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Cricket star Danushka Gunathilaka was moments away from heading to the airport to fly home when he was dragged off the team bus and arrested by police.
The Sri Lankan allrounder spent the night behind bars and will appear in court in Sydney on Monday charged with raping an Australian woman he met on Tinder.
He faces four counts of rape for allegedly sexually assaulting a 29-year-old woman at a Rose Bay home last week.
The injured star and his teammates were preparing to leave their hotel in Sydney's CBD about 1am on Sunday after crashing out of the T20 World Cup hours earlier.
Danusha Gunathilaka (pictured) was arrested by police and escorted off the team bus outside their Sydney hotel early Sunday morning
Danushka Gunathilaka (pictured) was injured but remained with the team for their T20 World Cup campaign Australia
The team bus was moments away from departing the hotel for Sydney International Airport when police swooped, dragging Gunathilaka off the bus.
As his teammates flew home to Sri Lanka hours later, Gunathilaka was interrogated by police and charged. He was refused bail and spent Sunday night in the holding cells of Surry Hills Police Station.
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