David Warner, Mitchell Starc played 15 years together for Australia | PC- AFPAustralia are touring South Africa for a Test series for the first time since the infamous Sandpaper Gate of 2018, which saw two of the modern-day greats, David Warner and Steve Smith, getting banned and the team facing all kinds of backlash. Three of their batters faced bans, and Australia had to undergo a massive change in the leadership group. David Warner, Mitchell Starc at loggerheads over Sandpaper GateA few weeks back, a protagonist from the Sandpaper saga, David Warner, hinted that more insights from the incident may come out in public, while attending an event in Melbourne last September. “Yeah, potentially. You just never know,” David Warner had said.Meanwhile, Mitchell Starc, then Australia's top man with the ball, replied to the former opener by indirectly shutting down rumours that more stories related to the Sandpaper drama would come out. ALSO READCameron Green Likely To Be Out Of South Africa Vs Australia 1st Test: Report“What’s left to come out after eight years? I’d forgotten we played four Test matches, so like my memory of that (is that it is) so long ago, like I’ve forgotten one of the Test matches, Mitch Starc told Code Sports. "My memory isn’t the best at any time, let alone from eight years ago. So as far as we’re concerned, we’ve moved pretty far down that road."Australia looking at redemption after Sandpaper Gate, WTC heartbreakThe three-match Test series is set to begin at Kingsmead, Durban, starting on October 9. The broadcasters are aiming to keep the Sandpaper Gate as the centrepiece of the upcoming series. Meanwhile, the tourists will not just seek revenge for last time’s embarrassment, but also redemption after losing the WTC 2025 final to the same opposition.That said, Australia is currently going through a massive transition in its batting order, with younger names coming in and trying to cement themselves. Nevertheless, much will depend on how Steve Smith, Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne, who recently scored a fitting hundred, go in the series. ALSO READSourav Ganguly Becomes Delhi Capitals Head Coach Before IPL 2027
