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Updated on: Jan 31, 2023 | 8:00 AM IST
On this day in the year 2010, Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi did something like this, due to which he was banned for two T20 matches.
In the year 2018, the whole world was shaken by the sand paper controversy of the Australian cricket team. Steve Smith and David Warner were banned for one year by Cricket Australia for tampering with the ball. This matter definitely came in the headlines but this was not the first case of ball tampering. 8 years before this, in the year 2010, former Pakistan captain and all-rounder Shahid Afridi did something similar. (Getty Images)
This story is of the year 2010 when a series of five T20 matches was being played between Australia and Pakistan. In the absence of Mohammad Yusuf, Shahid Afridi was handling the captaincy of the team. This was the last match of the series and Pakistan was trailing 0-4. (Getty Images)
Australia’s batting was going on. Shahid Afridi was talking to Rana Naveed ul Hasan who was going to bowl. The camera was on Afridi. Meanwhile, the fans got to see something strange. Afridi took the ball in his hand and started cutting it. The cameraman gave this information to the umpire. (Getty Images)
The umpire saw the ball and changed it. Afridi wanted the ball to reverse swing and that is why he tried to taper the ball. After this Afridi was banned for two T20 matches. Years later, Afridi accepted his mistake in an interview. (Getty Images)
Not only the ball, Afridi was also banned for pitch tampering. He was banned by the match referee for one Test and two ODIs for tampering with the pitch during the Faisalabad Test between Pakistan and England in 2005. Although later he apologized. (Getty Images)
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