As India start the day two of the Sydney Test on a positive note, a fresh controversy has emerged that the strict restrictions imposed due to Covid-19 is making the Indian cricket team reluctant to play the 4th Test at the Gabba in Brisbane, reports Hindustan Times.
However, former Indian test opener Aakash Chopra has slammed Australia media and said that they are creating an image as if Indian team is scared to play the Australian team at the Gabba.
Chopra described the Aussie media as the “12th man”, and said a narrative is being built to create an image that Indian team is “chickening out” of the Brisbane Test.
Chopra’s comments in Hindi are now available on youtube and he minced no words when he called Australian media has become the 12th man and how the media got hold of a small video clip were Ravindra Jadeja and Ishant Sharma are arguing, and the stump mic caught some abusive exchanges between the players.
“I saw it during the last tour as well that mental disintegration is practised in Australia. When Australia lost the Adelaide Test last time, coach Justin Langer spoke to the media that this is a team of ‘bad boys’ and they ‘bully’ the other team. I was like ‘bully calling a bully, what are you doing?’. Then after they won the Perth Test, the media created a buzz that India cannot win in Perth,” Chopra said in a video on his YouTube channel.
He questioned how the media got hold of these clips and said how former players, on the last tour, started saying that the team is really ill-mannered team after giving them a taste their own medicine.