New Delhi. If the year 2020 is called the weirdest year in the history of sports around the world, then it will not be wrong at all. This year, the epidemic in the form of Corona virus engulfed the whole world, and worked not only financially and daily but also mentally. Due to this epidemic, not only the mega event like Olympics had to be postponed till next year, while sports like cricket and football remained stagnant for about 4 months. At the same time, when caution was started to organize the games again, the spectators could not come to the stadium to cheer the players.
In such a situation, when 2020 is nearing its end, we are trying to relive the memories this year. In this list, today we are going to talk about the 5 biggest controversies of the cricketing world during the year 2020, which made the most headlines.
Suresh Raina returns to India before IPL starts, no real reason is known
Former Indian batsman Suresh Raina and former captain MS Dhoni said goodbye to international cricket on August 15 this year, after which the fans were excited to see these two players playing in the 13th season of the IPL to be held in the UAE. . However, Suresh Raina, who arrived in UAE to play IPL with CSK, suddenly came back to India, after which there was a lot of controversy and once there were reports that this player might be released by CSK's team for next year.
Suresh Raina had given personal and family reasons behind his return to India but according to some unconfirmed reports, Raina was unhappy about his room found in the Hotel in the UAE, he was looking for a room like Captain Dhoni, which was disputed and he returned to India. Arrived According to some reports, when 11 members of the CSK camp were found to be Corona positive, Raina was so scared about his family's health that he decided to return to India.
Meanwhile, in Pathankot, Suresh Raina's relatives had a deadly attack in which his aunt and cousin died and according to reports, Raina returned due to being hurt by this news. Meanwhile, CSK owner N Srinivasan expressed unhappiness over Raina's return and made several statements that made it clear that everything was not right between CSK and Raina. However, the exact report of what had actually happened could not be revealed.
The fight on the ground between Samuels-Stokes
Amid the Corona virus, the West Indies team arrived in England to play the Test series, with which international cricket also returned after a long time, although the series saw a big controversy between Ben Stokes and Marlon Samuels. The controversy actually began in 2015 when Samuels made a comment while sledging Ben Stokes after Stokes was dismissed. In response, Stokes commented on the 2016 T20 World Cup final.
However during this bilateral series, Ben Stokes was talking about his experience of being biobubble and living in a podcast and during that time he said that I was talking to my brother about it and told him that my enemy too Not having to stay like this, my brother said that Samuels is not there either, so I said that Deserve does but yes it does not.
Stokes shared this on his Insta story, which Marlon Samuels found so bad after it was discovered that he used the wrong words and abused his wife. Many veteran players took their opinion on this dispute and asked Samuels to seek mental help.
Anushka was furious with Gavaskar's statement, dusted badly
In one such match, when Virat Kohli did not score runs with the first bat and gave up a simple catch during fielding, Sunil Gavaskar, who was commentary at the time, said that players are facing difficulty due to being away from practice. Hai, it also includes Virat Kohli, who has not been able to practice anything special during lockdown. We had a video of his lockdown in which he was seen playing on Anushka's bowling, both you and we know that playing Anushka's bowling against world class bowlers cannot be called practice for Virat.
Though Gavaskar had made a valid statement, his statement on social media was twisted and forcefully trolled and called it a wrong comment against Anushka. Meanwhile, Anushka Sharma also took Gavaskar's statement incorrectly and wrote a long post on social media and did a bad job. This dispute between the two made a lot of headlines.
Rohit Sharma injury and communication gap between selectors
The biggest controversy has arisen in the cricket world when Rohit Sharma, the vice-captain of the Indian team, was not selected by the selectors in the series against Australia, although Rohit Sharma made his return to the ground for Mumbai Indians only after a few matches. Worked the team to win the title.
Actually, Rohit Sharma got hamstring injury during the last leg of league matches in IPL due to which this player could not play 3 matches for Mumbai. Meanwhile, the BCCI announced a 32-man squad for the tour of Australia and kept Rohit Sharma out of the three-format squad. The selectors did not give him a place in the team citing Rohit's injury. However, after the announcement of the team selection, Rohit Sharma made a comeback for Mumbai Indians in the second match, and in the final match, playing an unbeaten half-century, made Mumbai the champion for the 5th time.
After which questions were raised on the selectors as to whether he was not in touch with Rohit's injury, but the controversy got worse when captain Virat Kohli, who arrived on the tour of Australia, said that he does not know why Rohit is on the tour of Australia. Did not come Although the selectors worked to give Rohit Sharma a place in the last 2 Tests against Australia, but the negligence during this time made it clear that all is not well in the team.
When Shahid Afridi got entangled with Naveen ul Haq
Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi, who is often in the headlines in the cricket world, also came in the headlines this year due to his controversy. Shahid Afridi, who arrived to play in the Lanka Premier League, was seen on the field before a Pakistani player Naveen-ul-Haq during a match, after which the controversy rose from the ground and reached social media.
Shahid Afridi, using his official Twitter handle, tweeted a tweet about the skirmish between Mohammad Aamir and Naveen-ul-Haq on the field, in which he was seen teaching Naveen-ul-Haq a lesson in respect and sportsmanship of senior players.
However, Naveen-ul-Haq did not like this lesson of Shahid Afridi and he retorted that if you want respect, then you have to learn to respect him.
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