5 rival-pairs who were forced to play for the same team

#3 Harbhajan Singh- Ricky Ponting

Harbhajan and Ponting were involved in many heated battles

The bitter rivalry between Indian off-spin legend Harbhajan Singh and Australian batting great Ricky Ponting has been simmering since 1998. During the final of the Coca-Cola Cup in Sharjah, Harbhajan (then 18) and Ponting (then 23) had an ugly mid-pitch spat after the former dismissed the latter.

Over the years, it intensified as Harbhajan continued to dominate Ponting, in India and once in Australia, in some of the most ill-tempered Test series ever played. However, in 2013, Ponting joined the Mumbai Indians and played a few games alongside the Indian spinner. The bad blood looked to have subsided and Ponting even coached the side in the 2015 season where the pair got along well.