Cricket is known as the gentlemen’s game and the likes of MS Dhoni made the world know why it is so. MS Dhoni is an absolute legend in the cricketing fraternity and every cricketer across the globe has a huge amount of respect for him. His contribution to the game has been immense. The wicketkeeper-batter has given many memories to remember.

MSD has done wonders in IPL both as a batter as well as a captain. He was the most expensive player in the first IPL auction where the Chennai Super Kings were the ones with the highest bid and the rest is history. MS Dhoni, referred to as “Thala” by the CSK fans, has been the poster boy of the franchise.

He decided to step down as the captain of CSK and Ravindra Jadeja has been named as his successor. The news was a big surprise for all of the cricketers as well as the cricket fans. The 2022 IPL season might be his last in the tournament. It will be interesting to see him in a new role this season.

Despite having a huge amount of respect in world cricket as well as in IPL, there have been instances when Dhoni&#8217;s name has been involved in some serious controversies Here are five such incidents:

1. Conflict of interests with “Rhiti Sports” during IPL 2013

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-446946" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/MS-Dhoni-3.jpg" alt="MS Dhoni" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-446946" class="wp-caption-text">MS Dhoni. (Photo Source: IPL/BCCI)</figcaption>

Rhiti Sports was a company that used to manage the then captain of the Indian Cricket Team. The company also managed Dhoni&#8217;s teammates like Suresh Raina and Ravindra Jadeja, who were his teammates both for India and CSK. Dhoni&#8217;s conflict of interests with the company was a big headline at that time in the media.

According to the investigations of The Economic Times, Dhoni had a 15% stake in Rhiti Sports. This meant that whatever profits the sports management company would have made from managing Raina and Jadeja, 15% of it would have gone to Dhoni. Even the former Indian world cup winning cricketer Kirti Azad said, “There is definitely a conflict of interest in this case”.

The company eventually issued a statement stating that the cricketer held the 15% share only for one month and it was all made only to secure an old outstanding clearance, which was due for over a year. According to a report by The Times of India, the shares were allocated at Rs. 10 per share but the cost at which they were sold back is still a mystery.

2. IPL 2013 spot-fixing scandal

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-570033" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/MS-Dhoni-1.jpg" alt="MS Dhoni" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-570033" class="wp-caption-text">MS Dhoni. (photo source: IPL/BCCI)</figcaption>

There was a big drama in the Indian media about the involvement of the players as well as the owners of Chennai Super Kings in the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal. Even the name of MS Dhoni came in front. There were allegations on the cricketer to fix some matches in 2013 and was claimed to have contacts with a bookie.

SP Kumar was appointed as the investigator of the case, and found in his investigation that a bookie named Kitty confessed that the team principal of CSK Gurunath Meiyappan had conversations with him regarding fixing some games for cash.

The saga grabbed headlines back then and subsequently, Meiyappan was found guilty and was banned for life by the BCCI for his role in betting. After having multiple hearings in Supreme Court, the Chennai Super Kings alongside Rajasthan Royals were suspended from IPL for two years in July 2015 by the Justice Lodha Committee.

3. Post-match comments about Dwayne Smith’s dismissal in 2015

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-619655" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/MS-Dhoni-6.jpg" alt="MS Dhoni" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-619655" class="wp-caption-text">MS Dhoni. (Photo Source: Disney+Hotstar)</figcaption>

MS Dhoni was seen losing his cool while he showed his disappointment against an umpire’s decision in 2015. In the first qualifier of IPL 2015, the Chennai Super Kings clashed with Mumbai Indians as they were the two teams who finished at the first two positions of the points table. CSK lost the game by 25 runs at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

During the very first over of CSK’s innings, Dwayne Smith was given out LBW by the umpire off Lasith Malinga’s bowling. The replays showed that the ball would have gone down the leg side by a good margin. After the completion of the game, MS Dhoni said, “We lost the momentum in the middle, and not to forget Smith got a horrible decision” at the post-match presentation ceremony.

MS was found breaking the code of conduct according to Article 2.1.7 for players and team officials. Dhoni admitted the Level 1 offense and accepted the sanction. He was fined 10% of his match fee for inappropriate public comments to an umpire’s decision. The media created a big hype of this news back then.

