By Ravi - May 20, 2025 03:47 PM
The 18th edition of the Indian Premier League has reached its final stage. 3 teams (GT, RCB and PBKS) have reached the playoffs, while only 2 teams (DC and MI) are contenders for the fourth place. Lucknow Super Giants were knocked out of the playoff race after losing to Hyderabad on Monday.
In this match, there was a heated argument between Digvesh Singh Rathi and Abhishek Sharma, which led to a big controversy. Although cricket is called a gentleman's game, but many times players lose their temper in it, the situation reaches to a scuffle. Here we are telling you about the 5 biggest fights in IPL history.
In IPL 2014, a heated argument was seen between Kieron Pollard and Mitchell Starc. You can understand the seriousness of this controversy from the fact that Pollard threw his bat towards Starc on the field to hit him.
In this match of RCB vs MI, Starc threw a bouncer to Pollard, after which he went to him and said something. On the next ball, Pollard left the crease and did not play the ball, but Starc did not stop and threw the ball towards his feet. Then Pollard threw his bat to hit him, the good thing was that the ball did not hit Starc's bat. After this controversy, Pollard was fined 75 percent and Starc was fined 50 percent of the match fee.
Remember the 2013 face-off between Kohli and Gambhir! 😡
— Radha (@Radha4565) April 16, 2025
Kohli tried to be the Hero,but Gambhir humbled him. 😂
Kohli's face after the incident though 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/UD1PWD5APT
There was a heated argument between Virat Kohli and Naveen, but even before this, there was a heated argument between the two in 2013. Then Kohli was the captain of RCB and Gambhir was the captain of KKR. During a match, when Kohli was going out after getting out, Gambhir probably said something that made Kohli angry. He stopped and asked what are you saying, after which an argument started between the two. Both started coming towards each other but fellow players and the umpire separated them. This dispute remained in discussion for many years.
In IPL 2008, Harbhajan Singh, playing for Mumbai Indians, slapped Punjab Kings (then Kings 11 Punjab) player S Sreesanth. Sreesanth was seen crying on the field, which shocked everyone. After this, Harbhajan was banned for 11 matches, and his match fees were cut and he was also fined. However, many years later Harbhajan admitted that he should not have done this.
Virat Kohli & Gautam Gambhir have been fined 100% of match fees and Naveen Ul Haq has been fined 50% of match fees for breaching IPL code of conduct. pic.twitter.com/ya6b31IZ45
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) May 2, 2023
Naveen Ul Haq was a part of Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2023, during the match against RCB, he had a fight with Virat Kohli. Kohli also gestured to Naveen by removing dust from his shoe, after which the matter escalated. By the way, it started when Lucknow won the match in Bengaluru and Avesh hit his helmet on the ground. Gambhir also gestured the crowd to keep quiet. This controversy was also in the news for a long time.
A heated argument between Abhishek Sharma and Digvesh Rathi.🔥🔥
— Kalyani Nirbhawane 🇮🇳 (@KalyaniAmbedkar) May 19, 2025
#LSGvsSRH #SRHvsLSG#DigveshRathi#AbhishekSharma pic.twitter.com/8lPkV7jAr5
Lucknow Super Giants spinner Digvesh Singh Rathi has already been fined twice for notebook celebration but he is not stopping doing it. Due to this celebration, he had a quarrel with Abhishek Sharma. In this match held on 19 May 2025, after dismissing Abhishek, Digvesh did a similar celebration and asked Abhishek to go out by gesturing with his hand.
There was a heated argument between the two players and then the umpire and other players had to intervene. Abhishek asked to hold his hair by gesturing with his hand. BCCI fined Digvesh by deducting his match fee and gave him a one-match suspension. Abhishek was also fined.
Also Read: BCCI Fine on Digvesh Singh Rathi and Abhishek Sharma
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