Five Cricket Players Who Were Once Banned

#4 - Marlon Samuels

The West Indies batsman, who is known for being a controversial and outspoken figure on and off the field, received a two-year ban from the ICC in 2008 for "receiving money, or benefit or other rewards that could bring him or the game of cricket into disrepute". He had been caught giving team information to a known bookie before the start of an ODI match between India and the West Indies in 2007. Even though he maintained his innocence, the police claimed to have recorded phone conversations between him and the aforementioned bookie; and this evidence was the biggest factor in the ICC banning Samuels for two years.