4. The no-ball controversy against Rajasthan Royals in 2019

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-332049" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/MS-Dhoni-7.jpg" alt="MS Dhoni" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-332049" class="wp-caption-text">MS Dhoni. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>

The “Captain Cool” was found losing his cool during a league match against Rajasthan Royals in 2019. The match was being played at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium Jaipur. The situation was very tense and the former captain of the Chennai Super Kings was seen being very aggressive. All of the things started with a No-ball signal by the umpire.

<a href="https://www.crictracker.com/t20/ipl-indian-premier-league/csk-chennai-super-kings/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CSK</a> was chasing RR’s first innings total and they needed eight runs to win off three balls. Ben Stokes was bowling the last over and Mitchell Santner was on strike accompanied by Ravindra Jadeja at the non-striking end. While bowling the fourth ball of the over, Stokes bowled a full toss and Santner managed to get it away for a double.

The umpire Ulhas Gandhe signaled a no-ball but the decision was overruled by the leg-umpire Bruce Oxenford, who had the better view of the situation. Santner and Jadeja protested but Oxenford did not budge. Angry MS Dhoni walked onto the pitch and signaled that the bowling-end umpire had signaled a no-ball. Despite a heated argument between Dhoni and Oxenford, it was not declared a no-ball.

5. &#8216;No spark in the youngsters&#8217; remark during IPL 2020

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-524959" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Ruturaj-Gaikwad-and-MS-Dhoni.jpg" alt="Ruturaj Gaikwad and MS Dhoni" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-524959" class="wp-caption-text">Ruturaj Gaikwad and MS Dhoni. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>

The IPL 2020 was the first and only time when CSK did not qualify for the playoffs. The team’s performance was very poor and many predicted that 2020 could be the last IPL season for MS Dhoni but that did not happen. CSK bounced back in 2021 and they did it in style. They sealed the IPL title for the fourth time defeating their biggest rivals Kolkata Knight Riders in the final.

After consecutive failures of CSK in 2020, Dhoni could not stop himself from saying, “You don’t want to chop and change. Insecurity is something you didn’t want to prevail in the dressing room. Fair enough, this season we were not really there. Also the youngsters, we did not see the spark to push the guys. But what this result has done is give those youngsters a chance in the rest of the tournament.&#8221;

He tried to say something different but the media made a different meaning of his words as they associated the comments with Ruturaj Gaiwkad. However, Gaikwad later became the biggest reason behind CSK winning the title in 2021 as the young batter won the Orange Cap IPL 2021 for scoring 636 runs in 16 matches.

