10 biggest cricket controversies of 2021

3. Afghan cricket rocked by Taliban takeover

In August 2021, Afghanistan as a state was again taken over by the Taliban rule. The country that loves playing and consuming cricket and other sports received an unfortunate curb from its new government. Precisely the women’s cricket team of Afghanistan was under threat of not being able to play the sport.

Barring this, the Taliban rule had also blocked the live telecast of the IPL 2021’s second half. Because of the presence of female spectators in the stadiums, the content was termed to be anti-Islamic. Perhaps apart from cricket, even the other forms of the sport were locked for women to play.

Overall, in response to the initiatives taken by the Taliban rule, Cricket Australia then took a hard stand by postponing their historic first Test against Afghanistan.