Sri Lanka Spinner Akila Dhananjaya has been cleared to bowl by the International Cricket Council (ICC) permitting him to participate in International Cricket.

Dananjaya was banned from bowling in international cricket for 12 months following an independent assessment of his action in September 2019.

Sri Lanka Cricket had submitted footage on Dhanajaya’s remodelled action to the ICC on 22 December, 2020.

The Expert Panel of the ICC which assessed the footage had found that Akila Dhananjaya’s elbow extension is less than the permissible 15 degrees.

Hence, the Expert Panel said it has decided that Akila Dhanajaya bowls with a legal action and should be permitted to bowl in international cricket as per the ICC regulations.

The ICC was forced to ban Dhananjaya after he was suspended for the second time within a period of two years from his first suspension in December 2018.