Cricket is known as the gentlemen’s game and the likes of MS Dhoni made the world know why it is so. MS Dhoni is an absolute legend in the cricketing fraternity and every cricketer across the globe has a huge amount of respect for him. His contribution to the game has been immense. The wicketkeeper-batter has given many memories to remember.
MSD has done wonders in IPL both as a batter as well as a captain. He was the most expensive player in the first IPL auction where the Chennai Super Kings were the ones with the highest bid and the rest is history. MS Dhoni, referred to as “Thala” by the CSK fans, has been the poster boy of the franchise.
He decided to step down as the captain of CSK and Ravindra Jadeja has been named as his successor. The news was a big surprise for all of the cricketers as well as the cricket fans. The 2022 IPL season might be his last in the tournament. It will be interesting to see him in a new role this season.
Despite having a huge amount of respect in world cricket as well as in IPL, there have been instances when Dhoni&#8217;s name has been involved in some serious controversies Here are five such incidents:
<h3>1. Conflict of interests with “Rhiti Sports” during IPL 2013</h3>
<figure id="attachment_446946" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-446946" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-446946" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/MS-Dhoni-3.jpg" alt="MS Dhoni" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-446946" class="wp-caption-text">MS Dhoni. (Photo Source: IPL/BCCI)</figcaption></figure>
Rhiti Sports was a company that used to manage the then captain of the Indian Cricket Team. The company also managed Dhoni&#8217;s teammates like Suresh Raina and Ravindra Jadeja, who were his teammates both for India and CSK. Dhoni&#8217;s conflict of interests with the company was a big headline at that time in the media.
According to the investigations of The Economic Times, Dhoni had a 15% stake in Rhiti Sports. This meant that whatever profits the sports management company would have made from managing Raina and Jadeja, 15% of it would have gone to Dhoni. Even the former Indian world cup winning cricketer Kirti Azad said, “There is definitely a conflict of interest in this case”.
The company eventually issued a statement stating that the cricketer held the 15% share only for one month and it was all made only to secure an old outstanding clearance, which was due for over a year. According to a report by The Times of India, the shares were allocated at Rs. 10 per share but the cost at which they were sold back is still a mystery.
<h3>2. IPL 2013 spot-fixing scandal</h3>
<figure id="attachment_570033" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-570033" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-570033" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/MS-Dhoni-1.jpg" alt="MS Dhoni" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-570033" class="wp-caption-text">MS Dhoni. (photo source: IPL/BCCI)</figcaption></figure>
There was a big drama in the Indian media about the involvement of the players as well as the owners of Chennai Super Kings in the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal. Even the name of MS Dhoni came in front. There were allegations on the cricketer to fix some matches in 2013 and was claimed to have contacts with a bookie.
SP Kumar was appointed as the investigator of the case, and found in his investigation that a bookie named Kitty confessed that the team principal of CSK Gurunath Meiyappan had conversations with him regarding fixing some games for cash.
The saga grabbed headlines back then and subsequently, Meiyappan was found guilty and was banned for life by the BCCI for his role in betting. After having multiple hearings in Supreme Court, the Chennai Super Kings alongside Rajasthan Royals were suspended from IPL for two years in July 2015 by the Justice Lodha Committee.
<h3>3. Post-match comments about Dwayne Smith’s dismissal in 2015</h3>
<figure id="attachment_619655" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-619655" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-619655" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/MS-Dhoni-6.jpg" alt="MS Dhoni" width="700" height="549" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-619655" class="wp-caption-text">MS Dhoni. (Photo Source: Disney+Hotstar)</figcaption></figure>
MS Dhoni was seen losing his cool while he showed his disappointment against an umpire’s decision in 2015. In the first qualifier of IPL 2015, the Chennai Super Kings clashed with Mumbai Indians as they were the two teams who finished at the first two positions of the points table. CSK lost the game by 25 runs at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
During the very first over of CSK’s innings, Dwayne Smith was given out LBW by the umpire off Lasith Malinga’s bowling. The replays showed that the ball would have gone down the leg side by a good margin. After the completion of the game, MS Dhoni said, “We lost the momentum in the middle, and not to forget Smith got a horrible decision” at the post-match presentation ceremony.
MS was found breaking the code of conduct according to Article 2.1.7 for players and team officials. Dhoni admitted the Level 1 offense and accepted the sanction. He was fined 10% of his match fee for inappropriate public comments to an umpire’s decision. The media created a big hype of this news back then.
<h3>4. The no-ball controversy against Rajasthan Royals in 2019</h3>
<figure id="attachment_332049" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-332049" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-332049" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/MS-Dhoni-7.jpg" alt="MS Dhoni" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-332049" class="wp-caption-text">MS Dhoni. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption></figure>
The “Captain Cool” was found losing his cool during a league match against Rajasthan Royals in 2019. The match was being played at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium Jaipur. The situation was very tense and the former captain of the Chennai Super Kings was seen being very aggressive. All of the things started with a No-ball signal by the umpire.
<a href="https://www.crictracker.com/t20/ipl-indian-premier-league/csk-chennai-super-kings/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CSK</a> was chasing RR’s first innings total and they needed eight runs to win off three balls. Ben Stokes was bowling the last over and Mitchell Santner was on strike accompanied by Ravindra Jadeja at the non-striking end. While bowling the fourth ball of the over, Stokes bowled a full toss and Santner managed to get it away for a double.
The umpire Ulhas Gandhe signaled a no-ball but the decision was overruled by the leg-umpire Bruce Oxenford, who had the better view of the situation. Santner and Jadeja protested but Oxenford did not budge. Angry MS Dhoni walked onto the pitch and signaled that the bowling-end umpire had signaled a no-ball. Despite a heated argument between Dhoni and Oxenford, it was not declared a no-ball.
<h3>5. &#8216;No spark in the youngsters&#8217; remark during IPL 2020</h3>
<figure id="attachment_524959" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-524959" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-524959" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Ruturaj-Gaikwad-and-MS-Dhoni.jpg" alt="Ruturaj Gaikwad and MS Dhoni" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-524959" class="wp-caption-text">Ruturaj Gaikwad and MS Dhoni. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption></figure>
The IPL 2020 was the first and only time when CSK did not qualify for the playoffs. The team’s performance was very poor and many predicted that 2020 could be the last IPL season for MS Dhoni but that did not happen. CSK bounced back in 2021 and they did it in style. They sealed the IPL title for the fourth time defeating their biggest rivals Kolkata Knight Riders in the final.
After consecutive failures of CSK in 2020, Dhoni could not stop himself from saying, “You don’t want to chop and change. Insecurity is something you didn’t want to prevail in the dressing room. Fair enough, this season we were not really there. Also the youngsters, we did not see the spark to push the guys. But what this result has done is give those youngsters a chance in the rest of the tournament.&#8221;
He tried to say something different but the media made a different meaning of his words as they associated the comments with Ruturaj Gaiwkad. However, Gaikwad later became the biggest reason behind CSK winning the title in 2021 as the young batter won the Orange Cap IPL 2021 for scoring 636 runs in 16 matches.

