 "Bhanuka Rajapaksa fined $5,000, handed ban for criticizing Sri Lanka Cricket in interviews")
Colombo: Sri Lanka T20 player Bhanuka Rajapaksa was fined $5,000 and handed a suspended one year ban Monday for giving interviews critical of the national board management. Sri Lanka Cricket said the 29-year-old was in breach of his contract with the interviews to local media and on social media platforms. [caption id=“attachment_9780831” align=“alignnone” width=“640”]  File image of Bhanuka Rajapaksa. AFP[/caption] His ban was suspended for two years, however, and the board said Rajapaksa has been included in a training squad for a series against India starting 13 July. The left-hand batsman told interviewers last month that he was unfairly dropped from the just-concluded tour of England where Sri Lanka lost the one-day and T20 series. He played his first T20 against Pakistan in October 2019 and the last in January 2020 against India.
Sri Lanka Cricket said the 29-year-old was in breach of his contract with the interviews to local media and on social media platforms.
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