PSL: 5 controversies in the history of the tournament

3. Wahab Riaz vs Ahmed Shehzad during PSL 2016

The match between Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiators in PSL 2016 saw a heated interaction between two notable players namely Wahab Riaz and Ahmed Shehzad. The incident happened during the 5th over of the game. Batting for Gladiators, Shehzad smashed a six over mid-wicket on the first ball of Riaz. The next ball saw Riaz uprooting the stumps of the batsman and looking in the eye of Ahmed while letting out a huge scream.

This celebration by Wahab didn’t go well with Shehzad as he pointed his bat towards the former and said a few words. The situation became tense when the two cricketers marched towards each other and got indulged in violence as they pushed one another while speaking inappropriate words. The matter became so worse that the umpires and teammates had to intervene between the two players.

For their misconduct, both the high-profile players were fined portions of their match fees. While Shehzad was fined 30 percent of his match fee, Riaz was penalized 40 percent of his game earnings by match referee Roshan Mahanama.