#9 Hansie Cronje (South Africa)
Cronje was one of the most influential figures in South African cricket and a great leader. He led his troops very well throughout his career but his involvement in the match-fixing scandal during the twilight of his career shocked the entire cricketing fraternity. In 2000, Cronje revealed that he had connections with an Indian bookie who was introduced to him by the then Indian captain Mohammed Azharuddin.
After his sudden revelation, Cronje was banned for life along with other Indian stars. The man who led South Africa in the historic 1999 World Cup died in 2002 after a terrible plane crash.
An all-rounder of the highest calibre, Cronje was a very good batsman in the lower middle-order scoring 3,714 runs in Tests and 5,565 runs in ODIs. Besides his batting skills, Cronje was a good medium pacer and dismissed the great Sachin Tendulkar on a number of occasions. Tendulkar himself revealed that Cronje was one bowler who he found very hard to pick.
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