IPL 2022: Ravi Shastri terms Yuzvendra Chahal's disclosure shocking, says perpetrators should be given life bans

Shastri has termed spinner Yuzvendra Chahal's revelations that he was hung from the 15th-floor hotel balcony by an inebriated fellow cricketer during the 2013 IPL, as shocking, adding that if such an incident happens now the person should be "given a life ban" and "sent to a rehab centre as quickly as possible". Rajasthan Royals player Chahal had revealed a terrifying incident during IPL 2013 in Bengaluru on Friday when he was hung from a high-rise hotel balcony by a drunk cricketer, which left him "kind of fainted".

Read AlsoIPL 2022: 'He was very drunk and dangled me off a 15th floor balcony' - Yuzvendra Chahal reveals shocking IPL experience from 2013

This is a revelation that is sure to send shockwaves across the IPL fraternity. Many people who are part of the Mumbai Indians management or team and others in the IPL might know the details, but by and large this is an incident that has come to light in the public domain for the first time.

Chahal was then in his last year with IPL franchise Mumbai Indians, before he started a long stint with the Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) that ended after IPL 2021. Chahal's revelation against the unnamed cricketer outraged his fans, who demanded strict action against the perpetrator from the Indian cricket board. "(It's) no laughing matter at all. I do not know who the person is. (He) was not in a conscious state of mind. If that's the case, then it is a big worry because it is someone's life at risk. People might think it's funny, but for me, it's not funny at all," Shastri told espncricinfo T20 Timeout on Saturday. "It shows that the person who is trying to do it is in a state that you would say not appropriate. And when you are in that kind of state, and you