Warner was the team's vice-captain during the sandpapergate incident and was subsequently handed a 12-month ban from international and domestic cricket. The former Australian opener came out in Khawaja's defence again after Cummins rubbished his claims on the use of sandpaper in. Former batter David Warner on Friday (November 13, 2026) accused Australian skipper Pat Cummins of throwing Usman Khawaja "under the bus" and asserted that what his one-time opening partner wrote.