Australia captain Aaron Finch has leapt to the defence of teammate Adam Zampa, after eagle-eyed viewers spotted the spin-bowler fidgeting in his pockets during their Cricket World Cup loss to India.
Social media went into a frenzy, when Zampa was spotted reaching into his pocket between deliveries and accusations of ball-tampering started again, after Australia's highly publicised drama in South Africa last year.
But Finch insists Zampa was using hand warmers, which he uses in every match he plays.
The logic sounds reasonable, with temperatures about 16 degrees Celsius in London.
"I haven't seen the photos, but I know that he has hand warmers in his pocket," explained Finch. "He has them every single game he plays.
"I honestly haven't seen them [the images], so I can't comment too much on it, but I know for a fact that he has hand warmers every game."
India posted 352/5 from their 50 overs and Australia were bowled out for 316 to lose by 36 runs.
Two of the players involved in the Cape Town incident - Steve Smith and David Warner - have received plenty of abuse since returning to the national team from their 12-month bans.
The pair have copped it badly during the World Cup and India's captain Virat Kohli decided to do something about that.
During India's innings, Smith was fielding on the boundary, in front of hundreds of Indian fans, who were ripping into the former Aussie captain with chants of 'cheater, cheater'.
Standing at the crease, Kohli looked up towards that section of the stadium and gestured to cut it out, making a clapping gesture and pointed to Smith.
After the match, Kohli apologised to Smith for the abuse.
"What's happened has happened, like long back," Kohli said. "The guy is back, he's trying to play well for his side.
"Even in the IPL, I saw him. It's not good to see someone down like that, to be honest.
"I just felt for him and I told him, 'I'm sorry on behalf of the crowd'.
"Because I've seen that happen in a few earlier games, as well, and in my opinion, that's not acceptable."
"We've had issues in the past. We've had a few arguments on the field, but you don't want to see a guy feeling that heat every time he goes out to play," Kohli said.
"So just because there's so many Indian fans here, I just didn't want them to set a bad example, to be honest.
"I felt bad, because if I was in a position where something had happened with me and I had apologised, I accepted it and I came back, and still I would get booed, I wouldn't like it either."
India face New Zealand in their next match on Thursday (NZT), while Australia face Pakistan on Wednesday.
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