Banned Shoaib can't play in IPL: Modi

MUMBAI: Two days after being handed out a five-year ban for bringing cricket into disrepute, Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar on Thursday suffered another major setback with the Indian Premier League also debarring him from taking part in the cash-rich event.
    
The IPL's Governing Council Chairman Lalit Modi said that Akhtar cannot take part in the high-profile Twenty20 competition till the Pakistan Cricket Board lifts the ban on him.
    
"A big discussion on Akhtar has taken place. The decision of the Governing Council was very simple that Akhtar has been banned for a period of five years, he has appealed... and till the time he is cleared the Governing Council will not be allowing Akhtar from playing in the IPL," he said.