A press meet organised for travelling Indian media ended up turning out to be controversial as the Australian media tried getting a quote from Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja.
Jadeja was getting late after having a conversation with the Indian media as the team bus was ready to leave Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) and go to the hotel after practice. The Australian reporters did not seem happy as the media manager told them that they will not be giving a quote in English.
This is how the conversation went between Australia and team manager:
Australian media: One question in English?
Media manager: Sorry, we don’t have time now. You can see the team bus is waiting.
Aussie media: Can’t we take one question in English?
Media Manager: This was organised mainly for the travelling Indian media.
One of the few reporters who was present at the moment of the press meet said that it was not just the Australian media, but a few Indian reporters were also there who could not ask questions due to time issues. However, they did not argue with the media manager unlike the Australian reporters.
“I was present there, and many Indian touring journalists didn’t get the opportunity to ask questions due to time constraints. However, after the press conference ended, a few Australian journalists got annoyed and argued with the Indian team’s media manager. They misbehaved as well, which was uncalled for. I cover press conferences regularly, and even during Australian press conferences, many Indian journalists don’t get the chance to ask questions due to time shortages, but we have never argued or misbehaved,” said one of the Indian reporters.
The Australian media is known for being the 12th man of their cricket team. They have often changed the narrative to suit their team, even if it a wrong decision by the umpires. The most recent one was when Mohammed Siraj got criticised for giving Travis Head an aggressive send-off.
It was followed by the verbal spat between Virat Kohli and an Australia reporter as the Indian batter did not wish for the media to be clicking and recording his children at the airport.
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