Top 5 most controversial moments in Asia Cup 

             Lot’s of fight you will see in cricket ground but in Asia cup this is most hitting conversational fight between India and Pakistan who play each other only in multi-team tournaments, the fiery contests have always thrown up several spicy moments to remember. Here is a look at five controversial moments that made the headlines in Asia Cup’s previous editions.

1. Gautam Gambhir vs Kamran Akmal

Former Indian opener Gautam Gambhir and veteran Pakistan keeper-batter Kamran Akmal’s ugly spat occurred during a tense run-chase in the 2010 edition of the Asia Cup in Sri Lanka. Chasing a target of 268, Dhoni-Gambhir stitched a 98-run third-wicket stand when the heated exchange broke out after a caught-behind appeal from the Pakistani wicketkeeper Akmal was turned down. At the ensuing drinks break, Gambhir had a spat with Akmal and Dhoni had to step in to take Gambhir away and ease the tension.

2. Harbhajan Singh vs Shoaib Akhtar, 2010



This is the most aggressive conversation between Ind and Pak  such incident occurred in the same 2010 edition when Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar and India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh clashed in the final overs of the match. It boiled over after Harbhajan smashed a six off Akhtar in the 47th over. The fiery speedster unleashed two short the ribcage and the two exchanged some words. Later, after winning the game, Singh and also make some aggressive gestures toward Akhtar and India won this match.

3. MS Dhoni-Taskin Ahmed photoshopped image

             Ahead of the Asia Cup final in 2016, a morphed image of Bangladesh’s Taskin Ahmed holding MS Dhoni’s severed head created a massive storm on social media. The picture was uploaded on Twitter after Bangladesh stunned Pakistan to set up a summit clash with Dhoni. When we play cricket, we do not concentrate on newspaper articles. So you all can make your own assessments by reading those stories.” In the final, Dhoni flayed the Bangladeshi bowlers as India romped home comfortably.

4 M S Dhoni loose his cool nature. 

             This is incident of 2016 edition of the Asia Cup was also marred by a few bad umpiring decisions. In one such incident ‘captain cool’ MS Dhoni lost his temper after Pakistan’s Khurram Manzoor was given not out even after he gloved the ball off Ashish Nehra during a high-octane India vs Pakistan match. Television replays suggested that the ball hit Manzoor’s gloves before it was caught by Dhoni. A visibly upset Dhoni had a chat with the Bangladeshi umpire  Ibne Shahid on the field when India’s vociferous appeal was turned down. After the game, Dhoni expressed concerns that the earpieces might be impeding the umpire’s hearing and on-field performance.

5. Mohammad Sami bowls an over to forget.

          This is a most expensive over in the Asia Cup match between Pakistan and Bangladesh in 2004, Pakistan’s Mohammad Sami opened the bowling with Shabbir Ahmed. He started with a maiden over but followed it up with a horror: a 17-ball over which included seven wide and four no-balls.