Five Instances When Indian Cricketers Abused On the Field

Though cricket has always been referred to the gentleman’s game, it has got its dark side as well. There were instances when the abusing on the field stretched a little far thus bringing the black spots to the beautiful game. Sadly, the Indians were too involved. Here, we figured out five such instances when Indian cricketers abused on the field and came up with those unacceptable words.

5. When Ashish Nehra was too harsh on MS Dhoni against Pakistan in 2005:

Back then in 2005, it was the game against arch-rivals Pakistan. Usually, the matches between India and Pakistan always draw massive pressure on the players of either side.

In one of those heat of the game moments, Ashish Nehra swore at Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Coming to the scenario, it was Nehra, who was bowling at full throttle to Pakistan batsmen. His stunning outswinger caught the edge of Shahid Afridi’s willow that flown between MS Dhoni and Rahul Dravid in the vacant 1st slip position.

Dhoni was a newbie in the team at that time around and was on the receiving end of Nehra’s heat. Though it was a difficult catch to get a hold of, Ashish was quite furious about the drop. Later, the abusive comments grabbed the news headlines as it was caught on the stump mic.

Speaking of the same, Nehra in his recent interview stated it was all happened due to the heat of the moment. Especially, with the pressure of performing against Pakistan during those days.

4. VVS Laxman loses cool on Pragyan Ojha facing Australia in 2010:

Though VVS Laxman has always been the calm and composed customer to the game of cricket, he too is involved in the list for an infamous incident. He was livid with Pragyan Ojha during a Test match against Australia.

Laxman has always been a great worker for India when the task is against Australia. In one of those great knocks, Laxman was battling with a bad back and was on the middle of the victory for Australia.

With 216 runs to the victory for India, Laxman batted his heart out to give the hosts a memorable win.

After a lot of hard work from VVS and Ishant, India ended up with six runs to the victory and only one wicket left in the bank. Laxman was batting with a runner for him while his Hyderabad teammate Ojha was at the non-striker end.

The pressure nerves got better off Pragyan Ojha which made him be at the receiving end of Laxman’s fire. VVS scored a straight drive to mid-off as Ojha was off to take the single despite there was no need of taking it. It instantly made VVS furious who gestured Ojha that he will beat him if he runs again.

All in all, India ended up by securing a thrilling victory against the then World champions Australia.

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3. When Rohit Sharma and Praveen Kumar irritated with Indian fans:

Those were the days when Rohit Sharma was struggling to make an impact in the game, and Praveen Kumar was the senior Indian bowler whom the team has relied on during pressure situations. The incident took place during the net practice session.

Few Indian fans who entered the ground to watch cricketers practising in the nets were involved in verbal banter. The fans who consumed alcohol tried to troll Indian cricketers which didn’t go well with Rohit and Praveen respectively.

Initially, it was Rohit who involved in the war of words with the fans while Praveen changed the gears to threaten them for using cuss words. The video went viral in those days as these sort of things won’t happen often.

Later, Rohit took back himself and asked Praveen to get back to work. However, it was one of those unpleasant days at the office for Rohit Praveen.

2. MS Dhoni lost his cool on Manish Pandey against South Africa:

Arguably, the former Indian skipper, Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the calmest cricketing brain in the world. But, there was a moment when MS Dhoni showed his other side to the cricketing world.

It was the game against South African when Indians were facing as visitors. After the top-order brilliance, it all came to MS Dhoni and Manish Pandey to finish off the things well for the team.

Despite having a fifty under his belt, Manish Pandey failed to knock the runs at a decent rate in the final overs. Instead, he was unable to give his attention to MS Dhoni’s calling when the ball struck the ball towards mid-wicket.

The furious??Dhoni asked Pandey to give attention to his call with a face that resembled all his anger. As soon as the former skipper lashed out at Pandey, the video went viral in the social media while fans confirmed that MS Dhoni is also a human being who will let his emotions out.

Despite, the solid fifties by Pandey and Dhoni, South Africa sealed the game comfortably riding on the solid fifties by Henrich Klaasen and JP Duminy.

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1. Virat Kohli gave it back to Sydney Crowd in 2012:

It was the first tour of Virat Kohli to Australia. Kohli was a newbie in the team and was having a tough time in the red-ball cricket. Adding to it, his aggressive behaviour drawn him a considerable criticism across the world.

During his first tour to Australia, the Sydney crowd repeatedly taunted Kohli while fielding on the outer half of the ground. The Crowd targetted the youngster for his aggressive nature on the field.

The young Kohli tried to pretend for most of the time, but the inner Kohli didn’t let him do that as he showed his middle finger back to the crowd. Unfortunately, the camera caught Kohli’s actions.

His actions cost him 50 per cent of his match fees and also gave an unwanted page in his cricketing dictionary. All in all, it was the incident which will be ever-remembered for various reasons by either team fans.

Virat Kohli is one of the Indian cricketers who have had abused on the cricketing field.