Due to which Steve Smith was banned, Virat Kohli created controversy by repeating the same incident

Virat Kohli Recreates Sandpaper Scandal: Virat Kohli’s enthusiastic style is not hidden from anyone and his way of celebrating on the field often remains in the news. He is also seen provoking the foreign crowd while fielding and has done so several times during the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, for which slogans have also been raised against him. Now he has repeated the ‘Sandpaper Scandal’ regarding which there was a huge controversy in the year 2018.

What was the ‘Sandpaper Scandal’?

The incident of Sandpapergate scandal took place in the year 2018 in the Australia vs South Africa match. That was one of the most controversial incidents in cricket history. The third match of that series was being played in Cape Town. At that time, an Australian player Cameron Bancroft was seen tampering one side of the ball with sandpaper. He was doing this so that the bowlers could get reverse swing. When he was seen doing all this on camera, Bancroft was seen avoiding the mistake by moving his trousers.

This incident caused a huge controversy when Australia’s then captain Steve Smith revealed that the team’s leadership group had planned to tamper with the ball. Smith admitted that he knew about ball tampering, yet he did not stop Bancroft. For this reason, Smith was suspended from domestic and international cricket for 12 months and was removed from the captaincy with immediate effect.

Virat Kohli taunted

A video of Virat Kohli is going viral, in which after taking out the pocket of his trousers, he taunts the entire Australian team that he has not come here to commit any foul play. The crowd also shouted at this action of Virat and a debate has erupted on social media regarding this viral video.

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