10 most controversial cricketers of all time

#8 Salman Butt (Pakistan)

The Captain that made a deal with the bookies

Unlike most of the players on this list, whose careers were marred by a number of controversies, Salman Butt was involved in only one controversy in his career - a controversy so big that it brought an end to his cricketing career.

One of the best players for Pakistan in both ODI and Test cricket, Salman Butt's career as a cricketer came to an abrupt end just in his second series as the captain of the national team in a controversy that jolted world cricket.

During the fourth test against England at Lords, Butt, along with pacers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif, was accused of giving information regarding certain portions of the match to the bookmakers in exchange for a heavy sum of money. After a sting operation proved the allegations against them true, all the three players were banned by the ICC, with Butt, being the captain receiving the longest term of 10 years.

After criminal allegations against them were also proved true, Butt was given an imprisonment of 30 months in London. This was the first time when an incumbent captain of an international cricket team was sent to a jail as International cricket witnessed its worst scandal in over a decade.