The Cheerleader Who Got Sent Home for exposing IPL parties.
In 2011, a big off-field controversy happened in the IPL.
A 22-year-old South African cheerleader named Gabriella Pasqualotto, who worked for Mumbai Indians, started an anonymous blog called “The Secret Diary of an IPL Cheerleader.”
In the blog, she wrote about the wild after-parties. She said international players were “loose and mischievous.”
She wrote about a famous captain who would flirt with anyone while his girlfriend walked right behind him. She exposed an Australian player who played "kissing catches" with three different girls and invited them to his room, despite having a girlfriend back home. On the flip side, she noted that some of India's biggest superstars politely kept to themselves in the corners
The blog did not stay secret for long. An Australian player complained to the IPL bosses. Soon everyone knew it was Gabriella who wrote it.
Mumbai Indians fired her immediately and sent her back to South Africa on the next flight.
This was a real leak not a made-up story for publicity. It showed how much partying was really happening in the early years of the IPL.
One of the craziest sixes ever!
In the 1999 World Cup, Ricky Ponting hit a huge shot. The ball flew up to the roof and got stuck right inside the “S” on the Pepsi sign!
Can you guess the South African bowler?