Steve Smith and David Warner have been banned from IPL. (Source: BCCI) Steve Smith and David Warner have been banned from IPL. (Source: BCCI)The BCCI’s decision to ban Steve Smith and David Warner for the IPL 2018 has been taken in consultation with the Cricket Australia (CA), the Committee of Administrators (CoA) head Vinod Rai confirmed. According to a cricket board insider, Smith and Warner’s IPL 2018 position became untenable once Sutherland said Smith and Warner, along with Bancroft, would face “significant sanctions” over the ball-tampering scandal. Today Warner followed suit a few hours before the CA sanctions and the subsequent BCCI ban had been announced.

Source: Indian Express March 28, 2018 20:48 UTC