These are top 5 cricket fights of all times that turned ugly

This is one of the spats that turned ugly and became a crisis. Harbhajan Singh had an argument with Andrew Symonds during the Sydney Test in 2008. Symonds accused Singh of calling him a ‘monkey’, a racial slur. Following this, Singh was banned for three matches. However, the Indian team levelled a counter-claim of abuse against Brad Hogg and threatened to call off the tour if the charges against Singh weren’t dropped.

Then, oral statements from various players were taken and the charge was downgraded to one amounting to abuse and not racism, resulting in a minor fine.

James Anderson and Ravindra Jadeja had an altercation during the Trent Bridge Test against India in 2014. Jadeja accused Anderson of abusing and pushing him at the start of the lunch break. The England and Wales Cricket Board counter-charged Jadeja with having turned towards Anderson in a threatening manner. However, video evidence showed both were not guilty.

This happened when Bangladesh’s Mustafizur Rahman collided with MS Dhoni but ended up off balance. The bowler got away with walking in Rohit Sharma’s path earlier, but Dhoni appeared to shove Mustafizur out of the way, though he said later that he tried his best to soften the impact by shifting the bat to his other hand. Both of them were fined.

Gautam Gambhir faced one Test match ban when he hit Shane Watson in his chest with his elbow during a Test in 2008. Watson was also fined for his clenched fist.

Shoaib Akhtar is not at all known for his calm nature. Things went ugly when Harbhajan Singh hit him for a six in a tense Asia Cup match. Akhtar lost his cool and used foul language. Harbhajan got motivated enough to drag his team to victory and yelled at Akhtar that the entire stadium was in a shock.