Ranking top 10 controversial cricketers
Cricketers whose careers got marred by series of controversies.
4. David Warner
One of the best white ball players in the Australian setup & the most consistent batsman in IPL history, David Warner has had the same consistency in controversies as well. He never took a step back and was always ready to engage in a fight – be it within the ground with constant sledges or outside the ground.
Former players have frequently slammed Warner, with Martin Crowe even pushing for a red card and yellow card system for players like him. When he was pulled from the Australian Champions Trophy squad in 2013, his infamous bar altercation with Joe Root in England during the 2013 Champions Trophy, in which the Aussie hit the Englishman, is still vivid in fans’ minds.
However, the sandpaper incident is one that will be extremely hard to eradicate from the minds of the fans, especially after knowing the fact that he was the architect of the plan. The then vice-captain along with captain Steve Smith & Cameron Bancroft were suspended by Cricket Australia for 12, 12, and 9 months respectively in what can be regarded as the darkest day in the history of Australian cricket.
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