P – Sri Lanka team manager Charith Senanayake was suspended on Wednesday pending a hearing by cricket authorities into three undisclosed charges.

A statement released by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) doesn’t specify the charges but says Senanayake has been sent a letter detailing the suspension without pay.

SLC recently announced Senanayake would be replaced as team manager for the upcoming Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka.

But SLC president Upali Dharmadasa told Cricinfo that Senanayake would stay on SLC’s payroll until his contract expires on March 31.

“There are various reasons behind that decision, that we’re not willing to discuss,” Dharmadasa said.

“But Charith has not been sacked, because he is still an employee of Sri Lanka Cricket. We will use him in whatever capacity we see fit during the Bangladesh series.”

Senanayake rankled SLC during Sri Lanka’s recent tour of Australia, when he forwarded a letter from then-captain Mahela Jayawardene to the media.

In the letter, Jayawardene said he “lost all confidence in SLC” as a result of a confidential document being leaked by the board.

SLC then issued a statement claiming both Senanayake and Jayawardene had breached their contracts, and that an executive committee would review their deeds.

No official punishments were handed out.