5 times players who were banned for strange reasons

#4 Shahid Afridi

This Pakistan all-rounder is controversy's favourite boy in Cricket. When Pakistan was playing against Australia in their final ODI encounter in a five-match series, Afridi was caught biting the ball.

He was walking with Rana Naved-ul-Hasan when this act was caught on camera. It breached the International Cricket Council rules governing the tampering of the ball.

According to these regulations, 'any attempt to change the condition of the ball through illegal means is a violation of the players' code of conduct and is liable to punishment.'

Soon Ranjan Madugalle, the match referee, was involved in the matter when the on-field umpires and the third umpire expressed objection stating that the ICC regulations were violated.

Following the violation of the expected norm, Afridi was handed a two-match ban in T20Is. Later, he accepted that he made a mistake in the heat of the moment and apologised for the same.

Just like a microcosm of Afridi's career and the famous Black Eyed Peas song, it was all a little, 'Boom Boom Pow'.