Australia vs India
22-26 November 2024
The opening Test of the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Perth produced multiple contentious DRS decisions — with ball-tracking showing multiple 'umpire's call' moments that divided players and commentators about the technology's fitness for purpose.
Multiple Nations
June 2024
The T20 World Cup 2024 — hosted across the USA and Caribbean — was marked by umpiring controversies involving wide calls and no-ball decisions that drew criticism from multiple teams, amplified by the tournament's use of new venues in the United States where umpiring quality was questioned.
Australia vs Pakistan
11 June 2024
Mohammad Rizwan and Australian captain Mitchell Marsh exchanged heated words during the T20 World Cup 2024, adding spice to the Australia-Pakistan rivalry.
Australia vs India
26 December 2024
Teenage debutant Sam Konstas deliberately shoulder-bumped Virat Kohli mid-pitch during his debut innings at the MCG, sparking one of the most talked-about confrontations of modern cricket.
Australia vs India
22 November 2024
Jasprit Bumrah's astonishing 6-wicket haul at the Optus Stadium rendered Steve Smith and Australia's batting helpless, setting up one of the most emphatic Indian Test victories in Australia.
Australia vs India
29 November 2024
Mitchell Starc relentlessly targeted Shreyas Iyer with short-pitched deliveries throughout the Adelaide day-night Test, exposing a known technical weakness and forcing a cat-and-mouse battle that defined the first session of India's batting.
Various PSL Franchises
2024
Pakistan's cricket integrity faced fresh scrutiny in 2024 when spot-fixing allegations surfaced around Pakistan Super League matches, prompting investigations by the PCB and ICC's Anti-Corruption Unit into several players and support staff.
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.
India vs South Africa
29 June 2024
After India won the T20 World Cup 2024 in Barbados, Rohit Sharma announced his T20I retirement during the on-field celebrations — only for Virat Kohli to simultaneously announce his own retirement — creating a bittersweet, overlapping comedy of farewells that left fans unsure which retirement to cry about first.
India vs Bangladesh
6 October 2024
When the BCCI named Vaibhav Suryavanshi — aged 13 — in India's T20I squad against Bangladesh in October 2024, it triggered one of cricket's most heated modern debates: should a child be playing professional international cricket? The debate intensified further when Rajasthan Royals bought him for the 2025 IPL season.
BCCI / ICC / England Cricket / Cricket Australia
2024
The 2024 cricket calendar brought the IPL-versus-Test-cricket scheduling conflict to its most acute point yet, with multiple Test series rescheduled, players choosing IPL contracts over international availability, and administrators openly questioning whether Test cricket could survive as a commercially viable format.
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.
Afghanistan U19 / ICC
January–February 2024
Afghanistan's Under-19 team's participation in the 2024 U19 World Cup in South Africa generated controversy given the Taliban government's domestic restrictions on youth sport — raising the same governance questions at youth level that the senior men's team's continued ICC participation had already raised.
India vs South Africa
2024-06-29
India beat South Africa by 7 runs in a dramatic final in Barbados to win the 2024 T20 World Cup — Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli both announcing retirement from T20 internationals after the victory, ending an era in Indian T20 cricket.
India vs South Africa
29 June 2024
India ended an 11-year ICC trophy drought by defeating South Africa in a breathtaking T20 World Cup Final in Barbados — a victory that sparked celebrations across the subcontinent and prompted the retirement of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Ravindra Jadeja from T20 international cricket.
India vs Australia
22-23 November 2024
Acting captain Jasprit Bumrah's 8-wicket match haul at the Optus Stadium in Perth — combined with his aggressive, astute captaincy — produced one of India's most dominant Test victories on Australian soil, widely hailed as among the finest individual fast bowling performances in Test history.