Cricket is known to be a gentleman’s game and umpires and referees are tasked to ensure that the match is conducted within the laws, keeping the spirit of the game intact. However, there have been times when players have lost their cool on the cricket field and indulged in indecent behaviour.

The same has forced match officials to take cognizance and several players have also been penalised for the same when found guilty. Meanwhile,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.crictracker.com/t20/ipl-indian-premier-league/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Indian Premier League (IPL)</a>, arguably the most popular franchise tournament in the world, has also witnessed instances where players have been involved in a heated exchange and have eventually been fined.

Here are five instances when cricketers were fined due to on-field spat in IPL:

5. Nitish Rana-Hrithik Shokeen (MI vs KKR, 2023)

<img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/1681812288516_Nitish-Rana.jpeg" alt="" width="640" loading="lazy"><figcaption>Nitish Rana and Hrithik Shokeen. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>

Mumbai Indians took the stage alongside&nbsp;<a href="https://www.crictracker.com/t20/ipl-indian-premier-league/kkr-kolkata-knight-riders/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kolkata Knight Riders</a> in the 22nd match of the 2023 season of the cash-rich league. Mumbai won the toss and opted to field first. In the first ball of the ninth over, Hrithik Shokeen dismissed KKR skipper Nitish Rana for five runs off 10 deliveries to provide a third wicket to his side.

During Rana’s walk to the pavilion, he and Shokeen were involved in a verbal spat. It got heated to an extent that Piyush Chawla and Suryakumar Yadav needed to intervene to calm things down. Nitish was fined 25 per cent of the match fee for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct while Hrithik was fined 10 per cent of his match fee.

Talking about the game, Kolkata posted 185 runs on the board, courtesy of a blistering century from Venkatesh Iyer (104 runs off 51 balls). However, Mumbai comfortably chased down the total in 17.4 overs. Ishan Kishan (58 runs off 25 balls) was the top scorer for the five-time IPL champions.

4. Kieron pollard vs Mitchell Starc (MI vs RCB, 2014)

<img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/1681812379651_Mitchell-Starc-and-Kieron-Pollard.jpeg" alt="" width="640" loading="lazy"><figcaption>Mitchell Starc and Kieron Pollard. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>

<a href="https://www.crictracker.com/t20/ipl-indian-premier-league/mi-mumbai-indians/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mumbai Indians</a> crossed swords against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 27th match of IPL 2014 at the Wankhede Stadium. RCB won the toss and skipper Virat Kohli opted to bowl first. During the 17th over of Mumbai’s innings, Mitchell Starc and Kieron Pollard were involved in an ugly altercation on the field.

In the fourth delivery of the 17th over, Starc bowled a bouncer to Pollard, who was beaten by pace as he tried to hook. Post the delivery, the speedster spoke a few words to the former West Indies batter, who dID not entertain it and waved him off. As Starc came steaming in to bowl the next delivery, Pollard backed away and moved towards the leg side. However, the left-arm pacer did not abort and fired the ball towards Pollard.&nbsp;

It angered the batter and he violently swung the bat towards the bowler. Pollard’s bat slipped out of his hand and fell near him. Then both Starc and Pollard were seen in a war of words. Both players committed level 2 offences under IPL’s Code of Conduct and the match referee Andy Pycroft penalised Pollard 75 per cent and Starc 50 per cent of their match fees.

Talking about the game, Mumbai posted 187 runs on the board with Rohit Sharma (59* runs off 35 balls) scoring a brilliant half-century. RCB, in reply, could only manage 168 runs in 20 overs. Rohit was adjudged the Player of the Match for his glorious knock.

3. Ambati Rayudu-Harshal Patel (RCB vs MI, 2012)

<img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/1681812639472_Ambati-Rayudu.jpeg" alt="" width="640" loading="lazy"><figcaption>Ambati Rayudu. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>

<a href="https://www.crictracker.com/t20/ipl-indian-premier-league/rcb-royal-challengers-bangalore/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Royal Challengers Bangalore</a> locked horns with Mumbai Indians in the 62nd match of IPL 2012 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Bangalore batted first and piled on 171 runs in 20 overs thanks to a majestic knock from Mayank Agarwal (64 runs off 30 deliveries).

Mumbai were in a spot of bother during the chase, having lost five wickets for just 51 runs. Just when things looked grim for Harbhajan Singh &amp; Co., Ambati Rayudu and Kieron Pollard joined hands and knocked the wind out of the RCB bowlers with an unbeaten 122-run stand off 65 balls to take MI across the line.