Cricket is known as the gentlemen’s game and the likes of MS Dhoni made the world know why it is so. MS Dhoni is an absolute legend in the cricketing fraternity and every cricketer across the globe has a huge amount of respect for him. His contribution to the game has been immense. The wicketkeeper-batter has given many memories to remember.
MSD has done wonders in IPL both as a batter as well as a captain. He was the most expensive player in the first IPL auction where the Chennai Super Kings were the ones with the highest bid and the rest is history. MS Dhoni, referred to as “Thala” by the CSK fans, has been the poster boy of the franchise.
He decided to step down as the captain of CSK and Ravindra Jadeja has been named as his successor. The news was a big surprise for all of the cricketers as well as the cricket fans. The 2022 IPL season might be his last in the tournament. It will be interesting to see him in a new role this season.
Despite having a huge amount of respect in world cricket as well as in IPL, there have been instances when Dhoni&#8217;s name has been involved in some serious controversies Here are five such incidents:
<h3>1. Conflict of interests with “Rhiti Sports” during IPL 2013</h3>
<figure id="attachment_446946" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-446946" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-446946" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/MS-Dhoni-3.jpg" alt="MS Dhoni" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-446946" class="wp-caption-text">MS Dhoni. (Photo Source: IPL/BCCI)</figcaption></figure>
Rhiti Sports was a company that used to manage the then captain of the Indian Cricket Team. The company also managed Dhoni&#8217;s teammates like Suresh Raina and Ravindra Jadeja, who were his teammates both for India and CSK. Dhoni&#8217;s conflict of interests with the company was a big headline at that time in the media.
According to the investigations of The Economic Times, Dhoni had a 15% stake in Rhiti Sports. This meant that whatever profits the sports management company would have made from managing Raina and Jadeja, 15% of it would have gone to Dhoni. Even the former Indian world cup winning cricketer Kirti Azad said, “There is definitely a conflict of interest in this case”.
The company eventually issued a statement stating that the cricketer held the 15% share only for one month and it was all made only to secure an old outstanding clearance, which was due for over a year. According to a report by The Times of India, the shares were allocated at Rs. 10 per share but the cost at which they were sold back is still a mystery.
<h3>2. IPL 2013 spot-fixing scandal</h3>
<figure id="attachment_570033" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-570033" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-570033" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/MS-Dhoni-1.jpg" alt="MS Dhoni" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-570033" class="wp-caption-text">MS Dhoni. (photo source: IPL/BCCI)</figcaption></figure>
There was a big drama in the Indian media about the involvement of the players as well as the owners of Chennai Super Kings in the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal. Even the name of MS Dhoni came in front. There were allegations on the cricketer to fix some matches in 2013 and was claimed to have contacts with a bookie.
SP Kumar was appointed as the investigator of the case, and found in his investigation that a bookie named Kitty confessed that the team principal of CSK Gurunath Meiyappan had conversations with him regarding fixing some games for cash.
The saga grabbed headlines back then and subsequently, Meiyappan was found guilty and was banned for life by the BCCI for his role in betting. After having multiple hearings in Supreme Court, the Chennai Super Kings alongside Rajasthan Royals were suspended from IPL for two years in July 2015 by the Justice Lodha Committee.
<h3>3. Post-match comments about Dwayne Smith’s dismissal in 2015</h3>
<figure id="attachment_619655" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-619655" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-619655" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/MS-Dhoni-6.jpg" alt="MS Dhoni" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-619655" class="wp-caption-text">MS Dhoni. (Photo Source: Disney+Hotstar)</figcaption></figure>
