The Indian team management along with the players are disturbed with reports about a rift concerning their captain and vice-captain and media persons following the Indian team have had their share of angst.
Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is hurt by the way the media is treating him. The Indian team management along with the players are disturbed with reports about a rift concerning their captain and vice-captain and media persons following the Indian team have had their share of angst.
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Painful exit: Virender Sehwag |
But Virender Sehwag's pain is most unbearable. After facing 12 balls in the nets from paceman Ishant Sharma and Praveen Kumar, Sehwag was seen rubbing his shoulder and walking out of the net area. The next thing we heard was that he was rushed to hospital.
"Mujhe bahut dard ho raha hain," he told his teammates before he left the ground.
It is believed that the Delhi dasher is still experiencing severe pain and is unable to talk.
Dhoni, one hears, wanted to continue skipping the media conference but International Cricket Council media officials had to stress the point to the Indian team bosses that this is an international event and media from other countries cannot suffer due to the captain's rift with his country's media.
Dhoni relented and faced the media. But just like Friday when he asked his team to accompany him to the media area while he read out a statement, there was pandemonium yesterday too.
When Dhoni exclaimed that he would not speak about Sehwag's fitness, a few journalists insisted on his reaction to which the captain insisted that he wouldn't reveal anything.u00a0 The scribes stressed that they were just asking for an update on an injured player.
EntertainmentMeanwhile, the foreign media lapped up all the entertainment and Indian cricket continued to be a laughing stock.
To Dhoni's credit, he was calm and sent out a warning to India's future opponents by saying, "we are playing good cricket. It will be difficult to beat us."
We hope so.
