IPL controversy: The Indian Premier League (IPL) has also seen several controversies among exciting cricket since its debut in 2008. In the last few years, there have been many such incidents in which an attempt was made to disrupt this cricket event. From the IPL spot fixing scandal to Ashwin’s ‘Mankading’ controversy, from Sreesanth’s slap to Shah Rukh Khan’s Wankhede ban, this mega league of India has seen all this. So let’s take a look at the 8 biggest controversies of IPL.
1. Harbhajan slapped Sreesanth (2008)
In the first season of the IPL, Kings XI Punjab player Sreesanth was slapped by the then captain of Mumbai Indians Harbhajan Singh. Sreesanth was seen crying on the ground before the prize distribution ceremony. After investigation, Harbhajan was banned from the remaining matches of the tournament and the IPL Governing Council stopped Harbhajan Singh’s salary when he was found guilty. The BCCI also banned Bhajji for five ODIs.
2. Lalit Modi dismissed (2010)
Lalit Modi was the first president and commissioner of the IPL to play an important role in starting the IPL league. He was fired after allegations of alleged inappropriate behavior, indiscipline and financial irregularities. The BCCI started the investigation and found him guilty of all charges. He was banned for a lifetime in 2013. However, Lalit Modi denied the allegations and fled to London before the investigation began by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who is the co-owner of Kolkata Knight Riders, was banned for five years by the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) by entering the Wankhede Stadium by the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) for misbehaving with his officers after the IPL match. According to the report, Shah Rukh had a dispute with a guard and the guard allegedly abused him.
4. Royal Challengers Bangalore Player Arrest (2012)
During IPL 2012, Royal Challengers Bangalore player Luke Pomersback was arrested for molesting an American woman and beating her fiance badly at a five -star hotel. The incident occurred two days after Shah Rukh Khan’s Mumbai Cricket Association officials. Luke Pomebak admitted to tampering with an American woman at a five -star hotel. Luke Pomebak said that he did this act inadvertently due to being drunk.
5. Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli’s match (2013)
During a match in IPL 2013, there was a scuffle between Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli. In that match, when Virat Kohli was badly behaving after being dismissed, Gambhir raised questions on him. After which everything was captured in the camera. There was a hot debate on the field between RCB captain Virat Kohli and Kolkata captain Gautam Gambhir. Later, the team partner Rajat Bhatia and the umpire intervened and pacified the situation.
6. IPL Spot Fixing (2013)
The entire cricket world was shocked when Delhi Police arrested three players of Rajasthan Royals S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankit Chavan on charges of spot fixing. In one such case, the Mumbai Police, Vindu Dara Singh and CSK owner’s son -in -law Gurunath Meiyappan and now former BCCI President N.K. Srinivasan has been arrested on charges of betting and betting. In 2015, the Supreme Court suspended Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings for two years. Both teams returned to the IPL in 2018.
7. Ashwin’s ‘Mankading’ controversy (2019)
The ‘Mankading’ controversy in the IPL 2019 came to light when Punjab captain Ravichandran Ashwin run out Jose Butler of Rajasthan, who was on a non-strayer. The dismissal of Butler broke into a debate on the ‘Sports Bhava’ and the cricket world was divided into two parts. However, the rules were in favor of Ashwin.
8. Dhoni’s anger on umpire (2019)
In IPL 2019, Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni came directly from the dugout to the field and started arguing with the umpires. Chennai captain Dhoni had to bear the brunt of his mistake. Dhoni was fined 50 percent of the match fees for violating the code of conduct.
