5 current cricketers known for their bad behaviour

Cricket has traditionally been referred to as the “gentleman’s game”, but today, the sport seems a long way away from living up to that. There has been a plethora of unedifying incidents that have taken place on the cricket field in recent times, and sledging is now unfortunately considered a part and parcel of the game. This has perhaps been the doing of the dominant Australian team of the late 1990s and 2000s, who justified incessant chirping with opposition players by citing it as "mental disintegration". Here are the 5 cricketers in the world currently who have a reputation for behaving notoriously:

#1 David Warner

When it comes to modern-day cricketers known for their bad behaviour, the name of David Warner immediately springs to mind. He is undoubtedly a phenomenal cricketer who has been successful across all 3 formats of the game, but, unfortunately, he is also known for his bad behaviour on and off the field.

He first stirred up trouble when he got into a tussle with 2 Aussie journalists on Twitter and was consequently slapped with a heavy fine. Then, what should’ve been a merry evening out with his teammates at a bar in Birmingham after a Champions Trophy encounter against England turned ugly when he punched England cricketer Joe Root, who was also in the same bar, on his chin, and his teammates had to step in to stop the fight.

He was reprimanded for his unruly behaviour by Cricket Australia and had to miss the remainder of the tournament. Worryingly, these are not one-off incidents either. They keep recurring with alarming regularity, the most recent being the dispute with Indian batsman Rohit Sharma, where Warner reacted more than the situation warranted when Rohit Sharma took a single off an overthrow which appeared to have ricocheted off his legs. This latest incident prompted former New Zealand captain Martin Crowe to call for umpires to give yellow and red cards to players who indulge in such bad behaviour, like in the case of football.