9 Biggest Controversies In Cricket History

By siliconindia | Friday, 28 November 2014, 11:20 Hrs

6. IPL Spot Fixing

Probably the best entertaining format of cricket is Indian Premier League (IPL).IPL brought a lot of money to both Indian players and foreign players. But, it is sad that the money was not just enough to satisfy the greed of certain players in IPL that enforced them to take extra money for underperforming.

The three Rajasthan Royals players S. Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila, Ankeet Chavan allegedly took money from bookies and fixed matches in IPL 6. Sreesanth and Chandila were supposed to give 14 runs in an over and Chavan was supposed to give 13 runs. These players were spotted signaling to the bookies during the matches. Police caught their false practices and caught them red-handed. Later these three players were arrested by the Delhi Police.

7. Sreesanth Altercation with Harbhajan Singh

On 25 April 2008, following the victory of his Kings XI Punjab's victory in the Indian Premier League over the Mumbai Indians at Mohali, Sreesanth was slapped under his eye by Harbhajan Singh, the captain of Mumbai.

The incident came to light as Sreesanth was caught by TV cameras sobbing inconsolably on the field before the presentation ceremony. The BCCI launched a separate investigation into the incident and decided to ban Harbhajan for five ODIs, deeming him to have broken the code of conduct in his national contract.

Sreesanth later downplayed the incident saying he had no complaints against Harbhajan who was "like an elder brother" to him.