5 times when cricketers were penalised for ball tampering

#1 Faf du Plessis

Du Plessis has been caught tampering the ball on more than one occasion

In a test in 2013, being played at Dubai between Pakistan and South Africa, Faf du Pleases was caught scuffing the ball with the zip on his trousers. The on-field umpires took action as they added five runs to Pakistan's total and also charged Du Plessis, who pleaded guilty to the offence, with 50 percent of his match fee.

However, the incident at Dubai did not prove to be a learning for the middle order batsman as he repeated the offence in the Hobart test against the Aussies in 2016. Faf, who was skipper of his team this time around, was caught applying saliva on the ball from a mint or sweet, considered as an artificial substance.

The South African captain was lucky to survive a match ban and got away with letting go off 100% of his match fee.