IPL
CONTROVERSIES
Aayush
Bhat, 6A
ABOUT
IPL
Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional 20-20
cricket league In India contested every year by franchise teams representing
various Indian cities. It was founded by BCCI member, Lalit Modi in 2007.
Current
Teams
Team
|
City
|
Year of joining
|
Captain
|
DD
|
Delhi
|
2008
|
Zaheer
Khan
|
KXIP
|
Mohali
|
2008
|
M.
Vijay
|
KKR
|
Kolkata
|
2008
|
G.
Gambhir
|
MI
|
Mumbai
|
2008
|
R.
Sharma
|
RCB
|
Bengaluru
|
2008
|
V,
Kohli
|
SRH
|
Hyderabad
|
2013
|
D.
Warner
|
RPS
|
Pune
|
2016
|
M.Dhoni
|
GL
|
Rajkot
|
2016
|
S.Raina
|
CONTROVERSIES
WHICH HAVE HAPPENED
IPL has been more of controversies and less cricket so
far. Ever since its inception in 2008, there has been abundance of hullabaloo.
Here are the top 5 IPL controversies:
1)
SPOT
FIXING CONTROVERSY
In the
year 2014, Delhi Police caught three Indian players – Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila, and Ankeet Chavan were caught
spot fixing and were jailed subsequently. Investigations from Mumbai Police
then lead to Gurunath Meiyappan’s arrest. Meiyappan is the son-in-law and an
alleged owner of CSK.
2)
LALIT
MODI SACKED AS IPL CHAIRMAN
Former IPL chairman and founder of this cash rich tournament – Lalit
Modi was sacked in 2010 after allegations about fraud and mismanagement of
funds came to the light. The IPL founder lives in London at present.
3)
SREESANTH-HARBHAJAN
SLAP GATE
There was this infamous slap-gate involving Sreesanth and Harbhajan
Singh in the very first season of IPL in 2008.
This incident, shown world over, does not only put IPL in
dock but also spirit of game.
4)
UTHAPPA
ALLEGEDLY HOLDS YOUNG KHAN’S COLLAR
KKR opening batsman Robin
Uthappa allegedly held 17 year old Sarfaraz Khan’s by the collar at Eden
Gardens. This incident happened behind the sight screen and RCB’s ABD and Ashok
Dinda rushed to the rescue of Sarfaraz.
5)
SHAHRUKH
KHAN BANNED FROM WANKHADE STADIUM
It is now a well-known
fact that controversy and Shah Rukh Khan go hand in hand. The 2012 incident
involved a brawl with security personnel at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. It is
alleged that he hurled abuse at security staff.
As a result, the Mumbai
Cricket Association (MCA) banned Shah Rukh from entering the premises of
stadium for next five years. The ban on actor still holds in spite of various
eminent political figures appealing to lift ban.
HOW
IS BCCI DEALING WITH CONTROVERSIES
The Board of Control for
Cricket in India (BCCI) has found
itself in the middle of many conflicts with various cricket boards around the
world as a result of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The main point of contention was that signed players
should always be available to their country for international tours, even if it
overlaps with the IPL season. To address this, the BCCI officially requested
that the International Cricket Council (ICC) to institute a time period in the International Future
Tours Program, solely for the IPL season. This request was not granted at a
subsequent meeting held by the ICC
BCCI is one of the only boards of cricket in the world
which has absolutely zero tolerance when it comes to dealing with corruption
charges or controversies and also the only board which never backtracks from
their decision.
WHY
SHOULD IPL CONTROVERSIES BE STOPPED?
I feel that we as a nation can put an end to all the
controversies happening in IPL around us.
If the controversies continue, then the youngsters
will have a bad picture of the sport and their future because you never know,
one day they also could be involved and banned for life.
The cricketers who are at their peak of their career
should set a good example for their successors.
Let’s start thinking positively and start playing fair
cricket.
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