Sri Lanka batsman Danushka Gunathilaka has been handed a suspension, pending inquiry, by the country’s cricket board for breaching the ‘Player Code of Conduct’. The suspension will be in effect immediately after the end of the ongoing Test between South Africa and the islanders and will keep him from playing all forms of international cricket thereafter.

The Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) released a statement confirming the news without elaborating on the details.

“the decision to suspend the player was taken following an initial inquiry conducted by Sri Lanka Cricket, after the team management reported that the player have violated the 'Code of Conduct',” the statement read.

The country’s governing body of the game will also withhold Gunathilaka’s fee for the ongoing match until the outcome of the investigation is known.

This is the second time in the last ten months that the 27-year-old has been on the receiving end of a disciplinary action. Gunathilaka's reluctance towards the training sessions during Sri Lanka’s tour of India had resulted in him getting suspended for six white-ball matches in October last year. Although the suspension was revised to three matches, it forced the batsman out of the ODI squad that faced Pakistan in the UAE.

The right-handed batsman had given Tamim Iqbal a send-off when the southpaw was on his way to the dressing room during the final match of the T20 tri-series in January this year. He had been slapped with one demerit point and had also been officially reprimanded for committing the Level 1 offence.