Michael Clarke comments on Indian cricketer’s less interaction with Australian media

He stated that in the past, even Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni wouldn’t address the media in Australia before the matches.

Michael Clarke isn’t surprised by Ravindra Jadeja’s press conference controversy. He said that even in the past, Tendulkar and MS Dhoni didn’t address Australian media ahead of matches. Former Australia captain Michael Clarke gave his honest take on Ravindra Jadeja’s pre-match press conference controversy.

Australian media lashes out at Jadeja.

It was the first media interaction before the Boxing Day Test, where Jadeja answered his questions in Hindi, and the Australian media got miffed by that. The BCCI team informed them that Jadeja couldn’t take questions in English as they had to “catch the bus.” The Australian media lashed at Jadeja for not giving answers in English, and soon, it became a topic of discussion in the local media houses. Leading Channel 7 carried out a report full of twisted facts and blamed Jadeja for “refusing” to answer questions in English. However, the press meet was largely for the traveling Indian media. Hence, all the questions were asked in Hindi. Jadeja, who felt more comfortable speaking the language, answered in Hindi.

Michael Clarke digs out MS Dhoni and Sachin Tendulkar’s off-field tactics.

Michael Clarke recently commented on Ravindra Jadeja’s pre-match press conference controversy. He wasn’t surprised by Jadeja’s press conference and said that in the past, MS Dhoni didn’t address the media ahead of matches, and the same was true for Sachin Tendulkar. He said on ESPN’s Around the Wicket show, “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.”

Clarke asserted that Gautam Gambhir’s press conference in Mumbai before leaving for Australia set the tone for how the Indian team would conduct themselves off the field. Gambhir had also lashed out at Ricky Ponting for criticizing Virat Kohli’s form while addressing the media.