Life ban will ‘too harsh’: Harbhajan on ball tampering row

Harbhajan Singh said a life ban on Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft would be “too harsh.”

“At some point in time, all international teams must have done things to get the ball to reverse. It’s not a crime like match-fixing, but at the same time, they are trying to change the nature of the game.

“Smith and Bancroft may have got their punishment as per the ICC laws, but I think they got away very lightly,” said Harbhajan.

“Some people are talking about banning them for a year or even for life — that’s ridiculous. That’ll be too harsh,” he added.