Controversial Cricketers XI: Forming a team out of the most controversial cricketers of all time

All-Rounders

Hansie Cronje

Just like Azharrudin, former South African captain Hansie Cronje too was involved in the infamous match-fixing scandal of 2000.

According to many reports and traced phone calls and texts, Cronje was found to have offered money to a lot of players in order to fix multiple matches of the particular series in 2000 against India.

Despite denying the allegations earlier on, he later admitted to the allegations and in 2001, was banned from any sort of participation in any form of cricket for life.

Unfortunately, in 2002, he was killed in a plane crash. He played in 68 Tests and 188 ODIs for South Africa.

Andrew Symonds

The talented Australian all-rounder was involved in a lot of controversies throughout his career. He made it a habit of appearing in the news for all the wrong reasons.

In 2008, he was suspended from the team for missing team meetings because he wanted to go fishing instead. He also got into the famous “monkey-gate” controversy with Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh the same year.

He was also involved in a lot of drinking incidents throughout his career and was sent back home later the same year during the ICC World T20 tournament for a late-night drinking incident.

After appearing in 200 ODIs for Australia, Symonds decided to hang his boots in 2012.

Chris Cairns

The enigmatic all-rounder for New Zealand was involved in a lot of controversies regarding the rebel “Indian Cricket League” which was set up in 2008.

He was alleged to have attempted to manipulate games in India when he was captain of the Chandigarh Lions in the short-lived league. Later on, former teammate and batsman Lou Vincent came out and admitted that Cairns had approached him to fix matches, but Cairns rubbished the claims.

He successfully sued former IPL chairman Lalit Modi in 2012 for Libel after Modi had accused Cairns of match-fixing in 2008.