While Cameron Bancroft was caught putting sandpaper on the ball during a Test match in Cape Town, David Warner was thought to be the mastermind behind the plan. Bancroft was banned for nine months, while Warner and then-captain Steve Smith was banned for 12 months.
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Smith was banned from taking leadership roles for two years, with Warner serving a life ban for similar act. However, news broke on Thursday that Cricket Australia is considering ending Warner’s leadership ban.
A report claimed that the CA board will review Warner’s ban at its next directors’ meeting in July. It is believed that the decision has been taken to relaunch Warner in the Big Bash amid the interest of the audience and the crowd in the domestic T20 competition.
“I know we’ll love Dave in the BBL and if there’s something else that needs to be done to make this possible, it’s others to solve,” BBL chief Alister Dobson told News Corp.
“David Warner has been such a champion of Australian cricket and he is a player we would love to have in the BBL.
“We know he has a great history with Sydney Thunder and we would love to see all Australian players play in the BBL if they are available. If there is any way by which David can find his way into the BBL list I think It will be huge.”
Warner hasn’t participated in the BBL since the league’s first season in 2011–12, and his wife Candice has stated that she wouldn’t take part in a T20 tournament if she couldn’t serve as a team’s captain or vice-captain. to return The information that Warner may break the embargo on his leadership caused a rift among cricket fans.
While Australians were less enthusiastic about the transfer, fans in India, where Warner is widely considered as Sunrisers Hyderabad’s finest captain in the IPL, were largely in favour of it.