10 Controversies that hogged the spotlight in 2015

8. Ishant Sharma and Dammika Prasad gets into a tussle:

The Sri Lanka-India Test series witnessed its first major boiling-point on its penultimate day following a spat between Ishant Sharma and Dhammika Prasad towards the end of India’s second innings at the SSC. The umpires spoke to both captains following the incident, but the bad blood didn’t end there; it spilled over into Ishant’s celebrations at the fall of Sri Lanka’s third wicket, the bowler tabbed his own head repeatedly.

The drama began when Ishant, the last man in, ducked under a Prasad bouncer in the 76th over of India’s innings and grinned back at the bowler. Prasad wasn’t very happy at his gesture, as he glared back at Ishant.

Things got more heated when Ishant pushed the next ball for a single and smacked his helmet repeatedly while running down the pitch and past Prasad as if goading him to bowl more bouncers. Dinesh Chandimal walked over from slip, his shoulder-grazing Ishant’s. Non-striker R Ashwin then joined the discussion before the umpires stepped in. Both Ishant and Chandimal faced a one-match ban while Prasad was slapped with 50% fine.