These players lost their captaincy due to their shameful antics
These players lost their captaincy due to their shameful antics
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Today, we will tell you about those legendary captains, who had become villains in the world of cricket from their country and world cricket heroes in one night. There are many such captains who used to be the heroes of their country at one time, but due to their wrong deeds, this captain became a hero in one night. Today we will tell you about these 5 captains in this special article, who had to lose the captaincy due to their shameful antics.

Shakib Al Hasan: About 6 months ago, Bangladesh's star all-rounder and T20 and Test captain Shakib Al Hasan was suspended by the ICC for 2 years in an old case of match-fixing. Shakib was accused of contacting bookies during the tri-series 2018 and IPL 2018 played against Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe in January, but he did not inform the ICC's Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU). Because of not giving the news of the bookies to the ICC, they have also been suspended and their captaincy has also gone away. Bangladesh has appointed Test captain Mominul Haque. time, Mahmudullah is captaining the T20.

Hansie Cronje: Former South African captain Hansie Cronje was considered one of the greatest players of South Africa's team, but his image in South Africa cricket was tarnished when his name came to match-fixing. After this, Hansie Cronje had also justified the allegations on fixing, after which the South Africa Board had banned him forever. He became a hero in one night. After this, he died in a plane crash in 2002. After Hansie, South Africa made their new captain Sean Pollock and under his captaincy, the team had progressed well.

Mohammad Azharuddin: The career of Indian team captain Mohammad Azharuddin in the 90s also ended due to his name in fixing. Mohammad Azharuddin was able to play only 99 Test matches in his career due to his name in match-fixing. In the 90s, Mohammad Azharuddin used to be a bigger name than Sachin Tendulkar. He was the hero of the country, but due to his involvement in fixing, the BCCI had banned him for life. This player was the captain of all three formats of India at that time, but due to his name in fixing, Sourav Ganguly was made the new captain of the Indian team in place of Azharuddin. Ganguly performed this responsibility well and played an important role in making India a successful team.

Steve Smith: In the 2018 Cape Town Test match between South Africa and Australia team, opener batsman Cameron Bancroft was found to be tempering the ball. The video of Bancroft's ball tempering went viral on social media. Australia's team also confessed their crime of ball tempering. Steve Smith attended the press conference with Cameron Bancroft and admitted that he had carried out the ball-tampering incident. Steve Smith and David Warner were suspended by Cricket Australia for one year only after the ball-tampering incident. Cameron Bancroft was banned for 9 months. Steve Smith also had to lose his captaincy due to this. Actually, he was suspended by Cricket Australia for a year playing international cricket after ball tempering. He could not even captain Australia for 2 years.

Salman Butt: Pakistan team's opener batsman Salman Butt has also been caught in the tour of England in 2010-11 on the spot-fixing charges, after which he also remained in jail for some time and was banned by the PCB for five years, which is now Is over. At the moment, he is playing domestic cricket in Pakistan, but he is still waiting for his return to the Pakistan national team. In the England tour in which this player was found to be accused of fixing, he was also the captain of the Pakistan team in that tour.

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