WATCH: Steve Smith gives away emotions during Sandpapergate saga

Dixit Bhargav | 20/12/2018
Steve Smith gives away emotions during Sandpapergate

Steve Smith gives away emotions during Sandpapergate: Banned Australian captain was vocal about his emotions in a recent advertisement.

Banned Australia captain Steve Smith was recently vocal about the outpouring emotions which he went through during the infamous ball tampering saga which happened earlier this year when Australia were in South Africa.

The then Australia captain and vice-captain, Smith and David Warner respectively, were banned for a year by Cricket Australia. While the duo has played club-level cricket since then, they will only be eligible for representing Australia in April.

Smith appeared in an advertisement for Vodafone, expressing his feelings about those ‘dark’ and ‘difficult’ days that were bestowed upon him post the incident. “Everything I dreamed of, everything I was a part of was just falling to pieces. I was in a pretty dark space,” Smith was quoted as saying in the commercial.

After returning to Australia, Smith had apologized to the whole country for all that he did. A role model for plentiful children down under, Smith admitted to his mistake with tears shedding off his eyes.

Speaking on similar lines in the video, Smith said, “I’ve certainly had some difficult days. But it’s OK to be vulnerable. Everyone makes mistakes.”

Apart from playing for his club Sutherland, Smith also took part in a couple of overseas T20 leagues which perhaps must have given him the impression of belonging to the game.

“It’s nice to be back at the club. I love being in a contest where it’s just you versus the bowler,” Smith said about playing for his club.

It is believed that Smith will address the media for the first time after that press conference on Friday in Sydney.

Watch the full video below:

 

Read some of the latest Twitter reactions on Smith below:

 

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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