There is still more than a week left for IPL 2026 to start and before that a shocking news has come out. Former Indian cricketer has suddenly announced his retirement from commentary. We are talking about former leg spinner Laxman Sivaramakrishnan who announced on social media that he is retiring from commentary for BCCI.

What Sivaramakrishnan has said while retiring is really shocking. He has accused BCCI of apartheid. He alleges that he was discriminated against on the basis of color and was not given a chance to report the toss or pitch.

Sivaramakrishnan's big allegation

While announcing his retirement, Sivaramakrishnan wrote on So what do you think could be the reason for this? After this, on Sivaramakrishnan's post a fan asked him - perhaps because of your color you are not called for the toss. To this Sivaramakrishnan replied- Absolutely. It is clear from this comment that Sivaramakrishnan is accusing BCCI of apartheid.

may be because you are person of color

— Gilli (@Gillswarrior77) March 20, 2026

Ashwin added salt to the wounds

After Sivaramakrishnan's retirement, former off-spinner R Ashwin commented on his post and wrote an interesting thing. Ashwin wrote that why don't you leave commentary from IPL itself.

Let us tell you that the relationship between Sivaramakrishnan and Ashwin has been very bad. Sivaramakrishnan had described R Ashwin as a bad bowler and said that even a fool can take wickets on the Indian pitch. He had accused Ashwin that he had made several calls to Ashwin for his historic 100th Test but this bowler cut his calls and also broke contact with him.

Oh no! Why not this IPL? https://t.co/ZufOluzyoG

– Ashwin (@ashwinravi99) March 20, 2026

L Sivaramakrishnan's career

L Sivaramakrishnan made his Test debut at the age of 17. However, this player played only 9 matches in his Test career. His career ended after 16 ODIs. L Sivaramakrishnan took 26 wickets in Tests and 15 wickets in ODIs. In first class cricket, he took 154 wickets and also has five centuries to his name.