CricBait | Turmoil in Australia, Tim Paine forced to step down after a 'Sexting' scandal, Yash Chawla decodes the 'Paine-full exit' & Lav Vaid speaks to Nitin Khanna, and Khyati Patel on Team India's 2nd T20 vs New Zealand in Ranchi
Also read: End of Paine! Tim steps down as Australian Test captain due to a 'sexting' scandal
In a major blow for hosts Australia, captain Tim Paine has stepped down as the captain of the Test team just 3 weeks ahead of the massive Ashes title defence against arch-rivals England. Paine stepped down as the leader of the pack after reports emerged of a sexting scandal involving him and a Cricket Tasmania employee in 2017. Paine who was made the captain of Australia after the infamous ball-tampering scandal in 2018 was earlier cleared of the charges in an internal Cricket Australia investigation.