Sri Lanka opening batsman Danushka Gunathilaka has been suspended after a Norwegian woman accused his friend of raping her in a hotel room where he was present.
Gunathilaka, 27, and his friend took two Norwegian women to the hotel where the player was staying in Colombo in the early hours of Sunday.
One of the women later accused the second man, a British passport-holder of Sri Lankan origin, of raping her and police arrested him.
The Sri Lanka Cricket on Sunday night suspended Gunathilaka on a “misconduct” charge, although he finished the second Test against the touring South Africans.
The governing body’s rules stipulate that during matches players must be back in their hotel rooms by midnight and cannot have guests.
The cricket board also “withheld Gunathilaka’s fee for the Test match until the outcome of the inquiry".
Top-order batter Gunathilaka scored the second most runs in the series - 161 at an average of 40.25.