While celebrating a thrilling win, Rayudu passed some offensive comments on Harshal Patel, which infuriated the right-arm pacer and he charged towards Rayudu before Virat Kohli stopped him. Ambati was docked 100 per cent of his match fee for using obscene and abusive language while Harshal was reprimanded and fined 25 per cent of his match earnings.

2. Munaf Patel-Nitin Saini (MI vs PBKS, 2012)

<img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/1681812934169_Munaf-Patel.jpeg" alt="" width="640" loading="lazy"><figcaption>Munaf Patel. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>

Mumbai Indians clashed against Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) in the 28th match of IPL 2012 at the Wankhede Stadium. Mumbai batted first and posted 163 runs on the board, riding on a sensational half-century from James Franklin (79 runs off 51 deliveries).

Nitin Saini and Mandeep Singh started proceedings with the bat for Punjab. In the third over of the innings, Nitin took Munaf Patel to the cleaners and hammered two fours. At the end of the over, Munaf had a word with the wicketkeeper-batter and the right-arm pacer was seen resorting to some verbal volleys.

Witnessing the altercation, the on-field umpires and the then-MI skipper <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/cricket-news/its-like-he-is-playing-against-his-own-team-harbhajan-singh-reflects-on-david-warners-performance-against-mi/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harbhajan Singh</a> had to intervene. Munaf was fined 50 per cent of his match fee by match referee Raju Mukherjee for making offensive gestures during the game. Coming to the encounter, Shaun Marsh (68* runs off 40 deliveries) struck a magnificent half-century to guide Punjab to a six-wicket win against the Mumbai side.

1. Harbhajan Singh-S Sreesanth (KXIP vs MI, 2008)

<img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/featureimage/2020/02/Sreesanth.jpg" alt="" width="640" loading="lazy"><figcaption>S Sreesanth (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>

Kings XI Punjab (Punjab Kings) squared off against Mumbai Indians in the 10th match of the inaugural season of the lucrative T20 tournament. Mumbai won the toss and decided to put Yuvraj Singh &amp; Co. into bat. Kumar Sangakarra brought his A-game into play and smashed 94 runs off 56 deliveries to propel Punjab to 182 runs in 20 overs.

After Sangakarra’s astonishing knock, the Punjab bowlers showed their class and chipped in with wickets at regular intervals. As result, Mumbai could only manage 116 runs in 20 overs.&nbsp;However post the match when the players were exchanging pleasantries, Harbhajan Singh slapped S Sreesanth.&nbsp;

Post the incident, the then-IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi shed some light on the matter and stated, “The match referee went through the video footage and found the incident was totally unprovoked. Just after the match, Harbhajan was shaking hands with all Kings XI players and Sreesanth was third among the players. Instead of shaking hands, Harbhajan slapped him and proceeded."

Harbhajan was fined 100 per cent of his match fee and wasl also banned from the rest of the games of the IPL 2008 season. The then-Mumbai Indians' coach Lalchand Rajput was also docked 50 per cent of his match fee as he was a witness to the incident but did not take any immediate action.

Cricket is known to be a gentleman’s game and umpires and referees are tasked to ensure that the match is conducted within the laws, keeping the spirit of the game intact. However, there have been times when players have lost their cool on the cricket field and indulged in indecent behaviour.
The same has forced match officials to take cognizance and several players have also been penalised for the same when found guilty. Meanwhile,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.crictracker.com/t20/ipl-indian-premier-league/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Indian Premier League (IPL)</a>, arguably the most popular franchise tournament in the world, has also witnessed instances where players have been involved in a heated exchange and have eventually been fined.
<h3>Here are five instances when cricketers were fined due to on-field spat in IPL:</h3>
<h3>5. Nitish Rana-Hrithik Shokeen (MI vs KKR, 2023)</h3>
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<figcaption>Nitish Rana and Hrithik Shokeen. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>
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Mumbai Indians took the stage alongside&nbsp;<a href="https://www.crictracker.com/t20/ipl-indian-premier-league/kkr-kolkata-knight-riders/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kolkata Knight Riders</a> in the 22nd match of the 2023 season of the cash-rich league. Mumbai won the toss and opted to field first. In the first ball of the ninth over, Hrithik Shokeen dismissed KKR skipper Nitish Rana for five runs off 10 deliveries to provide a third wicket to his side.
During Rana’s walk to the pavilion, he and Shokeen were involved in a verbal spat. It got heated to an extent that Piyush Chawla and Suryakumar Yadav needed to intervene to calm things down. Nitish was fined 25 per cent of the match fee for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct while Hrithik was fined 10 per cent of his match fee.
Talking about the game, Kolkata posted 185 runs on the board, courtesy of a blistering century from Venkatesh Iyer (104 runs off 51 balls). However, Mumbai comfortably chased down the total in 17.4 overs. Ishan Kishan (58 runs off 25 balls) was the top scorer for the five-time IPL champions.

