Top 10 controversies from IPL 2016

6) The Praveen Kumar-David Warner incident

Praveen Kumar had a go at SRH skipper David Warner

In the all-important second Qualifier of the IPL 2016, the Gujarat Lions locked horns with the Sunrisers Hyderabad and the match was a high-voltage affair.

Gujarat batting first put 162 on the board and they looked well on course to book a place in the final as they had the opposition on the mat. However, talismanic SRH skipper David Warner had other ideas as he stayed firm and scored an unbeaten 93 to propel his side to the final.

But an incident took place in the 17th over the SRH innings when the tempestuous Gujarat Lions bowler Praveen Kumar, perhaps out of sheer frustration, had a go at Warner. He bowled a yorker to the southpaw and the batsman somehow managed to fend the ball back to the bowler.

Then Praveen picked the ball up, swivelled around, and threatened to throw it back at the batsman. Warner, unperturbed by the seamer’s antics, had a wry smile on his face which prompted the bowler to walk up to Warner.

He kept approaching Warner, who continued smiling until they were almost within touching distance. At this point, the umpire Marais Erasmus rushed towards them and the GL wicket keeper Dinesh Karthik also intervened to calm the angry seamer.

Later in the game, Warner had the last laugh as he hit the winning runs off the bowler and jumped in ecstasy.

Praveen, who has had behavioural problems in the past, surely added another controversy to his name.