Happy Birthday Tim Paine- Sexting Scandal Snatched Everything From Them

Tim Paine was made the captain of Australia’s Test team after Steve Smith was removed from the captaincy. He led the team to the Ashes series in 2019. But the sexting scandal that happened in the past took everything away from him. Today is his 37th birthday. Pan himself had decided to step down from the captaincy. Later he also decided to withdraw from the Ashes series. Pat Cummins has been made the new captain of the Test team in his place.

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Paine came into the limelight in 2009-

Tim Paine came into the limelight in 2009. He made his mark at the international level by scoring a brilliant 111 against England in his 7th ODI. He was being seen as a substitute for Brad Haddin. But in 2010, he got away from international cricket due to a finger injury. He could not play for the 78 Test team for 7 years. But due to the ball-tampering controversy, Steve Smith was removed from the captaincy, became the captain of the Pan Test team in 2018.

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Paine sent his obscene pictures and lewd messages to a female colleague-

Tim Paine sent his obscene pictures and lewd messages to a female colleague. Although this case was from 2017. Apologizing for this, he had decided to leave the captaincy. Leaving the captaincy, he expressed his desire to play the Ashes series, but later he withdrew his name. He scored 1534 runs in 35 Tests at an average of 33. Scored 9 fifties. Apart from this, he also played 35 ODIs and 12 T20 Internationals.

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Career start with defeat-

The team was defeated by South Africa by 492 runs in the first match. After this, Australia (India vs Australia) lost 1-2 in the 4-match series against India in 2018-19. Team India was successful in winning the Test in Australia for the first time. The Ashes series played in England in 2019 tied at 2-2. In this way, Australia’s team was able to retain the trophy with them. After this, the Indian team once again defeated Australia 2-1 in the Test series in 2020-21. He won 11 out of 23 Tests as captain, Lost in 8.