5 biggest controversies in West Indies cricket 

#3 Pull out of the tour of India

Dwayne Bravo was the public face of the controversy

Back in 2014, the West Indies arrived in India for a full tour that included five ODIs, 1 solitary T20I and then three Test matches. While the West Indies won the first ODI handsomely and India stormed back to win the next one to set up a classic series, something else was brewing under the surface.

It was a payment dispute between the players and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) and despite constant communication between the two parties, no solution seemed forthcoming.

The West Indian players had signed a memorandum of understanding according to which all the sponsorship payments that were supposed to accrue to them were foregone.

The foregone payments were to be used towards improving the pay of first-class cricketers. However, the ODI captain during the tour Dwayne Bravo maintained that the players had been ‘hoodwinked’ into signing the document.

It was a big payoff that the players were missing out on and while a pullout from the India tour seemed unthinkable at the time, things soon came to pass.

After the fourth ODI at Dharamsala, which the West Indies lost, Bravo’s team pulled out of the tour. It was not only controversial but embarrassing and remains one of the biggest controversies that have engulfed West Indian cricket in the recent past.