Why CSK Banned For 2 Years, Will CSK be banned from IPL again

By Kaif - Apr 13, 2023 03:50 PM
Last updated on Nov 27, 2024 02:59 PM

Why CSK Banned For 2 Years, What Is The Reason For CSK Ban?, Will CSK be banned from IPL again

Chennai Super Kings Banned From IPL, Perhaps, the most disappointing moment for Chennai Super Kings fans was the time when CSK were banned from the IPL for two years. All those who follow IPL religiously know that Chennai Super Kings has been one of the best IPL franchises. The team has a huge number of followers because of the presence of MS Dhoni. Hence, the suspension of CSK came as a shocker to the fans, and every fan has only one question in their mind - Why was CSK banned from the IPL? So let us know why CSK was banned for two years from IPL in 2016 and 2017.

Why CSK Banned For 2 Years

There were talks about spot-fixing and betting activities in the 2013 IPL season.
Gurunath Meiyappan was arrested in 2013 on the day of the final Match between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians.
He was arrested for spot-fixing. In fact, Raj Kundra, the owner of the Rajasthan Royals franchise, was also accused of similar allegations. In July 2015,
The Supreme Court of India appointed a three-member committee headed by former Chief Justice of India RM Lodha.
The Justice Lodha Committee announced the banning of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals from the Indian Premier League (IPL) for 2 years - 2016 and 2017, due to match-fixing and betting activities.
Key officials of two franchises, Raj Kundra of Rajasthan Royals and Gurunath Meiyappan of CSK faced life bans from all cricket matches organized by the BCCI.

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What Is The Reason For CSK Ban?

In July 2015, the RM Lodha committee suspended Chennai Super Kings owner India Cements for two years (2016–2017) for its involvement in spot-fixing and betting.

Will CSK be banned from IPL again?

There is a demand to ban Chennai Super Kings between IPL 2023. A Tamil Nadu MLA has demanded a ban on CSK. Chennai is one of the most famous franchise of IPL. The MLA says that there is not a single player from Tamil Nadu state in the Chennai team. SP Venkateshwaran, MLA from Dharmapuri in Tamil Nadu has raised this demand. SP Venkateswaran says that the Chennai team is making profit from the people, but is not selecting the players from Tamil Nadu.

SP Venkateswaran is an MLA from Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), a regional party. The party had won five seats in the 2021 assembly elections. The party's MLA says that CSK is a brand in the form of Tamil Nadu, but the team lacks players from its own state.

Speaking to news agency PTI, SP Venkateswaran said, “They are making profits from our people through advertisements and projecting it as Tamil Nadu team, but there is no talented player from our state (in the team) .” Venkateswaran had raised the issue in the Vidhan Sabha during the debate on the demand for grants for the Youth Welfare and Sports Development