SYDNEY (The Thursday Times) — Australia ke Test kaptaan Pat Cummins ne Usman Khawaja ke is daawe ko “sarasar bakwas” qarar diya hai ke woh aur deegar khiladi 2018 ki ball tampering saazish ke peeche thay, jabke Australia ke home season ke aaghaz se ain pehle Sandpapergate ka tanaza phir se khul gaya hai.
Cummins ne Jumma ko khud Sydney Cricket Ground mein press conference bulayi taake Khawaja ki nayi sawaneh umri Sabr mein lagaye gaye ilzamaat ka jawab de sakein. Unhon ne kaha ke woh saara din sawalat ke jawab dene ko tayyar hain taake har nayi kitaab ya daawe ke saath yeh mamla dobara na uchhala jaye. Press conference aik ghante se zyada jaari rahi.
“Jab woh kehte hain ke hum sab jaante thay, agar is se un ki muraad yeh hai ke humein maloom tha ke sandpaper maidan mein le jaya ja raha hai, to woh sau feesad ghalat hain. Main pichhle aath saal se musalsal yehi kehta aaya hoon,” Cummins ne kaha. “Mujhe maloom nahin tha ke aisa ho raha hai.”
“Lekin Usman dar-asal is se kahin zyada sangeen baatein kehte hain. Woh kehte hain ke main aur doosre sandpaper se ball tampering ki scheme ke memaar thay. Yeh sarasar bakwas hai.”
“Meri zindagi ko halka liya”
Cummins, jo 2018 mein Cape Town mein saazish saamne aane ke waqt mahz apna terahwan Test khel rahe thay, ne kaha ke Khawaja ne apne sabiq saathiyon ki saakh ke mamle mein laparwahi barti hai. “Usman dost hain, lekin dost aik doosre ki zindagiyon aur saakh ko halka nahin lete,” unhon ne kaha. “Apni kitaab mein Usman ne meri zindagi, bohat se doosron ki zindagiyon aur mere khayal mein Australian cricket ko halka liya hai.”
Unhon ne kaha ke un ka qanooni karrawai ka koi irada nahin. Unhon ne yeh bhi bataya ke aik din pehle un ki aur un ki ahliya Becky ki garma garam guftagu ki jo video saamne aayi thi, us ki wajah Khawaja ke daawon par Becky ka ghussa tha.
Warner ki Khawaja ki himayat
Is mamle mein pabandi ka saamna karne wale teen khiladiyon mein se aik, David Warner ne Khawaja ka saath diya hai. Perth mein England ke khilaf Australia ke one-day international se pehle aik TV commentary panel par baat karte hue unhon ne kaha ke Cummins ne Khawaja ko “bus ke neeche dhakel diya”. “Main Usman aur un ki baaton ke saath khara hoon,” Warner ne kaha. “Mere liye baat sach ko tasleem karne ki hai, aur mujhe nahin lagta ke yeh mamla thanda hoga.”
Hafte ke shuru mein Warner ne kaha tha ke Khawaja ka bayan “sau feesad durust” hai.
Us waqt ke kaptaan Steve Smith aur naib kaptaan Warner par 2018 ke Cape Town Test ke baad 12 maah, aur gend par sandpaper istemal karte hue camera mein pakre jaane wale Cameron Bancroft par nau maah ki pabandi lagayi gayi thi. Baqi team aur coaching staff ne is mansoobe se la-ilmi ka izhar kiya tha. Cricket Australia tehqiqat dobara kholne ka imkan mustarad kar chuka hai.
Pakistan mein paida hone wale sabiq opener Khawaja, jo January mein Test cricket se retire hue, keh chuke hain ke unhon ne yeh kahani un teen khiladiyon ki himayat mein sunayi jinhein un ke khayal mein qurbani ka bakra banaya gaya.
