Cricket Australia yesterday sentenced ban on Steve Smith and Devid Warmer for 12 months and on Cameron Bancroft for 9 months from international cricket after being found guilty in ball-tampering. Every cricket personality is sharing their views on this incident. In the same sequence, Indian player and Delhi Daredevil’s IPL captain Gautam Gambhir also made his statement.
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Gautam Gambhir has said that this decision of Cricket Australia is a very strict action against Australian cricketers Steve Smith and David Warner in the ball-tempering case. Gautam added, “Smith and Warner have not had to suffer the inability to adopt a rebel step in raising their wages.” Let you know that both of them Smith and Warner, had shown rebel views for increasing salaries against Cricket Australia on television.
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Gambhir took this sentence seriously and wrote on his official Twitter page about this,
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 Chappell #BallTampering #StevenSmith
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) March 29, 2018
Credit: Gautam Gambhir official Twitter Account
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Gautam raised the question against Australian Cricket Administration. He also made a tweet saying that “He doesn’t think that Smith is a cheat, He was just trying to win the match for his team as a leader. However, his methods of doing so are questionable. But let’s not label him a corrupt. ”
I may be getting emotional but @stevesmith49 doesn’t look to me a cheat. Don’t know about u but I see in him a desperate leader trying to win a Test match for his country, his team. Yes, indeed, his methods were questionable but let’s not label him corrupt #BallTamperingScandal pic.twitter.com/xOxAM45QXM
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) March 29, 2018
Credit: Gautam Gambhir official Twitter Account
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Gautam Gambhir has also appealed to the Australian media and the general public on this episode that they should also think of the families of these players. what they will be experiencing after the punishment. Gautam also felt sorry for Smith and his family.
Feel sorry for @stevesmith49 dad (in pic) other family members. Hope media n Aussie public go easy on them as families can be soft targets. More than d ban living wid this feeling of being called a cheat is a bigger punishment. #BallTamperingRow pic.twitter.com/L2sV8BgWAH
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) March 29, 2018
Credit: Gautam Gambhir official Twitter Account
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