Mumbai: Actor Varun Dhawan has lent support to Australian skipper Steven Smith
over the ball-tampering controversy and hopes that fans will "forgive"
him for his actions.
Smith, along with vice-captain David Warner,
has been banned for a year for ball-tampering during the third Test
against South Africa in Cape Town. Cameron Bancroft, who was caught on
camera trying to tamper the ball with a sandpaper, has been banned for
nine months.