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.
Yesterday, a teary-eyed Smith made an appearance in
front of Australian media after he reached Sydney, and said he regretted
his actions.
Varun took to Twitter and wrote, "Watching Steven
Smith apologise and look broken is very sad. I'm sure the fans will
forgive him."
"He looks beyond remorseful I hope and pray he will come out of
this ordeal a better cricketer. The mental, the emotional trauma, I'm
sure is bigger then any ban," he added.
On the work front, the actor will be next seen in Shoojit Sircar's "October", which also stars debutante Banita Sandhu.
PTI
