IND vs SL: India recently toured Sri Lanka and during this time a 3-match T20 and ODI series was played between the two teams. India won the T20 series but Sri Lanka won the ODI.

Just after winning the ODI series against India, one of their players has been accused of fixing. In such a situation, their player can now be banned and the International Cricket Council can take this big decision.

Sri Lankan spinner surrounded by fixing allegations

Actually, Sri Lanka's young spinner Praveen Jayawickrama has been accused by the ICC of being involved in match fixing and this will be thoroughly investigated. Now the ICC's Anti Corruption Unit is investigating this entire matter and the player has been asked to respond soon.

Many serious allegations have been made against him, including the allegation of not giving timely information about corruption. This raises suspicion that he is also involved in this fixing and if these allegations are proved right then it is going to be very difficult for Praveen.

Serious allegations against Praveen Jayawickrama

Let us tell you that many allegations have been made against Jayawickrama. He has also been accused of fixing during the Lanka Premier League 2021. According to the ICC, Praveen did not give information at the right time and he also tried to delete the messages that were sent to him for fixing.

On this entire matter, ICC has said that Praveen deleted the messages in which he was asked to give information about the match. Jayawickrama has been given 14 days from 6th August on the allegations leveled against him. In the meantime, he will have to give his accountability.

Cricket career of Praveen Jayawickrama

If we talk about this player, he has made his debut in all three formats for Sri Lanka and has played matches in all formats. Praveen Jayawickrama has taken 25 wickets in a total of 5 Test matches so far. Apart from this, he has 5 wickets in his name in 5 matches.

The left-arm spinner has played a total of 5 T20 matches so far and has taken two wickets in them. If we look at his overall T20 career, it has also been quite good and he has taken 29 wickets in 36 matches while conceding runs at an economy of 6.