{
  "id": 19522414,
  "title": "'I wasn't in that dressing room': Root reacts to Khawaja's Sandpapergate revelations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/i-wasnt-in-that-dressing-room-root-reacts-to-khawajas-sandpapergate",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-11T16:04:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/i-wasnt-in-that-dressing-room-joe-root-reacts-to-usman-khawajas-fresh-sandpapergate-revelations/articleshow/135742606.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "England captain Joe Root has refused to comment on fresh Sandpapergate allegations raised by Usman Khawaja in his autobiography. Khawaja claims Australia's wider team was involved in the 2018 ball-tampering scandal. Root said he did not know what happened inside the Australian dressing room, while Peter Handscomb also declined to discuss the revelations.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}