London: India set a mammoth 353 runs target for the defending champions Australia in their second game of the 2019 World Cup at The Oval on Sunday. On a day when Indian batsmen made a mockery of Australian bowlers, there was a moment of suspense as leg-spinner Adam Zampa was seen applying something on the ball from his pocket.
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Australia have recently seen their star cricketers David Warner and Steve Smith returning to the national side for the World Cup after serving bans for their involvement in the ball tampering controversy that happened against South Africa in Cape Town in March 2018.
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Whats in the pocket Zampa??? Are Australia upto old tricks again? pic.twitter.com/MPrKlK2bs9
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— Peter Shipton (@Shippy1975) June 9, 2019Whats in the pocket Zampa??? Are Australia upto old tricks again? pic.twitter.com/MPrKlK2bs9
— Peter Shipton (@Shippy1975) June 9, 2019
Smith, who was the captain of Australia team at that Test, and his then deputy Warner were handed bans for a year by Cricket Australia. On the other hand, the executor of the plan Cameron Bancroft got a ban of nine months. The incident rocked the Australian cricket which saw them touching a new low.
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When the ball-tampering controversy is still fresh in Australian cricketers' mind, another similar thing might have happened at The Oval. The man under the scanner this time is leg spinner Adam Zampa.
However, it was difficult to see what exactly Zampa was using on the ball. The leg-spinner conceded 50 runs in 6 overs and went wicketless.