<h3>4. Kieron pollard vs Mitchell Starc (MI vs RCB, 2014)</h3>
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<figcaption>Mitchell Starc and Kieron Pollard. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>
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<a href="https://www.crictracker.com/t20/ipl-indian-premier-league/mi-mumbai-indians/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mumbai Indians</a> crossed swords against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 27th match of IPL 2014 at the Wankhede Stadium. RCB won the toss and skipper Virat Kohli opted to bowl first. During the 17th over of Mumbai’s innings, Mitchell Starc and Kieron Pollard were involved in an ugly altercation on the field.
In the fourth delivery of the 17th over, Starc bowled a bouncer to Pollard, who was beaten by pace as he tried to hook. Post the delivery, the speedster spoke a few words to the former West Indies batter, who dID not entertain it and waved him off. As Starc came steaming in to bowl the next delivery, Pollard backed away and moved towards the leg side. However, the left-arm pacer did not abort and fired the ball towards Pollard.&nbsp;
It angered the batter and he violently swung the bat towards the bowler. Pollard’s bat slipped out of his hand and fell near him. Then both Starc and Pollard were seen in a war of words. Both players committed level 2 offences under IPL’s Code of Conduct and the match referee Andy Pycroft penalised Pollard 75 per cent and Starc 50 per cent of their match fees.
Talking about the game, Mumbai posted 187 runs on the board with Rohit Sharma (59* runs off 35 balls) scoring a brilliant half-century. RCB, in reply, could only manage 168 runs in 20 overs. Rohit was adjudged the Player of the Match for his glorious knock.

<h3>3. Ambati Rayudu-Harshal Patel (RCB vs MI, 2012)</h3>
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<figcaption>Ambati Rayudu. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>
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<a href="https://www.crictracker.com/t20/ipl-indian-premier-league/rcb-royal-challengers-bangalore/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Royal Challengers Bangalore</a> locked horns with Mumbai Indians in the 62nd match of IPL 2012 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Bangalore batted first and piled on 171 runs in 20 overs thanks to a majestic knock from Mayank Agarwal (64 runs off 30 deliveries).
Mumbai were in a spot of bother during the chase, having lost five wickets for just 51 runs. Just when things looked grim for Harbhajan Singh &amp; Co., Ambati Rayudu and Kieron Pollard joined hands and knocked the wind out of the RCB bowlers with an unbeaten 122-run stand off 65 balls to take MI across the line.
While celebrating a thrilling win, Rayudu passed some offensive comments on Harshal Patel, which infuriated the right-arm pacer and he charged towards Rayudu before Virat Kohli stopped him. Ambati was docked 100 per cent of his match fee for using obscene and abusive language while Harshal was reprimanded and fined 25 per cent of his match earnings.

<h3>2. Munaf Patel-Nitin Saini (MI vs PBKS, 2012)</h3>
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<figcaption>Munaf Patel. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>
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Mumbai Indians clashed against Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) in the 28th match of IPL 2012 at the Wankhede Stadium. Mumbai batted first and posted 163 runs on the board, riding on a sensational half-century from James Franklin (79 runs off 51 deliveries).
Nitin Saini and Mandeep Singh started proceedings with the bat for Punjab. In the third over of the innings, Nitin took Munaf Patel to the cleaners and hammered two fours. At the end of the over, Munaf had a word with the wicketkeeper-batter and the right-arm pacer was seen resorting to some verbal volleys.
Witnessing the altercation, the on-field umpires and the then-MI skipper <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/cricket-news/its-like-he-is-playing-against-his-own-team-harbhajan-singh-reflects-on-david-warners-performance-against-mi/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harbhajan Singh</a> had to intervene. Munaf was fined 50 per cent of his match fee by match referee Raju Mukherjee for making offensive gestures during the game. Coming to the encounter, Shaun Marsh (68* runs off 40 deliveries) struck a magnificent half-century to guide Punjab to a six-wicket win against the Mumbai side.

