I haven't thrown anyone under the bus - Khawaja

Other players involved in the Cape Town controversy have repeatedly denied involvement or knowledge of the plot to alter the condition of the ball by rubbing it with sandpaper.

Four bowlers who played for Australia in that Test - Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon - remain part of the team. Cummins has been Test captain since 2021.

In 2021, the quartet released a joint statement which said they "did not know a foreign substance was taken on to the field".

On Saturday, Darren Lehmann, the Australia coach who resigned in the wake of the ball-tampering scandal, also denied Khawaja's claims when he told ABC: "I don't think everyone would have known."