India, Feb. 11 -- Former Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka found himself in major trouble after being accused of faking concussion in a first-class match in Colombo on February 2 in a bid to travel to Dubai to participate in Dubai Capitals' ILT20 game against Abu Dhabi Knight Riders that same evening. Sri Lanka Cricket is set to conduct an inquiry over the allegations.

According to a report in ESPNCricinfo, SLC's chargesheet revealed that first-class match referee Wendell Labrooy was led to believe that Shanaka had a concussion and needed a substitute to be approved. This was based on SLC CEO Ashley de Silva' statement: "SSC [Shanaka's first-class club] would probably be conducting their own inquiry as well".

However, Shanaka later clarif...