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Former Australian cricket crew skipper Michael Clarke namedropped MS Dhoni whereas giving his verdict over the controversy round Ravindra Jadeja’s interview forward of the Boxing Day Check match. Throughout the first media interplay forward of the encounter, Jadeja answered questions solely in Hindi – a transfer that left the Australian journalists fuming. Akash Deep adopted swimsuit and it additional worsened the scenario with the native media. Even Virat Kohli received right into a verbal spat with Australian reporters on the Melbourne Aiport.
Clarke stated that not a lot has modified relating to media interactions from Indian cricketers and reminded that MS Dhoni didn’t deal with the media even as soon as throughout a complete tour whereas he was captain.
“I don’t think much has changed, to be honest. I’ve experienced Indian teams coming here, and their captain, MS Dhoni, didn’t do one press conference during the entire Test series. So, Sachin was very restrictive around when he chose to do media. I think it’s been the same for a long time. So, I like the fact they’re still putting someone up,” he stated on ESPN’s Across the Wicket present.
Clarke additionally identified that it was head coach Gautam Gambhir who set the tone together with his press convention forward of the sequence the place he fired pictures at Ricky Ponting about his feedback on Virat Kohli.
“I think they made it pretty clear before they left India what they were going to be like when they arrived in Australia. They’re going to stick to themselves, stick to their plan. Gambhir made that very clear in the first press conference. So, I don’t know why anybody’s surprised, and for them, it’d be about what’s happening on the field, not off the field.”
“So, I don’t think even the chat around it would be bothering India too much,” Clarke added.
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