NEW DELHI: The
BCCI on Wednesday barred
Steve Smith and
David Warner from taking part in this year's
IPL after Cricket Australia banned the disgraced duo for their role in ball-tampering scandal in South Africa.
Smith and Warner were supposed to captain their respective franchises
Rajasthan Royals and
Sunrisers Hyderabad
in this edition but had stepped down in the wake of the scandal and CA's sanction paved the way for BCCI to ban the duo.
"They (Cricket Australia) have banned two players and we are also barring these two players from this year's IPL," IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla told reporters.
"We wanted everything in our own hands. First, we waited for ICC's decision, after that Cricket Australia and then we decided on the matter.
"We have decided to bar them from this season. The replacements will be made available to the two teams. We did not take any decision in haste, it was a well thought out decision," he added.
Smith and Warner, along with
Cameron Bancroft, were ordered to return home midway into the series on Tuesday.
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