Multinational electronics company LG has opted not to renew its contract with David Warner following the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa and the banned Australian was also barred from this year's Indian Premier League (IPL) on Wednesday. Even before Cricket Australia banned Warner and announced he would never be considered for a team leadership position again, LG said on Wednesday the company would not be giving 31-year-old a new deal. Opening batsman Warner first started working with LG as the South Korean company's brand ambassador in 2014. Later on Wednesday, Warner's IPL franchise, Sunrisers Hyderabad, announced he had stepped down as captain. That was before IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla said both Smith and Warner have been banned from this year's competition beginning in Mumbai on April 7.

Source: dna March 28, 2018 11:15 UTC