Fresh Video Emerges Amid Row Over Jadeja Speaking Hindi In Australia. Here's What Happened
India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja addressed the media at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Saturday, ahead of the Boxing-Day Test against Australia starting next week. However, the Australian media accused Jadeja of refusing to answer a question in English, sparking a huge controversy. Now, a viral video capturing the whole incident has gone viral on social media. In the video, Team India's media manager can be seen having an intense discussion with one of the local reporters, who was not happy with Jadeja walking away from the scene and refusing to answer a question in English.
Team India's media manager was clearly heard saying that Jadeja was in a rush as the team bus running late. However, the Australian journalist kept arguing with him, labelling the situation as "disorganised and hopeless".
Pressure is intensifying on India ahead of the Boxing Day test with the tourists adopting a siege mentality.
Just days after Virat Kohli's fiery run-in with Australian media, today his teammates refused to answer questions from local reporters. @trent_kniese #9News pic.twitter.com/ILKWC305Ag
7News reported that Jadeja refused to answer questions in English, adding that it was 'an annoying situation' for the Australian journalists. The report also claimed that the interaction was organised for the Indian media, even though several local journalists were invited to attend the presser.
One of the two Indian journalists, who were present at the MCG, had to later clarify that Jadeja couldn't answer all the questions as he was in a rush. He also said that the Australian media 'overreacted' as there was never any compulsion to address the media in English.
This comes a day after star batter Virat Kohli lashed out at a reported for