IPL: Team-wise biggest controversy in tournament history

7. Mumbai Indians

The defending champions Mumbai Indians have been caught in an ugly scandal during the early 2010s. A few years ago, an IPL cheerleader from MI’s cheerleading squad stated that few cricketers were misbehaving with her at post-match parties. This brings out the dark stories IPL has which are quite unknown to many people.

Gabriella tweeted that “My blog was meant to be light and witty and not taken seriously or to heart… this should not have become such a scene…”. She added, “My blog was not just based on the cricketers, I wrote only a few sentences about them and it seems it scared the S### out of them.” Even though the governing body remained silent about the issue, she found support from other cheerleaders. This opened up about the way the cheerleaders are seen in the circuit. When Pasqualotto began tweeting about her experiences as @IPLGirl, she quickly became a celebrity.

She afterward began writing an anonymous blog about flirty cricketers and IPL parties. According to accounts, a cheerleader notified cricketers about Pasqualotto’s activities, which resulted in her being fired and sent home. This is incident is one of the worst ones for the most successful franchise in the tournament.