10 incidents documented
Mumbai Indians
April 2024
Hardik Pandya was relentlessly booed by his own Mumbai Indians home crowd throughout IPL 2024, one of the most extraordinary cases of a captain being rejected by his own fans — stemming from his replacement of the beloved Rohit Sharma as captain.
Mumbai Indians
January 2024
Mumbai Indians' decision to replace Rohit Sharma — their five-title-winning captain — with Hardik Pandya triggered one of the most sustained fan backlashes in IPL history, as Pandya was booed relentlessly throughout IPL 2024 while Rohit batted for the same team.
BCCI / Women's Premier League
February 2023
The inaugural Women's Premier League auction in 2023 produced eye-catching contracts for some players but raised sharp questions about the pay gap between the highest-paid WPL stars and the majority of players, and about whether the league genuinely elevated the financial standing of women's cricket globally.
Mohammedan SC vs Abahani Limited
2021-10-29
Shakib Al Hasan completely lost his composure during a domestic match, kicking the stumps out of the ground and later uprooting them after disagreeing with an umpire's decision.
Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings
12 May 2019
Lasith Malinga appeared to overstep on the crucial final over but the no-ball was not called, potentially costing CSK the IPL 2019 title.
Islamabad United / Peshawar Zalmi
10 February 2017
Pakistani opener Sharjeel Khan and batsman Khalid Latif were suspended during PSL 2017 in Dubai after being found guilty of spot-fixing offenses.
Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab
25 April 2008
Harbhajan Singh slapped Sreesanth after an IPL match, leaving Sreesanth in tears on the field. Harbhajan was banned for the remainder of the IPL season.
Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab
25 April 2008
Harbhajan Singh was caught on camera slapping Sreesanth after an IPL match, leading to Harbhajan's suspension and a tearful Sreesanth becoming a viral image.
Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians
25 April 2008
Harbhajan Singh slapped Sreesanth after an IPL match in 2008, with Sreesanth photographed crying on the field, in one of the most infamous player-on-player incidents in cricket history.
ICC vs Limited-Overs Cricket
2007-01-01
The free hit rule — awarding the batting side a ball from which the batsman cannot be dismissed (except run-out) following a foot-fault no-ball — was introduced to penalise bowlers more heavily for overstepping and has been widely adopted in limited-overs cricket, though controversial proposals to extend it to Tests were rejected.