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The Indian Premier League (IPL) is known as much for its sporting and glamour quotient as for its controversies. Let's take a look at the controversies that hit the cash-rich league since its inception:
The latest controversy to hit the tourney is the ban on the cricketers from the island nation from playing in Chennai after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa insisted that the matches can be played in the southern metropolis only if there were no players or team officials from the Emerald Island.The IPL's unilateral decision did not go down well with the team owners and now the franchises with a strong Sri Lankan presence are slowly building up pressure on the IPL Governing Council to shift their play-off and knockout matches out of Chennai.
The latest controversy to hit the tourney is the ban on the cricketers from the island nation from playing in Chennai after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa insisted that the matches can be played in the southern metropolis only if there were no players or team officials from the Emerald Island.The IPL's unilateral decision did not go down well with the team owners and now the franchises with a strong Sri Lankan presence are slowly building up pressure on the IPL Governing Council to shift their play-off and knockout matches out of Chennai.
In This Pic : Muthiah Muralitharan
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) recently slapped a penalty notice of approximately Rs 100 crore against IPL team Rajasthan Royals. The penalty order said the probe agency found that foreign investment in Jaipur IPL Cricket Private Limited (JIPL) was made in "flagrant contravention of FEMA" and the investment made in this regard was made "much prior to the incorporation of JIPL".
In This Pic : Shilpa Shetty
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As if the Khan brawl wasn't enough, IPL 2012 hit the headlines the very next day when Royal Challengers Bangalore's Luke Pomersbach was arrested for allegedly molesting an Indian-American woman. The Australian batsman was said to have misbehaved with the woman after drinking with her in a room.
In This Pic : Luke Pomersbach
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Also, match-fixing allegations surfaced last year after a sting operation conducted by a news channel claimed to have uncovered shady deals between team owners, players and management. Five players were suspended by the league. The players who got suspended were Abhinav Bali, TP Sudhindra (Deccan Chargers), Mohnish Mishra (Pune Warriors), Amit Yadav (Kings XI Punjab) and Shalabh Shrivastava (Kings XI Punjab). (Getty Images)
In This Pic : Shalabh Shrivastava
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Continuing the controversy trail, Pune Warriors India players Rahul Sharma and Wayne Pernell were tested positive for consumption of drugs at a rave party in Mumbai last year.
In This Pic : Rahul Sharma
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