MS Dhoni was seen losing his cool while he showed his disappointment against an umpire’s decision in 2015. In the first qualifier of IPL 2015, the Chennai Super Kings clashed with Mumbai Indians as they were the two teams who finished at the first two positions of the points table. CSK lost the game by 25 runs at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
During the very first over of CSK’s innings, Dwayne Smith was given out LBW by the umpire off Lasith Malinga’s bowling. The replays showed that the ball would have gone down the leg side by a good margin. After the completion of the game, MS Dhoni said, “We lost the momentum in the middle, and not to forget Smith got a horrible decision” at the post-match presentation ceremony.
MS was found breaking the code of conduct according to Article 2.1.7 for players and team officials. Dhoni admitted the Level 1 offense and accepted the sanction. He was fined 10% of his match fee for inappropriate public comments to an umpire’s decision. The media created a big hype of this news back then.
<h3>4. The no-ball controversy against Rajasthan Royals in 2019</h3>
<figure id="attachment_332049" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-332049" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-332049" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/MS-Dhoni-7.jpg" alt="MS Dhoni" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-332049" class="wp-caption-text">MS Dhoni. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption></figure>
The “Captain Cool” was found losing his cool during a league match against Rajasthan Royals in 2019. The match was being played at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium Jaipur. The situation was very tense and the former captain of the Chennai Super Kings was seen being very aggressive. All of the things started with a No-ball signal by the umpire.
<a href="https://www.crictracker.com/t20/ipl-indian-premier-league/csk-chennai-super-kings/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CSK</a> was chasing RR’s first innings total and they needed eight runs to win off three balls. Ben Stokes was bowling the last over and Mitchell Santner was on strike accompanied by Ravindra Jadeja at the non-striking end. While bowling the fourth ball of the over, Stokes bowled a full toss and Santner managed to get it away for a double.
The umpire Ulhas Gandhe signaled a no-ball but the decision was overruled by the leg-umpire Bruce Oxenford, who had the better view of the situation. Santner and Jadeja protested but Oxenford did not budge. Angry MS Dhoni walked onto the pitch and signaled that the bowling-end umpire had signaled a no-ball. Despite a heated argument between Dhoni and Oxenford, it was not declared a no-ball.
<h3>5. &#8216;No spark in the youngsters&#8217; remark during IPL 2020</h3>
<figure id="attachment_524959" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-524959" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-524959" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Ruturaj-Gaikwad-and-MS-Dhoni.jpg" alt="Ruturaj Gaikwad and MS Dhoni" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-524959" class="wp-caption-text">Ruturaj Gaikwad and MS Dhoni. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption></figure>
The IPL 2020 was the first and only time when CSK did not qualify for the playoffs. The team’s performance was very poor and many predicted that 2020 could be the last IPL season for MS Dhoni but that did not happen. CSK bounced back in 2021 and they did it in style. They sealed the IPL title for the fourth time defeating their biggest rivals Kolkata Knight Riders in the final.
After consecutive failures of CSK in 2020, Dhoni could not stop himself from saying, “You don’t want to chop and change. Insecurity is something you didn’t want to prevail in the dressing room. Fair enough, this season we were not really there. Also the youngsters, we did not see the spark to push the guys. But what this result has done is give those youngsters a chance in the rest of the tournament.&#8221;
He tried to say something different but the media made a different meaning of his words as they associated the comments with Ruturaj Gaiwkad. However, Gaikwad later became the biggest reason behind CSK winning the title in 2021 as the young batter won the Orange Cap IPL 2021 for scoring 636 runs in 16 matches.

Despite having a huge amount of respect in world cricket as well as in IPL, there have been instances when Dhoni's name was there in some serious controversies.

IPL: 5 instances when MS Dhoni was involved in a controversy

Despite having a huge amount of respect in world cricket, there have been instances when Dhoni's name has been involved in some controversies