India, Nov. 13 -- Pat Cummins, Australia's Test and ODI captain, on Friday hit out at Usman Khawaja, saying the latter's allegation that the entire team knew about the use of sandpaper in the 2018 Cape Town Test is completely wrong and "utter nonsense."

The speedster addressed the matter and offered his version of events, fronting up to the media at Cricket Central in Sydney to respond to the allegations made by the former Australian opener in his autobiography, titled *Sabr*.

Cummins further stated that he was shocked by some of the revelations in Khawaja's book. The press conference lasted more than an hour, with Cummins making it clear that he was willing to answer questions until the journalists had exhausted them, hoping to put the...