Sydney, Nov. 13 -- Australia Test captain Pat Cummins on Friday rejected former opener Usman Khawaja's claims that he was overlooked for the national team's leadership role because of his skin colour, saying such a serious allegation required evidence.

Cummins was addressing the 2018 Sandpapergate controversy during a press conference following Khawaja's revelations in his autobiography 'Sabr'.

"I just don't think that's the case. I think of the things I've read, that's the most serious. To think that the job I hold is quarantined from people based on their skin colour, it's a pretty big statement. If you are going to say that I think you have to have evidence. And I just don't think that's the case," Cummins said, as quoted by ABC.

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