Know the 5 Biggest controversies in Indian Premier League history; here are all details
5 Biggest controversies in Indian Premier League — IPL, or Indian Premier League 2025, has started. The tournament’s bugle has been sounded since March 22 at the home ground Eden Gardens in Kolkata. It is known that IPL has organized a mega auction before this new season. Due to this, some cricketers have also been replaced in the team. Everything is going to be new in the new season, but there are some things that are remembered from every season of IPL. In the meantime, we want to know about the 5 biggest cases in the history of this league.
5 Biggest controversies in IPL history
The biggest controversy in the history of the Indian Premier League was between Harbhajan Singh and S Sreesanth. In the first season of the IPL, Harbhajan Singh was a part of the Mumbai Indians team, and Sreesanth was playing for Punjab Kings. After the match, Harbhajan Singh and Sreesanth got into a heated argument over some words, and Harbhajan immediately slapped Sreesanth. This incident is known as the Slapgate scandal. However, Harbhajan Singh later apologized for the act and said that everything is fine with Sreesanth now.
Few fans of the Indian Premier League’s smoky all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja know that he was banned from playing in the league for a year. Jadeja started his IPL career with Rajasthan Royals. In 2009, Jadeja was living in Rajasthan and wanted to fix a match with Mumbai Indians. At that time, the Rajasthan franchise and the governing council came to know about it. Similarly, it was decided to ban him for a year after questioning his integrity. Due to this, Jadeja could not play in the year 2010. you also read this Which team will play on which day in IPL 2025?
One of the biggest controversies in the Indian Premier League was the two-year ban imposed on CSK and Rajasthan Royals. Gurnath Meiyappan, who is in the top management of CSK, and Raj Kundra, who is associated with Rajasthan Royals, were found guilty of spot-fixing during their investigation. This incident took place in 2013. When the case was proved by the Lodha Committee, both the teams were banned for two years. CSK and Rajasthan were unable to play in the 2015 and 2016 seasons.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is known as the world’s captain cool, but another side of Dhoni was seen in the Indian Premier League 2019. Dhoni was so angry with the umpire’s no-ball decision against Rajasthan Royals that he stormed out of the dugout and ran onto the field. This was the first time that Dhoni had argued with the umpire over a decision.
Gautam Gambhir, the current head coach of the Indian cricket team, was the mentor of Lucknow Supergiants in the 2023 Indian Premier League. During the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Lucknow in this season, Virat Kohli got into an argument with Naveen-ul-Haq, who plays for Lucknow. When Gambhir, who was sitting in the dugout, saw this, he also came to the field and pushed Naveen back and started arguing with Virat Kohli himself. The incident became a topic of much discussion.
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