Usman Khawaja detailed the sandpaper gate saga in his autobiography |courtesy – AP/screengrab
\n\nAfter giving explosive details in pre-release interviews, Usman Khawaja's autobiography 'Sabr', which was released today, detailed the entire sandpaper gate saga, where the Australian team was caught tampering with the ball during the 2018 tour of South Africa. This led to player Cameron Bancroft, who was spotted by cameras using sandpaper to shine one side of the ball, receiving a nine-month ban from the game, while then captain and vice-captain Steve Smith and David Warner were suspended for a year by Cricket Australia (CA)
\n\nKhawaja dismissed various public statements from Australian players on being unaware of the incident and claimed the entire team knew that sandpaper was being used. He claimed that the governing body had its own agenda at the time and did damage control by punishing only three players.
\n\n“I personally never tampered with a ball – in terms of scratching it or anything – but I knew everything that was going on and I wasn’t against it, which makes me complicit. Everything you might have heard or read about what happened … in South Africa in the sandpaper controversy isn’t entirely true. The cricket…
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