Ashish Nehra backs Smith, Warner to play IPL

New Delhi, March 26 (CRICKETNMORE) - Reacting to the recent ball-tampering controversy in the South Africa-Australia Test series, former Indian pacer Ashish Nehra, while being critical of the incident, felt that banning skipper Steve Smith and his deputy David Warner

"As long as they are doing all these things including a little bit of sledging within the limitations of the ICC, that's fine. But once you cross the line, the ICC will definitely catch you," he said.

Nehra also added that such issues of ball tampering is more often found in red ball cricket where players are out for long sessions but have very little chances in limited over games.

"You won't see these ball tampering things more in white ball cricket, especially now when you have two new balls operating from either end. You can see these things more in red ball cricket where you have longer sessions," he said.