Sri Lanka, March 5 -- The police unit in charge of prevention of malpractices in sports has ordered former cricketer Sachithra Senanayake to submit a statement of assets and liabilities within 14 days.

He was summoned to the police unit on Thursday (March 04) over an alleged attempt to fix matches in the 2020 Lanka Premier League (LPL) T20 tournament.

According to reports, he had recorded an 8-hour long statement with the said police unit.

The Lanka Premier League was held from November 27 to December 17, 2020 in Hambantota, Sri Lanka.

Last year, a media report alleged that Senanayake had approached a player and attempted to entice him into corrupt practice in the inaugural LPL tournament, through phone calls made from Dubai.

The for...