<strong>10 Most debatable statements by Cricketers:</strong> Emotions, flair, fervour and records. A cricket game has all of it. It is a sport which arouses expectations like no other and yet you can’t be sure which way the pendulum will swing. Agony and ecstasy can switch sides pretty instantly and you have to be ready for it. In the heat of the moment sometimes our cricket players utter something that they later regret. The world of cricket has been left bamboozled time and again with statements by renowned players. These statement can sometimes be unreasonable, stupid, and threatening as well.

Here we present to you <strong>10 Most debatable statements by Cricketers:</strong>

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/09/Pakistans-captain-Shahid-Afridi-cheers-on-his-teammates-GettyImages-490499292.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-34422" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Pakistans-captain-Shahid-Afridi-cheers-on-his-teammates-GettyImages-490499292.jpg" alt="statements by Cricketers" width="650" height="433" sizes="(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-34422" class="wp-caption-text">(Photo by JEKESAI NJIKIZANA/AFP/Getty Images)</figcaption>

“In my opinion if I have to tell the truth, they (Indians) will never have hearts like Pakistanis. I don’t think they have the large and clean hearts that Allah has given us” &#8211; Shahid Afridi’s comments to a news channel after returning home from the 2011 World Cup in India. Pakistan lost the semis to India in Mohali and Afridi was criticised a lot for his leadership skills.

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/08/Kumar-Sangakkara-Family.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-29617" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Kumar-Sangakkara-Family.jpg" alt="Kumar Sangakkara" width="650" height="448" sizes="(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-29617" class="wp-caption-text">Kumar Sangakkara. (Photo Source: AFP)</figcaption>

“In Sri Lanka Cricket and Politics have been synonymous. Accountability and transparency in administration and credibility of conduct were lost in a mad power struggle that would leave Sri Lankan cricket with no consistent and clear administration”. Kumar Sangakkara made those critical comments in his the 2011 MCC Cowdrey Lecture in on how political interference and corruption was affecting Sri Lankan cricket.

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/08/Michael-Vaughan.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-27507 size-full" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Michael-Vaughan.jpg" alt="Michael Vaughan" width="365" height="594" sizes="(max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-27507" class="wp-caption-text">Michael Vaughan. (© Getty Images)</figcaption>

“Has Vaseline on the outside edge saved the day for Laxman?”

Michael Vaughan’s tweet during India’s 2011 tour of England alleging that VVS Laxman applied Vaseline to his bat so that the Hot Spot technology would not detect the edge. The remark created a lot of furore.

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/07/Steve-Waugh-Aus-ODI.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-26447 size-full" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Steve-Waugh-Aus-ODI.jpg" alt="Shane Warne Steve Waugh" width="451" height="594" sizes="(max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-26447" class="wp-caption-text">Steve Waugh. (© Getty Images)</figcaption>

“Sourav Ganguly was disrespectful as he was always late for toss”

Steve Waugh said this after Ganguly had made him wait in the middle of the pitch in one of the Test matches during the 2001 tour to India.

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/04/Shoaib-Akhtar.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-17226" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Shoaib-Akhtar.jpg" alt="nicknames in Cricket" width="650" height="509" sizes="(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-17226" class="wp-caption-text">Shoaib Akhtar. (© Getty Images)</figcaption>

“I Think players like Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid weren’t exactly match winners to start with, nor did they know the art of finishing the game”

Shoaib Akhtar just couldn’t make any sense by this statement. But true to his over the top personality he didn’t shy away from stoking a controversy.

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/07/Ahmed-Shehzad-Pakistan-v-Sri-Lanka.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-25197" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Ahmed-Shehzad-Pakistan-v-Sri-Lanka.jpg" alt="Pakistan" width="650" height="428" sizes="(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-25197" class="wp-caption-text">Ahmed Shehzad. (Photo Source: AFP)</figcaption>

“If you are a Non Muslim and you turn Muslim no matter what you do in your life, straight to heaven” &#8211; Ahmed Shehzad, the Pakistani opener showing what a non secular mindset he has.

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/09/Kevin-Pietersen-raises-his-bat-GettyImages-139272764.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-33026" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Kevin-Pietersen-raises-his-bat-GettyImages-139272764.jpg" alt="Kevin Pietersen" width="650" height="479" sizes="(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-33026" class="wp-caption-text">Kevin Pietersen. (© LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI/AFP/Getty Images)</figcaption>

“He is back stabbing, he is horrendous, he’s bad for the environment”

Kevin Pietersen on Matt Prior. This happened after the 2013 Ashes in Australia when the relationship between the two soured to a lowest point.

