined $25,000 each, the sources said, adding that the Sri Lanka board will take a final decision on the panel's recommendations. "These recommendations now go to the executive committee of the board which will take a final decision," one official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity ahead of any official announcement. The trio were sent home after the videos went viral and were also excluded from Sri Lanka's ongoing series against India.

Source: News 24 July 29, 2021 14:03 UTC