Wasim Akram Reacts To Pat Cummins' Ball-Tampering Defence: 'As A Bowler, I Will Know Something Is Not Right': (PTI/AP)
\n\nWasim Akram has reacted to Pat Cummins' remarks on the sandpaper gate row, saying that bowlers would usually know if the ball has been tampered with. Pat Cummins responded to the shocking claims made by Usman Khawaja, in which he alleged that the Australian team was aware of the ball-tempering scandal during the Cape Town Test against South Africa in 2018.
\n\nCameron Bancroft was caught using sandpaper on the ball, and later Steve Smith and David Warner accepted that the leadership group was involved in the plan. Cricket Australia (CA) conducted an investigation and punished the trio; however, Khawaja accused CA of a botched investigation and said that the entire team was aware of the tampering.
\n\nCummins called a press conference to address the controversy and dismissed Khawaja's remarks as nonsense. He also said he didn't find anything strange in the ball.
\n\nAkram, however, has a different view and said that the bowlers usually get to know if the ball has been tampered with.
\n\n“I saw Pat Cummins, who’s a very close friend of mine, a great cricketer, one of the…
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