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/08/Greg-Chappell-GettyImages-483012530.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-29739" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Greg-Chappell-GettyImages-483012530.jpg" alt="Greg Chappell" width="650" height="433" sizes="(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-29739" class="wp-caption-text">Greg Chappell. (© Getty Images)</figcaption>

“His idea was probably you scratch my back, I scratch yours. He expected I would be so grateful for getting him the job that I would become his henchman in his battle to remain captain. I, on the other hand, took on a job with primary responsibility to Indian cricket and Indian People. There were a billion of them and only one of Sourav. I wanted to help India become the best cricket team in the world”.

Greg Chappell’s above words in his book Fierce Focus were about Sourav Ganguly, who was instrumental in the Australian’s appointment as the coach of the Indian cricket team. Chappell’s book was released in November 2011.

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/04/Virender-Sehwag.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-16673" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Virender-Sehwag.jpg" alt="first ball boundaries in ODIs" width="650" height="413" sizes="(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-16673" class="wp-caption-text">Virender Sehwag. (© Getty Images)</figcaption>

”Dhoni’s captaincy alone didn’t win the World Cup for India”

Virender Sehwag said this about MS Dhoni when inquired whether his captaincy was crucial in India winning the 2011 ODI World Cup.

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/09/Ian-Chappell-Batting.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-33903" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Ian-Chappell-Batting.jpg" alt="Ian Chappell" width="650" height="433" sizes="(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-33903" class="wp-caption-text">Ian Chappell. (© Adrian Murrell/Allsport UK/Getty Images)</figcaption>

&#8220;Its time for Tendulkar to have a good long look into the mirror and decide what he is trying to achieve in the game, he is wasting his time and should retire now&#8221;.

Ian Chappell On Sachin Tendulkar after the 2007 ODI World Cup. Sachin was going through a poor run of form during that phase and that gave Chappell who was anyways not fond of his batting all the ammunition to fire. Sachin though went on to play another 6 years and proved that Mr. Chappell should keep his advises to himself.

