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Australia ball-tampering scandal: Gautam Gambhir asks if Steve Smith, David Warner are paying price for their pay-hike revolt?

Speed News Desk 30 March 2018, 11:51 IST

Australia ball-tampering scandal: Gautam Gambhir asks if Steve Smith, David Warner are paying price for their pay-hike revolt?

Former India opener and Delhi Daredevils captain termed sanctions imposed on former Australian skipper Steve Smith and former deputy David Warner 'harsh' and quizzed whether the banned duo Aussie player paid the price for revolting against Cricket Australia on pay hike issue.

While cricket needs to be corruption-free but feel sanctions on Aussies bit harsh. Are @stevesmith49 & @davidwarner31 paying for revolt for pay hike? History has it administrators deride those who standup for players’ cause. Classic case: Ian Chappel, he tweeted.

However, Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir felt that Steve Smith and Davin Warner were the primary voices during the senior team's pay hike dispute with the establishment might have played a role in their ouster.

The former Aussie captain Steve Smith and vice-captain David Warner have been banned for 12 months by Cricket Australia along with Australian opener Cameron Bancroft for 9 months for their involvement in ball tampering against South Africa in Test in Cape Town.

Delhi Daredevils skipper Gambhir counsel the Australian media and the general public to leisure a thought for the families of the players.

The veteran left-hander wrote a series of tweets and expressed his reactions to the Australian ball-tampering scandal and Steve Smith.
Gambhir further added that he couldn't term Steve Smith a 'cheat' and would rather call him a "desperate leader" trying to win a Test match.

The BCCI has barred Steve Smith and David Warner from the 11th edition of IPL following the decision of the Cricket Australia after they were found guilty in the ball-tampering.

Also read: Steve Smith on ball tampering scandal: I'll regret this for the rest of my life; breaks down into tears at press conference

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