Ball-tampering row: Steve Smith and David Warner out of IPL 2018

Steve Smith and David Warner will not play in the IPL this year after Cricket Australia banned the duo for one year.

Cricket Australia's preliminary investigation found Smith, Warner and Cameron Bancroft guilty in the ball-tampering saga and imposed heavy sanctions on them.

Bacnroft was handed a nine-month ban while Warner and Smith were also banned from captaining Australia for two years. They have all been given seven days to appeal.

BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary told to India today, "BCCI has taken a decision both Smith and Warner will not play IPL this year after CA sanctions."

"Both franchisees will be allowed to bring in replacements. There was no question of any of the franchisees having any reservations in such a matter," he added.

CA had left it to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to decide whether Warner and Smith could play the IPL.

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Both men had stepped down from their leadership roles in the IPL. Smith was named captain of Rajasthan Royals while Warner was skipper of Sunrisers Hyderabad.

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BCCI and both IPL sides had maintained they would take decisive calls only after Cricket Australia made their move.

Earlier, on Tuesday Australian cricket supremo James Sutherland had harsh words for the trio of Smith, Bancroft and Warner after the ball-tampering scandal in Cape Town, saying they faced "significant" sanctions, but there was one term he refused to use - 'cheat'.

Pressed at a packed news conference, Sutherland would only say the disgraced players - captain Smith, vice-captain Warner and opener Bancroft - had broken the rules.