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When Cricket, the gentleman's game, embroiled in ugly spats

New Delhi: The recent report of England fast bowler James Anderson  having an ugly spat with an Indian all rounder Ravindra  Jadeja has once again raised a question if  the game which was once considered

India TV Sports Desk Published : Jul 16, 2014 12:34 IST, Updated : Nov 18, 2014 11:14 IST

 The incident took place at Trent Bridge in Nottingham was ignited after the tiny nugget of confectionery appeared at the short leg fielding position - infuriating India's tail-end batsman Zaheer Khan and sparking an extraordinary bat-waving bust-up.

 

 

Just why the bean was deployed, and who was responsible, were still the subject of claim and counter-claim  But it seems the riddle of the jelly bean is set The sledging between England and India and, for Zaheer, the jelly bean was an insult too far. Zaheer scored 10 not out during his innings and also took five wickets to put India in a commanding position. The affair began after he arrived at the crease and edged his first shot through the slips for four, leading to further banter from England's close-in fielders.

 

 Harbhajan Singh found himself embroiled in yet another controversy after allegedly slapping Kings XI paceman S Sreesanth during their Indian Premier League The Kings XI team,  spinner, who later apologised to the paceman in the dressing room of the Punjab team. Harbhajan, leading Mumbai Indians side, allegedly slapped Sreesanth when latter said something to him which the off-spinner found offensive. The paceman was seen crying bitterly on the ground at the end of the IPL match, which his team won by 66 runs.

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