Controversies in IPL - Warne Takes on Ganguly

In another incident in IPL, controversy opened up between Warne and Ganguly. Warne accussed Ganguly of using delay tactics.

In the post match interview, the angry Warne said that he was disappointed over Ganguly's behavior. While batting, he came late to the crease and Warne was not sure what was happening. He asked the umpire, who was also not sure.

Also, while fielding, Warne's Rajasthan Royal team waited for 5 minutes in the hot sun and nothing happened. He did not come to the ground. Warne said, the captains have agreed that they will have to bowl the quota of 20 overs in 80 minutes. Not sure wha kind of delay tactics is being used by Ganguly.

Warne Disappointed over Ganguly!

Also, he said that as per the captains agreement, the game should have played in the spirit of the game. He should not have forced the umpire to refer the third umpire when he was caught by Smith, who is an international captain.

Ganguly said, "Look, who is talking. If you look at his career and the incidents that he has got into, it will give you the answer."

Ganguly hits back!

I am not personally sure why Ganguly is dragging the past into the incident. Warne was talking about this specific match where he delayed and pushed the umpire to go for TV replay. Though Warne's point of going with Smith as he is an international captain, I do not agree with that because Ponting was a well respected captain and he and his team claimed two catches that they did not take.

Following this dispute, the IPL asked match referee Farooq Engineer to look into the issues and take action appropriately. In both the incidents, unfortunately, he was the match referre.

Ganguly and Warne fined 10%

After the hearing, match referee fined both Ganguly and Warne 10% of their match fee. Ganguly was charged for forcing the umpire GA Pratap Kumar to rever the third umpire Asad Rauf, which is against the code of conduct.

Warne was fined for openly speaking, which is also against the code of conduct.

Umpire GA Pratap Kumar suspended!

In the meantime, the match umpire GA Pratap Kumar was suspended for a match for accepting the player's appeal for referring to the third umpire. He listened to Ganguly and asked for TV replay. Either he should have done it on his own or taken a decision himself.

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Controversies in IPL - Harbhajan Slapping Sreesanth

So far, IPL is going smooth and the success it has achieved is enormous. The popularity is so huge that almost for all the matches, you could see good crowd. There were couple of controversies as in any other game and event that happens.

First Issue: Harbhajan v. Sreesnanth

Harbhajan slapped Sreesanth after Mumbai Indians lost four in a row. It was said that "Sreesanth called Harbhajan a Jinx--an unlucky person" It was also rumoured that Harbhajan had warned Sreesanth the previous day. If something wrong is done by Sreesanth, he will be beaten.

After calling him Jinx, Harbhajan had slapped Sreesanth. The TV cameras captured live pictures of Sreesanth crying uncontrollably. No one new until the news flashed that he was slapped by Harbhajan.

Both of them down played the event.

They called each other as brother and denied any slapping. The Kings XI Punjab complained officially about this incident. The IPL, which follows BCCI rules asked match referee to look into the issue.

Harbhajan slapping Sreesanth was caught in one of the cameras controlled by the official broadcaster of the game. The match referee had the evidence to punish Harbhajan.

Harbhajan plead guilty during the hearing!

After the hearing and pleading guilty, Match Referee Farooq Engineer slapped a 11-match ban to Harbhajan. Sreesanth was let off with a warning.

Harbjan Banned and Fined

Match Referee said he was banned for the remaining matches and also levied a penalty of all the match fees, which meant he will be losing 3 crores.

Warne and Ganguly takes on each other, fined 10%

Harbhajan Suspended!

Harbhajan Singh has been suspended till Monday, pending hearing. He has been served notice by the BCCI. He was asked to respond to the notice before Monday, April 28, 2008.

After the match between Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjba, which the later won, Sreesanth was seen crying and the TV cameras captured live pictures. Later it was found that the reason for outburst was none other than Bhajji. The offical broadcaster has captured the incident, BCCI said. Based on the evidence, he has been suspended and he has to respond by Monday.

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