Diwali 2024: Five such 'drunken' cricketers who had crossed the limit, one punched while drunk and someone 'urinated'

Cricket News Desk. Cricket has become a high profile sport nowadays. The players associated with this are no less than a celebrity. Because of this, wherever he goes, a crowd gathers to see and meet him. Although these cricketers do not disappoint them on many occasions, but sometimes such incidents happen, due to which they come in the headlines. There were some cricketers who won everyone's hearts with their performance on the field but were so infamous off the field that their exploits are remembered even today.

David Warner punches Joe Root while drinking

The first name in this list is that of Australia's most successful opener batsman David Warner, who crossed the limit under the influence of alcohol. In 2013, Warner, while drunk, punched former England captain Joe Root in a bar in Birmingham. There was a lot of uproar after this incident, but learning from it, Warner stayed away from alcohol for two years and in 2016, he gave a stellar performance and led Sunrisers Hyderabad to the title.

He was dropped from the team due to drinking

Ricky Ponting, one of the most successful captains of the Australian cricket team, also admitted in an interview that in 1999, he had punched a stranger while drunk in a bar. After this incident he was dropped from the Australian team.

Alcohol ruined his career

Former England spinner Monty Panesar also did many wrong things under the influence of alcohol due to which he was dropped from the England team. Monty had a habit of partying and drinking. Due to this habit, once he had to urinate on the bouncer while drunk, due to which he was dropped from the team and never returned.

He was always in controversies because of drinking alcohol.

The late Andrew Symonds, one of Australia's greatest all-rounders, was also dropped from the team due to his alcohol addiction. Symonds was addicted to alcohol, so in 2009 he was accused of entering the field under the influence of alcohol, due to which he was dropped from the team.

Jesse Ryder falls into coma after drunken fight

The career of New Zealand's rising player Jesse Ryder was also ruined due to alcohol addiction. In 2010, he got into a drunken brawl in a Christchurch bar, where the crowd attacked him. He was so seriously injured in the attack that he went into a coma for a few days. Although he recovered but after that he could not return to cricket.