Sydney, Nov. 10 -- Former Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja has maintained that his revelations about the 'Sandpapergate' in 2018 are not intended to target individuals, reiterating that he wants the entire team to take collective responsibility for the incident. He also questioned the thoroughness of Cricket Australia's investigation, saying it felt rushed and that he was never interviewed despite being present alongside Cameron Bancroft during the episode.

The 'Sandpapergate' scandal refers to ball-tampering by Australia during the third Test of the 2018 series against South Africa at Cape Town, for which then-captain Steve Smith and vice-captain David Warner received one-year competitive cricket bans, while Cameron Bancroft was also ...