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7 incidents tagged

🔥Serious

Virat Kohli Removed as ODI Captain — BCCI Power Play

India (internal)

8 December 2021

Virat Kohli was stripped of the ODI captaincy and replaced by Rohit Sharma in a move he claimed was made without prior consultation, exposing rifts within the BCCI and Indian cricket's power structure.

#virat kohli#captaincy#bcci
🔥Moderate

The Umpire's Call Debate in DRS

Various

1 January 2017

The 'Umpire's Call' element of DRS, where marginal LBW decisions are upheld even when ball-tracking shows the ball hitting the stumps, has been one of cricket's most divisive ongoing controversies.

#drs#umpires call#lbw
🥊Moderate

Stuart Broad Refuses to Walk After Thick Edge — Ashes 2013

England vs Australia

12 July 2013

Stuart Broad stood his ground after a massive edge was caught at slip, refusing to walk. The umpire gave him not out, infuriating Australia.

#broad#walking#edge
🥊Explosive

Andrew Symonds vs Harbhajan Singh — Monkeygate

Australia vs India

6 January 2008

Andrew Symonds accused Harbhajan Singh of calling him a 'monkey' during the infamous Sydney Test, triggering one of cricket's biggest racial controversies.

#symonds#harbhajan#monkeygate
🔥Explosive

Monkeygate — The Sydney Test Racism Controversy

Australia vs India

6 January 2008

Harbhajan Singh was accused of racially abusing Andrew Symonds during the Sydney Test, leading to India threatening to abandon the tour and one of the ugliest diplomatic incidents in cricket history.

#monkeygate#harbhajan singh#andrew symonds
🔥Moderate

2005 Ashes — Ricky Ponting's Substitute Fielder Fury

England vs Australia

4 August 2005

Ricky Ponting was furious after being run out by England substitute fielder Gary Pratt during the 2005 Ashes, accusing England of abusing the substitute fielder rule to gain an unfair tactical advantage.

#substitute fielder#ponting#2005 ashes
🥊Explosive

Darrell Hair No-Balls Muttiah Muralitharan

Australia vs Sri Lanka

26 December 1995

Umpire Darrell Hair called Muttiah Muralitharan for throwing seven times during the Boxing Day Test, igniting one of cricket's longest-running controversies.

#murali#darrell hair#throwing