This guy tried to fool channel 9’s 26 Cameras fixed around the ground and got caught for ball tempering !. His Response was ““I was just trying to smell it,”.

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Shahid Afridi, banned for two T20 matches for tampering with the ball, can claim credit for a few things. For the most amusing response, for instance. “I was just trying to smell it,” he said, after being caught on camera gnawing at the ball as Pakistan lost an ODI at Perth, in which he was the captain.

He also inspired original responses from others. “Probably he was trying to eat an apple,” said Intikhab Alam, who would have done better to say that he was clueless and flummoxed. Graeme Smith, feasting on the controversy, said: “Perhaps he didn’t appreciate the lunch given in Australia.” As would be expected of a deft marketing hand, Afridi’s manager Umran Khan managed to see the silver lining. “Shahid’s desire to win was there for all to see,” he gushed. Others wondered if Afridi was drunk, and still others whether there was a bet.
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