Australia captain Steve Smith was banned for one match by the ICC for his role in a ball-tampering plot in third Test against South Africa but Cameron Bancroft, the player who did the tampering, avoided a suspension.
According to an ESPNCricinfo report, Smith along with his deputy David Warner could face anything up to a life ban for cheating under Cricket Australia's code of behaviour in the third Test against South Africa in Cape Town.
Harbhajan recalled the 2001 South Africa Test where five Indians - Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Sourav Ganguly, Shiv Sunder Das and Deep Dasgupta, apart from him, were banned for at least a Test by referee Mike Denness for various offences.
Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland on Sunday announced an investigation into the scandal, which has plunged Australian cricket into crisis and resulted in widespread condemnation at home, including from Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla said Rajasthan Royals will wait and see what sanctions the ICC imposes on Smith before taking a call on his future as the franchise's captain, following a ball-tampering scandal in Cape Town Test.
The world cricket body has banned the Australian skipper for one Test following his involvement in the controversial ball-tampering incident on day 3 of the third Test against South Africa in Cape Town.
The Australia team, in a plot led by captain Steve Smith and senior players, confessed to ball tampering allegations against South Africa in the third Test at Cape Town on Saturday.
Just ahead of the series decider between Australia and South Africa at Newlands starting on Saturday the war of words start to heat up once again. This time it's the Aussie batsman David Warner.David seemed
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