Controversy in Jadeja's press conference, Australian media deliberately spoiling the atmosphere?

IND vs AUS 4th Test: The excitement of the Border Gavaskar Trophy being played between India and Australia is now at its peak. Earlier, there was a hustle and bustle among the players only on the field, but now something similar is happening outside the field also.Which is being discussed all over the world. First, without asking Indian star cricketer Virat Kohli, the Australian media wanted to take a picture or video of his family at the airport, due to which King Kohli became very angry. Now the Australian media has created a big controversy regarding the press conference of star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja.

What is the whole matter of Ravindra Jadeja's press conference?

After India's first practice session at the MCG, BCCI held a press conference of all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja. This press conference was only for Indian journalists covering this series, despite this, Cricket Australia's media team invited Australian journalists without coordination.

Misbehavior with Indian media manager Maulin Parikh

In fact, during this press conference, many Indian journalists asked Jadeja questions in Hindi, to which Jadeja also answered in Hindi. However, due to limited time, no Australian journalist could ask questions. After the press conference was over, an Australian journalist asked Indian media manager Maulin Parikh why no questions were taken in English.

Parikh tried to explain this, but when the Australian cameraman started recording the conversation without consent, the matter worsened again. Despite Parikh's protests, additional cameras were brought in to record the conversation. In a show of solidarity, Indian journalists stepped forward, blocked the cameras and said that the discussion was a private matter and not for public broadcast.

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An official of the Indian team told about this situation. He said, 'The press conference was specifically for Indian journalists, but it seems that Cricket Australia's media team invited Australian journalists. Due to paucity of time, all the journalists, including many Indians, did not get time to ask questions. Our media manager never imposed any language restrictions. Ravindra Jadeja is proficient in English and could answer any question asked to him, but the questions were asked in Hindi, and he answered accordingly in Hindi.

Australian media made a big fuss over a small matter

However, the Australian media made this incident a big controversy. He linked it to the incident that happened with Virat Kohli at the airport. In his story, he accused the Indian team of being uncooperative and inappropriate during press interactions.

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