Sachin Tendulkar was once accused of ball tampering

Sachin Tendulkar was handed a one-match suspended ban by referee Mike Denness for ball tampering in the 2001 Port Elizabeth Test against South Africa. Television footage appeared to show Tendulkar scratching the ball but he maintained that he was cleaning the seam. The ICC overturned the ban, saying Tendulkar's offence was cleaning the ball without permission rather than ball tampering.