Left the team in just 2 weeks, and now Cricket Australia has imposed a ban of 20 years, he had made this mistake.

Cricket Australia has imposed a 20-year ban on former Sri Lankan cricketer Dilip Samaraweera. Samaraweera was the head coach of the Victoria cricket team. An investigation was conducted against Samaraweera in which he was found guilty of misconduct. According to reports, he had violated Cricket Australia's code of conduct 2.23. This former Sri Lankan cricketer resigned from his post in May and he had become the head coach of Victoria just 2 weeks before that. The question is why did Samaraweera resign from his post?

What did Cricket Australia say about Samaraweera?

After imposing a 20-year ban on Samaraweera, Cricket Australia said that their department had investigated the former cricketer and found that he had violated several laws. Cricket Australia said that they want a good environment for the benefit of the players and other employees. If anyone hurts it, it will not be accepted at all. Earlier in May, when Cricket Victoria CEO Nick Cummins had given a statement on Samaraweera's resignation, he had said that Dilip Samaraweera wanted some more people in his support staff and this was not possible. After this, Dilip decided to leave the team.

Who is Dilip Samaraweera?

Dilip Samaraweera is a former opening batsman of Sri Lanka. His brother Tillan Samaraweera also played cricket for Sri Lanka for a long time. Dilip Samaraweera played 7 Tests for Sri Lanka and during this time he scored 211 runs at an average of 15. In ODIs, he scored 91 runs in 5 matches at an average of 22.75. He definitely performed well in first-class cricket in Sri Lanka for a long time. He scored 7210 runs in 136 first-class matches at an average of about 40, which included 16 centuries. This player also scored 3 centuries in List A.