Former Australꦬian leaders Steve Smith and David Warner 🍸return to the shores of the Rainbow Nation, for the first time since the infamous ‘Sandpaper Gate’.
The two already announced their comeback into the international ar🎀ena after🌟 Cricket Australia imposed a one-year ban on them.
Australia plays South Africa for a three-match T20I and ODI series starting February 21. Their last tour to the African nation ꦑwas both heated and ill-fought, marred by various incidents, which ultimately led to the said scandal at Cape Town.
It all started at Durban in the first Test when S𝓀outh African wicketkee😼per-batsman was at the crease. The left-hander received sledging throughout one of the sessions while batting.
On their way back to pavi꧂lion during Tea, Quinton de Kock and David Warner were having a go at each other at full throttl𒁃e, as per footages revealed by the CCTV camera.
However, prior to the start of the limited-overs series, War🧔ner mentioned about crossing p🌌aths with the-now-South Africa-captain.
“Obviously we’ll cross paths playing against each other. But I don’t have his number and I speak to a few of the South African guys but I’ve never played in the same team as him or anything like that,” Warner told The Guardian.
The two exchanged a lot of abusive language going at a personal level, involving family members. Many pundits from the cricketing world, including Michael Holding, condemned the incident at Kings🧸mead that after♕noon.
“Obviously it’s a little bit different. I’m sure if I see him on the field and that, we’ll just treat each other how we normally would as respectful opponents,” the Australian opener added.
The first T20I between ♈Australia and South Africa will be played at Johannesburg. The subsequent games will take place at Port Elizabeth and Cape Town.
