The Indian Premier League (IPL) is no less than competition for the cricket-loving country. From the notorious ‘Slapgate’ to the jolting spot-solving, the coin-wealthy league has seen its share of controversies since its inception in 2008.
Here’s a look at the foremost episodes that rocked the league.
Within 12 days of the inaugural, the maximum-hit domestic T20 league took an ugly turn after off-spinner Harbhajan Singh. Mumbai Indians (MI) changed into pictured slapping pacer S Sreesanth (left and center) of Kings XI Punjab in Mohali. The reports stated that Sreesanth had advised Harbhajan Singh’s difficult success after MI was lost, using 66 runs to his team. This remark provoked Singh and Sreesanth to become visible, crying bitterly. The BCCI’s disciplinary committee banned the spinner from the rest of the season and five different ODIs.
It was proper after the 2008 Mumbai terror assaults that the Pakistan Cricket Board refused to supply permission to its players to play for IPL in India. The Indian board concurred with the choice and stored the Pakistani cricketers far away from the league despite numerous requests over the years.
The IPL Chairman Lalit Modi stirred a major controversy after the government noticed financial irregularities within the league’s books. The man who started the club was ousted minutes after the very last in the shape of the 1/3 season. Modi turned into charge on five counts – suspicious initial public sale bids of Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals, a shady broadcast deal with Sony, bid-rigging of new franchises in 2010, and his behavioral sample.
Chirayu Amin (no longer pictured) was appointed because of the league’s new chairman.
Mumbai Indians threw out South African cheerleader Gabriella Pasqualotto (right) after taking her blog to share how poorly the cricketers dealt with the girls. In one of every one of her statements to the media, Pasqualotto is quoted as saying, “I changed into the sent home as if I was a crook. I turned into handled as though I had taken pills or performed something awful, and I was never offered an opportunity to give my aspect of the story. It’s a shaggy dog story. There have been cameras anywhere at these after-events, looking at what they were given as much as. The men handled us like a piece of meat. We couldn’t cross anywhere without the crowds mobbing us.”
Shah Rukh Khan got into an ugly argument with an on-responsibility protection guard at Wankhede Stadium after Kolkata Knight Riders won the suit. Bollywood’s King Khan accused the guard of maltreating his daughter Suhana and his friends. Mumbai Cricket Association banned the actor from entering Wankhede Stadium for five years after he was accused of hurling abuses at the security.
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The 2013 spot-solving scandal was one of the ugliest controversies in the history of IPL.
The Delhi Police discovered strong proof opposing three Rajasthan Royal players – S Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan, and Ajeet Chandila – and arrested them on alleged betting costs and notice-fixing. While the Supreme Court lifted the ban on Sreesanth on March 15, the opposite two cricketers hold to stand the lifetime ban imposed by the BCCI disciplinary committee. Apart from the cricketers, the proprietors were also suspected of being a part of the scandal.