<h3>1. Harbhajan Singh-S Sreesanth (KXIP vs MI, 2008)</h3>
<figure class="image" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/featureimage/2020/02/Sreesanth.jpg" alt width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img>
<figcaption>S Sreesanth (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>
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Kings XI Punjab (Punjab Kings) squared off against Mumbai Indians in the 10th match of the inaugural season of the lucrative T20 tournament. Mumbai won the toss and decided to put Yuvraj Singh &amp; Co. into bat. Kumar Sangakarra brought his A-game into play and smashed 94 runs off 56 deliveries to propel Punjab to 182 runs in 20 overs.
After Sangakarra’s astonishing knock, the Punjab bowlers showed their class and chipped in with wickets at regular intervals. As result, Mumbai could only manage 116 runs in 20 overs.&nbsp;However post the match when the players were exchanging pleasantries, Harbhajan Singh slapped S Sreesanth.&nbsp;
Post the incident, the then-IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi shed some light on the matter and stated, “The match referee went through the video footage and found the incident was totally unprovoked. Just after the match, Harbhajan was shaking hands with all Kings XI players and Sreesanth was third among the players. Instead of shaking hands, Harbhajan slapped him and proceeded."
Harbhajan was fined 100 per cent of his match fee and wasl also banned from the rest of the games of the IPL 2008 season. The then-Mumbai Indians' coach Lalchand Rajput was also docked 50 per cent of his match fee as he was a witness to the incident but did not take any immediate action.

Cricket is known to be a gentleman’s game and umpires and referees are tasked to ensure that the match is conducted within the laws, keeping the spirit of the game intact. However, there have been times when players have lost their cool on the cricket field and indulged in indecent behaviour.
The same has forced match officials to take cognizance and several players have also been penalised for the same when found guilty. Meanwhile,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.crictracker.com/t20/ipl-indian-premier-league/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Indian Premier League (IPL)</a>, arguably the most popular franchise tournament in the world, has also witnessed instances where players have been involved in a heated exchange and have eventually been fined.
<h3>Here are five instances when cricketers were fined due to on-field spat in IPL:</h3>
<h3>5. Nitish Rana-Hrithik Shokeen (MI vs KKR, 2023)</h3>
<figure class="image"><img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/1681812288516_Nitish-Rana.jpeg" alt="" width="640" loading="lazy">
<figcaption>Nitish Rana and Hrithik Shokeen. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>
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Mumbai Indians took the stage alongside&nbsp;<a href="https://www.crictracker.com/t20/ipl-indian-premier-league/kkr-kolkata-knight-riders/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kolkata Knight Riders</a> in the 22nd match of the 2023 season of the cash-rich league. Mumbai won the toss and opted to field first. In the first ball of the ninth over, Hrithik Shokeen dismissed KKR skipper Nitish Rana for five runs off 10 deliveries to provide a third wicket to his side.
During Rana’s walk to the pavilion, he and Shokeen were involved in a verbal spat. It got heated to an extent that Piyush Chawla and Suryakumar Yadav needed to intervene to calm things down. Nitish was fined 25 per cent of the match fee for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct while Hrithik was fined 10 per cent of his match fee.
Talking about the game, Kolkata posted 185 runs on the board, courtesy of a blistering century from Venkatesh Iyer (104 runs off 51 balls). However, Mumbai comfortably chased down the total in 17.4 overs. Ishan Kishan (58 runs off 25 balls) was the top scorer for the five-time IPL champions.

<h3>4. Kieron pollard vs Mitchell Starc (MI vs RCB, 2014)</h3>
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<figcaption>Mitchell Starc and Kieron Pollard. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>
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<a href="https://www.crictracker.com/t20/ipl-indian-premier-league/mi-mumbai-indians/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mumbai Indians</a> crossed swords against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 27th match of IPL 2014 at the Wankhede Stadium. RCB won the toss and skipper Virat Kohli opted to bowl first. During the 17th over of Mumbai’s innings, Mitchell Starc and Kieron Pollard were involved in an ugly altercation on the field.
In the fourth delivery of the 17th over, Starc bowled a bouncer to Pollard, who was beaten by pace as he tried to hook. Post the delivery, the speedster spoke a few words to the former West Indies batter, who dID not entertain it and waved him off. As Starc came steaming in to bowl the next delivery, Pollard backed away and moved towards the leg side. However, the left-arm pacer did not abort and fired the ball towards Pollard.&nbsp;
It angered the batter and he violently swung the bat towards the bowler. Pollard’s bat slipped out of his hand and fell near him. Then both Starc and Pollard were seen in a war of words. Both players committed level 2 offences under IPL’s Code of Conduct and the match referee Andy Pycroft penalised Pollard 75 per cent and Starc 50 per cent of their match fees.
Talking about the game, Mumbai posted 187 runs on the board with Rohit Sharma (59* runs off 35 balls) scoring a brilliant half-century. RCB, in reply, could only manage 168 runs in 20 overs. Rohit was adjudged the Player of the Match for his glorious knock.