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<p><strong>10 Most debatable statements by Cricketers:</strong> Emotions, flair, fervour and records. A cricket game has all of it. It is a sport which arouses expectations like no other and yet you can’t be sure which way the pendulum will swing. Agony and ecstasy can switch sides pretty instantly and you have to be ready for it. In the heat of the moment sometimes our cricket players utter something that they later regret. The world of cricket has been left bamboozled time and again with statements by renowned players. These statement can sometimes be unreasonable, stupid, and threatening as well.</p>
<h3>Here we present to you&nbsp;<strong>10 Most debatable statements by Cricketers:</strong></h3>
<h4><strong>1. Shahid Afridi</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_34422" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-34422" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/09/Pakistans-captain-Shahid-Afridi-cheers-on-his-teammates-GettyImages-490499292.jpg"><amp-img class="wp-image-34422" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Pakistans-captain-Shahid-Afridi-cheers-on-his-teammates-GettyImages-490499292.jpg" alt="statements by Cricketers" width="650" height="433" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-34422" class="wp-caption-text">(Photo by JEKESAI NJIKIZANA/AFP/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>“In my opinion if I have to tell the truth, they (Indians) will never have hearts like Pakistanis. I don’t think they have the large and clean hearts that Allah has given us” – Shahid Afridi’s&nbsp;comments to a news channel after returning home from the 2011 World Cup in India. Pakistan lost the semis to India in Mohali and Afridi was criticised a lot for his leadership skills.</p>
<h4><strong>2. Kumar Sangakkara</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_29617" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-29617" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/08/Kumar-Sangakkara-Family.jpg"><amp-img class="wp-image-29617" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Kumar-Sangakkara-Family.jpg" alt="Kumar Sangakkara" width="650" height="448" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-29617" class="wp-caption-text">Kumar Sangakkara. (Photo Source: AFP)</figcaption></figure>
<p>“In Sri Lanka Cricket and Politics have been synonymous. Accountability and transparency in administration and credibility of conduct were lost in a mad power struggle that would leave Sri Lankan cricket with no consistent and clear administration”. Kumar Sangakkara&nbsp;made those critical comments in his the 2011 MCC Cowdrey Lecture in on how political interference and corruption was affecting Sri Lankan cricket.</p>
<h4><strong>3. Michael Vaughan</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_27507" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-27507" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/08/Michael-Vaughan.jpg"><amp-img class="wp-image-27507 size-full" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Michael-Vaughan.jpg" alt="Michael Vaughan" width="365" height="594" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-27507" class="wp-caption-text">Michael Vaughan. (© Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>“Has Vaseline on the outside edge saved the day for Laxman?”</p>
<p>Michael Vaughan’s&nbsp;tweet during India’s 2011 tour of England alleging that VVS Laxman applied Vaseline to his bat so that the Hot Spot technology would not detect the edge. The remark created a lot of furore.</p>
<h4><strong>4. Steve Waugh</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_26447" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-26447" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/07/Steve-Waugh-Aus-ODI.jpg"><amp-img class="wp-image-26447 size-full" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Steve-Waugh-Aus-ODI.jpg" alt="Shane Warne Steve Waugh" width="451" height="594" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-26447" class="wp-caption-text">Steve Waugh. (© Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>“Sourav Ganguly was disrespectful as he was always late for toss”</p>
<p>Steve Waugh said this after Ganguly had made him wait in the middle of the pitch in one of the Test matches during the 2001 tour to India.</p>
<h4><strong>5. Shoaib Akhtar</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_17226" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-17226" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/04/Shoaib-Akhtar.jpg"><amp-img class="wp-image-17226" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Shoaib-Akhtar.jpg" alt="nicknames in Cricket" width="650" height="509" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-17226" class="wp-caption-text">Shoaib Akhtar. (© Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>“I Think players like Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid weren’t exactly match winners to start with, nor did they know the art of finishing the game”</p>
<p>Shoaib Akhtar just couldn’t make any sense by this statement. But true to his over the top personality he didn’t shy away from stoking a controversy.</p>
<h4><strong>6. Ahmed Shehzad</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_25197" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-25197" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/07/Ahmed-Shehzad-Pakistan-v-Sri-Lanka.jpg"><amp-img class="wp-image-25197" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Ahmed-Shehzad-Pakistan-v-Sri-Lanka.jpg" alt="Pakistan" width="650" height="428" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-25197" class="wp-caption-text">Ahmed Shehzad. (Photo Source: AFP)</figcaption></figure>
<p>“If you are a Non Muslim and you turn Muslim no matter what you do in your life, straight to heaven” –&nbsp;Ahmed Shehzad, the Pakistani opener showing what a non secular mindset he has.</p>
<h4><strong>7. Kevin Pietersen</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_33026" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-33026" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/09/Kevin-Pietersen-raises-his-bat-GettyImages-139272764.jpg"><amp-img class="wp-image-33026" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Kevin-Pietersen-raises-his-bat-GettyImages-139272764.jpg" alt="Kevin Pietersen" width="650" height="479" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-33026" class="wp-caption-text">Kevin Pietersen. (© LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI/AFP/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>“He is back stabbing, he is horrendous, he’s bad for the environment”</p>
