The Indian Premier League is one of the greatest innovations in the game of cricket. It completely changed the scheme of things and made a massive impact on the evolution of the game in many ways. Meanwhile, much to the same as another, the tournament also got both pros and cons. There are few negative things happened in the tournament, which shook the cricketing world. Meanwhile, we figured 10 such controversies in the Indian Premier League, which are still fresh in the fans mind.
Here are they:
Slap Gate in 2008:
Who can forget that incident? It took place right in the first edition of the tournament when Harbhajan Singh can’t control his anger and smashed Kerala Fast bowler, Shantakumaran Sreesanth, who was playing for Kings XI Punjab. However, Harbhajan Singh conveyed his apology to Sreesanth after the incident but the governing body has imposed a ban on him and also asked him to pay penalty.
”I have said in many interviews that there are many things which I have done wrong in my life and I have learnt from them. That incident with Sreesanth is one where I was wrong. I am embarrassed about it as well. But he started crying as if I had slapped him very hard. That was not the case. But that was one incident where everybody will say that I was wrong. I will say again that I am sorry and I shouldn’t have done it,” Harbhajan said recently.
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