India, Nov. 13 -- Former Australia opener David Warner has accused captain Pat Cummins of throwing Usman Khawaja "under the bus" after Cummins rejected the former batter's account of the 2018 ball-tampering scandal, known as Sandpapergate.

Warner backed Khawaja's version of events, saying the claims in his autobiography Sabr were true. Khawaja has written that the entire Australian team knew about the plan to use sandpaper on the ball during the Cape Town Test against South Africa in 2018.

Cummins, speaking at a press conference in Sydney on Friday, described Khawaja's claims as "complete and utter nonsense". He also accused him of being "casual and flippant" about the lives affected by the controversy.

Reacting to Cummins' remarks on ...