<p>Kevin Pietersen on Matt Prior. This happened after the 2013 Ashes in Australia when the relationship between the two soured to a lowest point.</p>
<h4><strong>8. Greg Chappell</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_29739" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-29739" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/08/Greg-Chappell-GettyImages-483012530.jpg"><amp-img class="wp-image-29739" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Greg-Chappell-GettyImages-483012530.jpg" alt="Greg Chappell" width="650" height="433" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-29739" class="wp-caption-text">Greg Chappell. (© Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>“His idea was probably you scratch my back, I scratch yours. He expected I would be so grateful for getting him the job that I would become his henchman in his battle to remain captain. I, on the other hand, took on a job with primary responsibility to Indian cricket and Indian People. There were a billion of them and only one of Sourav. I wanted to help India become the best cricket team in the world”.</p>
<p>Greg Chappell’s&nbsp;above words in his book Fierce Focus were about Sourav Ganguly, who was instrumental in the Australian’s appointment as the coach of the Indian cricket team. Chappell’s book was released in November 2011.</p>
<h4><strong>9. Virender Sehwag</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_16673" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-16673" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/04/Virender-Sehwag.jpg"><amp-img class="wp-image-16673" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Virender-Sehwag.jpg" alt="first ball boundaries in ODIs" width="650" height="413" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-16673" class="wp-caption-text">Virender Sehwag. (© Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>”Dhoni’s captaincy alone didn’t win the World Cup for India”</p>
<p>Virender Sehwag said this about MS Dhoni when inquired whether his captaincy was crucial in India winning the 2011 ODI World Cup.</p>
<h4><strong>10. Ian Chappell</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_33903" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-33903" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/09/Ian-Chappell-Batting.jpg"><amp-img class="wp-image-33903" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Ian-Chappell-Batting.jpg" alt="Ian Chappell" width="650" height="433" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-33903" class="wp-caption-text">Ian Chappell. (© Adrian Murrell/Allsport UK/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>“Its time for Tendulkar to have a good long look into the mirror and decide what he is trying to achieve in the game, he is wasting his time and should retire now”.</p>
<p>Ian Chappell On Sachin Tendulkar after the 2007 ODI World Cup. Sachin was going through a poor run of form during that phase and that gave Chappell who was anyways not fond of his batting all the ammunition to fire. Sachin though went on to play another 6 years and proved that Mr. Chappell should keep his advises to himself.</p>
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<p><strong>10 Most debatable statements by Cricketers:</strong> Emotions, flair, fervour and records. A cricket game has all of it. It is a sport which arouses expectations like no other and yet you can’t be sure which way the pendulum will swing. Agony and ecstasy can switch sides pretty instantly and you have to be ready for it. In the heat of the moment sometimes our cricket players utter something that they later regret. The world of cricket has been left bamboozled time and again with statements by renowned players. These statement can sometimes be unreasonable, stupid, and threatening as well.</p>
<h3>Here we present to you <strong>10 Most debatable statements by Cricketers:</strong></h3>
<h4><strong>1. Shahid Afridi</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_34422" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-34422" style="width: 650px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/09/Pakistans-captain-Shahid-Afridi-cheers-on-his-teammates-GettyImages-490499292.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-34422" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Pakistans-captain-Shahid-Afridi-cheers-on-his-teammates-GettyImages-490499292.jpg" alt="statements by Cricketers" width="650" height="433" sizes="(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-34422" class="wp-caption-text">(Photo by JEKESAI NJIKIZANA/AFP/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>“In my opinion if I have to tell the truth, they (Indians) will never have hearts like Pakistanis. I don’t think they have the large and clean hearts that Allah has given us” &#8211; Shahid Afridi’s comments to a news channel after returning home from the 2011 World Cup in India. Pakistan lost the semis to India in Mohali and Afridi was criticised a lot for his leadership skills.</p>
<h4><strong>2. Kumar Sangakkara</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_29617" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-29617" style="width: 650px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/08/Kumar-Sangakkara-Family.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-29617" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Kumar-Sangakkara-Family.jpg" alt="Kumar Sangakkara" width="650" height="448" sizes="(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-29617" class="wp-caption-text">Kumar Sangakkara. (Photo Source: AFP)</figcaption></figure>
<p>“In Sri Lanka Cricket and Politics have been synonymous. Accountability and transparency in administration and credibility of conduct were lost in a mad power struggle that would leave Sri Lankan cricket with no consistent and clear administration”. Kumar Sangakkara made those critical comments in his the 2011 MCC Cowdrey Lecture in on how political interference and corruption was affecting Sri Lankan cricket.</p>
<h4><strong>3. Michael Vaughan</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_27507" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-27507" style="width: 365px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/08/Michael-Vaughan.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-27507 size-full" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Michael-Vaughan.jpg" alt="Michael Vaughan" width="365" height="594" sizes="(max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-27507" class="wp-caption-text">Michael Vaughan. (© Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>“Has Vaseline on the outside edge saved the day for Laxman?”</p>
<p>Michael Vaughan’s tweet during India’s 2011 tour of England alleging that VVS Laxman applied Vaseline to his bat so that the Hot Spot technology would not detect the edge. The remark created a lot of furore.</p>
