Khawaja’s explosive confession puts Australian bowlers in the firing line
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Usman Khawaja stated he was prepared to share his memories of the ball-tampering incident in 2021. He chose not to do so at the time to avoid conflict with Australian bowlers. Those bowlers had previously denied knowing about the plan to tamper with the ball.
Usman Khawaja says he was ready to go public with his recollections of “sandpapergate” in 2021 – but didn’t want to “go to war” with Australia’s bowlers, who had denied knowledge of a plan to tamper with the ball.