Pawan Kumar
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Year Ender Cricket Controversies 2022: The year 2022 is at its last juncture. More than one incident took place on the cricket field this year. At the same time, there were some incidents which became big controversies of cricket this year and those incidents also got a lot of headlines. In such a situation, today we will tell you about the top 5 controversies of the year 2022.
Gunathilake accused of rape
The ICC T20 World Cup was organized in Australia this year. At the same time, during the World Cup in November this year, this Sri Lankan player was accused of rape by a woman. After this allegation, he was also arrested by the police. The woman had accused Gunathilake of sexually assaulting her 4 times at home. After this incident, he had to stay in Sydney jail for several days.
No ball in Indo-Pak World Cup match
The first match was played between India and Pakistan in the ICC T20 World Cup. The match was very exciting and Team India needed 13 runs in 3 balls. Mohammad Nawaz was doing the over for Pakistan. He put the ball above Virat’s waist. Virat hit a six on this ball. The umpire first did not give this ball a no ball, after which Virat criticized it and later the umpire called it a no ball. India won this match by 4 wickets.
Indo-Pak dispute over Asia Cup
The hosting of the upcoming ICC Asia Cup 2023 is in the hands of Pakistan. There was a continuous rhetoric between PCB and BCCI regarding this. On behalf of India, BCCI Secretary Jai Shah has clearly said that India will not go to Pakistan for the Asia Cup. After this, a constant tussle started between the Pakistani cricketers and the officials. It was even said by the PCB that if Team India does not come to Pakistan for the Asia Cup, then we will not go to India for the World Cup.
Deepti Sharma Mankading controversy
Indian women cricketer Deepti Sharma dismissed English batsman Charlie Dean through Mankading during the ODI series on England tour this year. Continuous discussion about this continued. Many cricketers told Deepti right, then many players were seen advising to give warning to Deepti first.
Virat Kohli stepping down from captaincy
Indian team’s veteran batsman Virat Kohli had resigned from the Test captaincy this year. After this, the ODI captaincy was also taken back from him. At the same time, after the T20 World Cup 2021, he left the captaincy from this format as well. This decision of Virat made a lot of headlines this year and the fans were quite disappointed with his decision.