<h3>3. Ambati Rayudu-Harshal Patel (RCB vs MI, 2012)</h3>
<figure class="image"><img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/1681812639472_Ambati-Rayudu.jpeg" alt="" width="640" loading="lazy">
<figcaption>Ambati Rayudu. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>
</figure>
<a href="https://www.crictracker.com/t20/ipl-indian-premier-league/rcb-royal-challengers-bangalore/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Royal Challengers Bangalore</a> locked horns with Mumbai Indians in the 62nd match of IPL 2012 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Bangalore batted first and piled on 171 runs in 20 overs thanks to a majestic knock from Mayank Agarwal (64 runs off 30 deliveries).
Mumbai were in a spot of bother during the chase, having lost five wickets for just 51 runs. Just when things looked grim for Harbhajan Singh &amp; Co., Ambati Rayudu and Kieron Pollard joined hands and knocked the wind out of the RCB bowlers with an unbeaten 122-run stand off 65 balls to take MI across the line.
While celebrating a thrilling win, Rayudu passed some offensive comments on Harshal Patel, which infuriated the right-arm pacer and he charged towards Rayudu before Virat Kohli stopped him. Ambati was docked 100 per cent of his match fee for using obscene and abusive language while Harshal was reprimanded and fined 25 per cent of his match earnings.

<h3>2. Munaf Patel-Nitin Saini (MI vs PBKS, 2012)</h3>
<figure class="image"><img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/1681812934169_Munaf-Patel.jpeg" alt="" width="640" loading="lazy">
<figcaption>Munaf Patel. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>
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Mumbai Indians clashed against Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) in the 28th match of IPL 2012 at the Wankhede Stadium. Mumbai batted first and posted 163 runs on the board, riding on a sensational half-century from James Franklin (79 runs off 51 deliveries).
Nitin Saini and Mandeep Singh started proceedings with the bat for Punjab. In the third over of the innings, Nitin took Munaf Patel to the cleaners and hammered two fours. At the end of the over, Munaf had a word with the wicketkeeper-batter and the right-arm pacer was seen resorting to some verbal volleys.
Witnessing the altercation, the on-field umpires and the then-MI skipper <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/cricket-news/its-like-he-is-playing-against-his-own-team-harbhajan-singh-reflects-on-david-warners-performance-against-mi/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harbhajan Singh</a> had to intervene. Munaf was fined 50 per cent of his match fee by match referee Raju Mukherjee for making offensive gestures during the game. Coming to the encounter, Shaun Marsh (68* runs off 40 deliveries) struck a magnificent half-century to guide Punjab to a six-wicket win against the Mumbai side.

<h3>1. Harbhajan Singh-S Sreesanth (KXIP vs MI, 2008)</h3>
<figure class="image"><img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/featureimage/2020/02/Sreesanth.jpg" alt="" width="640" loading="lazy">
<figcaption>S Sreesanth (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>
</figure>
Kings XI Punjab (Punjab Kings) squared off against Mumbai Indians in the 10th match of the inaugural season of the lucrative T20 tournament. Mumbai won the toss and decided to put Yuvraj Singh &amp; Co. into bat. Kumar Sangakarra brought his A-game into play and smashed 94 runs off 56 deliveries to propel Punjab to 182 runs in 20 overs.
After Sangakarra’s astonishing knock, the Punjab bowlers showed their class and chipped in with wickets at regular intervals. As result, Mumbai could only manage 116 runs in 20 overs.&nbsp;However post the match when the players were exchanging pleasantries, Harbhajan Singh slapped S Sreesanth.&nbsp;
Post the incident, the then-IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi shed some light on the matter and stated, “The match referee went through the video footage and found the incident was totally unprovoked. Just after the match, Harbhajan was shaking hands with all Kings XI players and Sreesanth was third among the players. Instead of shaking hands, Harbhajan slapped him and proceeded."
Harbhajan was fined 100 per cent of his match fee and wasl also banned from the rest of the games of the IPL 2008 season. The then-Mumbai Indians' coach Lalchand Rajput was also docked 50 per cent of his match fee as he was a witness to the incident but did not take any immediate action.

Cricket is known to be a gentleman’s game and umpires and referees are tasked to ensure that the match is conducted within the laws, keeping the spirit of the game intact. However, there have been tim

IPL: 5 times when cricketers were fined due to on-field spat

There have been instances in the IPL arena where players have been involved in a heated exchange and have eventually been fined due to the altercation.

IPL: 5 instances when cricketers were fined due to on-field spat

Let us look at the five instances when cricketers were fined due to on-field spat in IPL