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The members of the Indian cricket team have been marred with several controveries during the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2024-25. While Virat Kohli has also been in the centre of controversy after he was seen engaging in an argument with a female journalist last week on landing at Melbourne Airport ahead of the Boxing Day Test.
Days after this, Ravindra Jadeja was surrounded in a new controversy with Australian journalists claiming that he ignored to answer questions in English. A similar incident unfolded with Akash Deep on Sunday, December 22 after he was seen addressing the media in his native language. Seeing the Indian cricketers get into several controversies, former Australian cricketer Simon Katich has called these allegations “mind games”.
Simon Katich calls Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja controversies as “mind games”
Speaking ahead of the Boxing Day Test against Australia, former Australian cricketer Simon Katich commented on the recent controversies which have brewed up surrounding several Indian cricketers including Virat Kohli as well as all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja. The 49-year-old has termed these incidents as “mind games” which have been up and about due to the enormity of the series.
“Obviously, there’s been a few things unfolding in the last week or so, that haven’t gone down well at that camp. It’s probably just the mind games being played, given the enormity of this series,” Katich said on Channel 7. “The media are here to promote the game and I don’t know what the Indians are thinking at the moment. That’s their problem,” he added.
Speaking of Virat Kohli’s incident, the star Indian batter was seen engaging in an argument, particularly upset about the intrusion into his family’s privacy. “With my kids, I need some privacy. You can’t film without asking me,” he told the media at the Melbourne Airport. On the other hand, another controversy stirred up, involving Ravindra Jadeja. The Australia media accussed the off-spinning all-rounder of refusing to answer questions in English.
