Shane Watson: A look at controversies in the Australian's career

Former Australian all-rounder Shane Watson has once again landed in controversy after his Instagram account was hacked just like his Twitter account which was hacked just a couple of days ago. On Tuesday, the Chennai Super Kings star’s Instagram account was hacked and the hacker posted some objectionable pictures through his account.

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Shane Watson's Instagram account hacked 

Last Friday, Shane Watson’s Twitter account was hacked for nearly half-an-hour during which there were a series of tweets, which included fat-shaming statements and racial slurs among others. Shane Watson’s name was also changed to ‘crimin.al.’ After fans raised an alarm, Watson’s account was restored to its original status, and all the offensive tweets were deleted.

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Today we look at some of the controversial moments in life of the Australian’s career

Shane Watson's fight with Gautam Gambhir

This incident happened back in 2008 during the Border-Gavaskar series. India opener Gautam Gambhir, known for losing his cool, got into trouble again when he shoved his left elbow at Australia all-rounder while taking a run during the third Test in Delhi.

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Watson, who was bowling at the time, appeared to have irked Gambhir by saying something when he was taking a run to which Gambhir replied by pushing his elbow into Watson's chest while taking the second run. 

Homework Gate Scandal

The 38-year-old had a famous fall-out with then Captain Michael Clarke and coach Mickey Arthur during Australia’s tour of India in 2013. The all-rounder along with James Pattinson, Mitchell Johnson and Usman Khawaja were banished from the team for the third Test in Mohali for failing to provide their thoughts on how Australia could improve.

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Micheal Clarke clears air on feud with Watson

Former Australian captain Michael Clarke appeared on 60 Minutes tonight, claiming that Watson was one of a group of players that formed a “tumour” within the team in 2013. While appearing on the show to promote his auto­biography My Story. Clarke during that time that told that there are a number of ­players or a group in the team at the moment that are like a tumour, and if they don’t fix it, it’s going to turn into cancer. 

Shane Watson and Ishant Sharma in a heated confrontation during IPL 2019

Ishant Sharma engaged in a heated war of words with the all-rounder during Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings match. The incident started in the third over of Chennai's innings after Ishant Sharma animatedly celebrated the wicket of Ambati Rayudu. Ishant's action prompted laughter from Shane Watson, which left the Indian pacer fuming. Ishant Sharma had to be pulled away by skipper Shreyas Iyer during his heated mid-pitch confrontation with Shane Watson.

Shane Watson's fight with Kieron Pollard in IPL

During a match between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals, Australian player Shane Watson and Pollard had a verbal spate. The incident happened when Watson was about to start batting, Pollard imitated him, after which the two started commenting on each another. Then the umpire and captain Rohit Sharma had to intervene to calm them.