The 19th season of the Indian Premier League is going to start from Sunday i.e. 28th March. There is an IPL in the world’s biggest league, in which every player wants to play, but before the start of IPL 2026, England opener Ben Duckett has withdrawn his name from this league.
Due to this decision of Duckett, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) can ban him. Before Duckett, his teammate Harry Brook had also done the same, on whom BCCI had banned him for two years. Here we are going to tell you about those 8 great players on whom BCCI has banned.
Those 8 players who were banned in IPL
1.Praveen Tambe – India
Praveen Tambe had proved the saying ‘age is just a number’ absolutely right. He started playing IPL for Rajasthan Royals in the year 2013. Then his age was 42 years. In IPL 2019, Tambe had received a bid from Kolkata Knight Riders, but BCCI banned him from playing, because Tambe had played in the T10 league in the year 2018 and due to this he was banned from IPL.
2. Steve Smith – Australia
Australia’s star batsman Steve Smith was involved in the ball tampering controversy during the Newlands Test against South Africa in March 2018. After this case, Cricket Australia banned Steve Smith for one year and due to this he was also banned from IPL.
3. Luke Pomersbach – Australia
Former Australian cricketer Luke Pomersbach was accused of attacking an American woman and her fiance, due to which a big controversy arose during the IPL. This incident took place at Hotel Maurya after the match against Delhi Daredevils. At that time Luke was playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore. Due to this controversy, the franchise suspended Luke from the rest of the tournament.
4. Ravindra Jadeja – India
Team India’s star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja will be seen playing for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2026. Jadeja could not play in the 2010 edition of IPL because he had bargained for his fees not only with Rajasthan Royals but also with other teams. Therefore he was banned from the tournament.
5. Harry Brook – England
England’s star batsman Harry Brook was banned from the Indian Premier League for the next two years before IPL 2025. According to the new rules of BCCI, Brook cannot participate in the IPL auction for the next two years, because he had refused to participate in this season at the last moment.
6. Harbhajan Singh – India
In the first edition of IPL (2008), Harbhajan Singh slapped Sreesanth after the match between Kings XI Punjab and Mumbai Indians. After this incident, Harbhajan was suspended and later he was banned for the entire season.
7. David Warner – Australia
Former Australian opening batsman David Warner was also involved in the ball tampering controversy with Steve Smith and had to face a ban from Cricket Australia. For this reason, he could not play the entire season of IPL 2018 for Sunrisers Hyderabad.
8. Mohammad Asif – Pakistan
Former Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Asif was one of the most dangerous bowlers in the world. His pairing with Glenn McGrath in IPL 2008 proved to be very effective for Delhi Daredevils, but controversy arose when the former Pakistani pacer was found involved in the consumption of a drug called Nandrolone. Because of this he was banned from IPL for one year.