Steven Smith has had a really tough week or so ever since being involved in the ball-tampering scandal, in the Newlands Test against South Africa that resulted in a one-year ban for him along with David Warner and a nine-month ban for Cameron Bancroft.

The 28-year old though, accepted full responsibility of his actions and the shame it brought to his country, in a tearful press conference on Thursday.

And ever since pictures and videos circulated of Smith’s emotional media addressal and his arrival in Sydney, Indian cricketers have come in support of the ex-Australian captain.

Among those who have come to the defence of the under-fire trio were Gautam Gambhir, Ravichandran Ashwin, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh and a few others as well.

Here we take a look at what they had to say about the crisis in Australian cricket.