Reignited Sandpaper Gate controversy refuses to die down

The genie is out of the bottle and the controversy refuses to die down. The Australian bowlers might have clarified their position as to how they could not have known about the ball-tampering in the 2018 sandpaper gate saga, some of the former cricketers have refused to accept the argument.

Pakistan’s controversial cricketer Salman Butt has lashed out at the Australian bowling attack that played that Cape Town Test in 2018. On his Youtube channel, Butt revealed why it was not possible for the bowlers to have not known about the ball being tampered.

"It is not true that the ball is reverse (swinging) and the bowlers do not know. There are players in the team who are responsible for making sure the bowlers get reverse swing. The aim is to keep it as shiny as possible and keep rubbing it over the passage of time and after a point, the ball starts to reverse." said Butt.

Butt said that whenever the ball starts reverse swinging, even the dressing room gets to know that.

"Hence, it is not possible for the team or the dressing room to know that the ball is not reversing. The moment it does, we see bowlers being changed.”

Butt even took a subtle dig at the investigation that followed the incident.

"Bancroft was preparing the ball. Steve Smith, the captain, knew, and even David Warner was involved. All those punished were batsmen but not even a single bowler was. I commend the person who took these decisions," Butt said.

"I mean the ball is reverse swinging, the case is of ball-tampering and punishments have been given out. But no one paid attention to those who were actually bowling with it. Fear the god and stop confusing people," concluded the 36-year-old.