5 times players who were banned for strange reasons

#2 Shoaib Akhtar

This incident may not sound that strange considering the player involved. Although Akhtar has been involved in countless brawls, this one was inside the privacy of dressing room which cost him a place in the inaugural ICC World Twenty20.

According to the reports, all the team members were involved in a heated discussion which soon changed into a fiery argument. Akhtar was holding a bat when Shahid Afridi hurled certain 'bad words' at him.

This was enough to agitate the Rawalpindi express who charged towards Afridi in order to hit him with the bat. However, he ended up hitting Mohammad Asif, his another teammate.

This resulted in his immediate return to home. Later, Akhtar went on to state that his action was in response to the kind of words that Afridi used against his family.

He explained that he wanted to hit Afridi but ended up hitting Asif on his thighs by mistake. He also apologised for his conduct but the damage was done.