India, Nov. 13 -- The Sandpapergate is refusing to die down more than eight years after it happened. To jog your memory, Aussie batter Cameron Bancroft was caught on camera tampering with the ball using sandpaper during the third South Africa-Australia Test at Cape Town.

Later, the official version came out that then captain Steve Smith and vice-captain David Warner orchestrated the whole thing. Smith and Warner were banned by Cricket Australia (CA) for one year. There was more punishment for Warner, as Cricket Australia decreed he would never be made captain of the national team in the future. Bancroft, on the other hand, was suspended for nine months.

After their bans ended, Bancroft played just two more Tests and scored 44 runs in th...