While we are discussing About Cricket, we can’t afford to ignore the sensational Cricket and the Controversies that has rocked the game over the past few decades. Since the past few years, due to much of undue media attention, Cricket and the Controversies has occupied much of the newspaper pages, some of which has made it to the top headlines. Among the most Popular Cricket Controversies that has rocked the cricket lovers all over the world was the issue of ball tampering. Facts indicate that in the sport of cricket, ball tampering is well referred to an action in which a fielder illegally alters the condition of the ball.

According to the provisions of Law 42, under subsection 3 of the Laws of Cricket, the ball may be polished without the use of an artificial substance, but it can be dried with a towel if it is wet, and have mud removed from it under supervision other than these actions all other actions which alter the condition of the ball are believed to be illegal. Furthermore, steps required to rub the ball on the ground, scuffing with a fingernail or other sharp object, or tampering with the seam of the ball also leads to ball tampering.

Controversies of Cricket are well known to create a significant impact on the minds of the cricket players. Cricket and the Controversies have also led to the downfall of the game. Among the most recent Cricket and the Controversies is the Chappell Ganguly controversy. It is still one of the Ongoing Cricket Controversies which has well rocked the cricket world. The Chappell Ganguly controversy was actually a series of events which happened towards the late 2005 and 2006. It also involved highly publicized infighting in the Indian cricket team between the then newly appointed Coach Greg Chappell and the then Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly. The dispute resulted in the removal of Ganguly as captain of Indian Cricket team which ultimately led to his replacement by Vice-captain Rahul Dravid in November 2005, and Ganguly being dropped from the ODI team.

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