<h4><strong>4. Steve Waugh</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_26447" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-26447" style="width: 451px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/07/Steve-Waugh-Aus-ODI.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-26447 size-full" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Steve-Waugh-Aus-ODI.jpg" alt="Shane Warne Steve Waugh" width="451" height="594" sizes="(max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-26447" class="wp-caption-text">Steve Waugh. (© Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>“Sourav Ganguly was disrespectful as he was always late for toss”</p>
<p>Steve Waugh said this after Ganguly had made him wait in the middle of the pitch in one of the Test matches during the 2001 tour to India.</p>
<h4><strong>5. Shoaib Akhtar</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_17226" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-17226" style="width: 650px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/04/Shoaib-Akhtar.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-17226" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Shoaib-Akhtar.jpg" alt="nicknames in Cricket" width="650" height="509" sizes="(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-17226" class="wp-caption-text">Shoaib Akhtar. (© Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>“I Think players like Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid weren’t exactly match winners to start with, nor did they know the art of finishing the game”</p>
<p>Shoaib Akhtar just couldn’t make any sense by this statement. But true to his over the top personality he didn’t shy away from stoking a controversy.</p>
<h4><strong>6. Ahmed Shehzad</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_25197" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-25197" style="width: 650px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/07/Ahmed-Shehzad-Pakistan-v-Sri-Lanka.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-25197" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Ahmed-Shehzad-Pakistan-v-Sri-Lanka.jpg" alt="Pakistan" width="650" height="428" sizes="(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-25197" class="wp-caption-text">Ahmed Shehzad. (Photo Source: AFP)</figcaption></figure>
<p>“If you are a Non Muslim and you turn Muslim no matter what you do in your life, straight to heaven” &#8211; Ahmed Shehzad, the Pakistani opener showing what a non secular mindset he has.</p>
<h4><strong>7. Kevin Pietersen</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_33026" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-33026" style="width: 650px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/09/Kevin-Pietersen-raises-his-bat-GettyImages-139272764.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-33026" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Kevin-Pietersen-raises-his-bat-GettyImages-139272764.jpg" alt="Kevin Pietersen" width="650" height="479" sizes="(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-33026" class="wp-caption-text">Kevin Pietersen. (© LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI/AFP/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>“He is back stabbing, he is horrendous, he’s bad for the environment”</p>
<p>Kevin Pietersen on Matt Prior. This happened after the 2013 Ashes in Australia when the relationship between the two soured to a lowest point.</p>
<h4><strong>8. Greg Chappell</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_29739" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-29739" style="width: 650px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/08/Greg-Chappell-GettyImages-483012530.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-29739" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Greg-Chappell-GettyImages-483012530.jpg" alt="Greg Chappell" width="650" height="433" sizes="(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-29739" class="wp-caption-text">Greg Chappell. (© Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>“His idea was probably you scratch my back, I scratch yours. He expected I would be so grateful for getting him the job that I would become his henchman in his battle to remain captain. I, on the other hand, took on a job with primary responsibility to Indian cricket and Indian People. There were a billion of them and only one of Sourav. I wanted to help India become the best cricket team in the world”.</p>
<p>Greg Chappell’s above words in his book Fierce Focus were about Sourav Ganguly, who was instrumental in the Australian’s appointment as the coach of the Indian cricket team. Chappell’s book was released in November 2011.</p>
<h4><strong>9. Virender Sehwag</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_16673" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-16673" style="width: 650px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/04/Virender-Sehwag.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-16673" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Virender-Sehwag.jpg" alt="first ball boundaries in ODIs" width="650" height="413" sizes="(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-16673" class="wp-caption-text">Virender Sehwag. (© Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>”Dhoni’s captaincy alone didn’t win the World Cup for India”</p>
<p>Virender Sehwag said this about MS Dhoni when inquired whether his captaincy was crucial in India winning the 2011 ODI World Cup.</p>
<h4><strong>10. Ian Chappell</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_33903" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-33903" style="width: 650px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/09/Ian-Chappell-Batting.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-33903" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Ian-Chappell-Batting.jpg" alt="Ian Chappell" width="650" height="433" sizes="(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-33903" class="wp-caption-text">Ian Chappell. (© Adrian Murrell/Allsport UK/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>&#8220;Its time for Tendulkar to have a good long look into the mirror and decide what he is trying to achieve in the game, he is wasting his time and should retire now&#8221;.</p>
<p>Ian Chappell On Sachin Tendulkar after the 2007 ODI World Cup. Sachin was going through a poor run of form during that phase and that gave Chappell who was anyways not fond of his batting all the ammunition to fire. Sachin though went on to play another 6 years and proved that Mr. Chappell should keep his advises to himself.</p>
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