In addition to facing a strong squad when touring Australia, you also have to contend with the unseen 12th man, the Australian media, which isn’t always so unseen. During the current Border-Gavaska Trophy, the Australian media has begun to play pranks. What happened between Virat Kohli and a Channel 7 reporter at the Melbourne airport upon the former India captain’s arrival on Thursday (December 19) was, of course, the tipping point. It was elevated to a new level by what transpired at India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja’s press conference on Saturday.
Dispelling the false claim from the Australian media and blaming Team India and Ravindra Jadeja
The first accusation made by the Australian media was that “when India’s star all-rounder, Ravindra Jadeja, refused to answer questions in English, the Australian media were perplexed and confused,” according to the report. “India’s media team recognized a few Australian journalists and directed them to reporters who were permitted to ask questions. However, Jadeja only answered in his mother tongue.
Reality: Since he wasn’t asked a question in that language, Jadeja never declined to respond in English. Since the Indian reporters exclusively posed questions in Hindi, he responded to the majority of them in that language.
“The press conference was then wrapped up when he told the journalists that he had to get the bus,” according to the second report made by the Australian media.
Reality: Jadeja never said that he had to go since the team bus was departing.
Australian media’s allegation 3: “India’s media team said the conference was for ‘travelling Indian media only’, even though Australian media was invited.”
Reality: The traveling Indian journalists were the main audience for the news conference. Only the traveling media’s WhatsApp group received the communication from the Indian camp. The Australians were told by the CA spokesman.
Australian media misbehaves
The Indian media manager was rudely approached by a couple of Australian journalists who asked their cameramen to continue filming their exchange. Their actions were on the verge of being hostile.
This event occurs a few days after Channel 7 violated the privacy of India icon Virat Kohli by photographing him at the Melbourne airport with his kids without his permission. Despite the fact that there is no official regulation prohibiting the media from photographing a public figure like Kohli, his family—particularly his young children—might have been spared. Furthermore, it was dubious that Kohli lost his temper and got into a heated argument with a female reporter on the same channel, according to the pushy reporting. A traveling Indian journalist said that Kohli was never angry.
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