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Know the "bad boys" of the year 2014

New Delhi: The year 2014 which is just few days away, has witnessed many big sporting events. But as always, no big sporting event is ever completed without a controversy.There had been number of incidents

2)    James Anderson & Ravindra Jadeja (cricket)

The two cricketers were involved in a verbal spat during the first England vs India test in July at Nottingham.

According to reports, Anderson was said to have pushed Jadeja with his hands but no evidence were there to prove it. While Jadeja was accused Anderson of abusing and threatening Anderson.

The spat was not only a bad era of cricket, but it certainly might have spoiled Indo-England cricket relations to some extent.

Anderson and Jadeja both were booed by the crowd of their opponent's nation.

Hoever when ICC Chief Dave Richardson held the matter into his hands, the players were set free due to lack of evidences from both the sides.

 

3)    Ishant Sharma (cricket)

Ishant Sharma was found guilty of breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during the second Test, which the home side won by four wickets at Brisbane.

He had been fined 15 percent of his match fee for violating Level 1 Article 2.1.4 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to "language or a gesture that is obscene, offensive or insulting during an International match".

The incident happened in the first innings when Ishant was seen on television screens using inappropriate words after dismissing Australia captain Steven Smith.

The Indian pacer admitted the offence and accepted the sanction proposed by the match referee.

He also showed his anger when he was not satisfied with the food provided at Lunch on Day 3 at Gabba.