Rohit Sharma has lashed out at broadcasters Star Sports for airing his conversations for “views and engagement” despite him requesting them not to.
A recent clip of the Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma having a chat at the Eden Gardens with his Mumbai mate Abhishek Nayar was first aired by a franchise’s social media handle. But after releasing that Rohit Sharma was possibly speaking about personal stuff that he wouldn’t want to be known in the world, the franchise then hastily deleted the clip. But by then, the damage was done. Many social media handles had picked up the audio and had aired the clip themselves.
After this, Rohit Sharma was seen in another clip where he was chatting with his friends in the stands at the Wankhede Stadium. In this second clip, Rohit Sharma can be heard telling the cameraperson to not record his audio.
“Bhai audio band karo haan? Ek audio ne mera waat laga diya (Please switch off the audio, one audio recording has ruined me),” he can be seen pleading with the cameraperson with folded hands.
What seems to have angered Rohit Sharma was that even that clip was aired with just one part muted in the middle.
“The lives of cricketers have become so intrusive that cameras are now recording every step and conversation we are having in privacy with our friends and colleagues, at training or on match days,” Rohit Sharma said in a tweet on Sunday after Mumbai Indians had ended its IPL 2024 campaign.
“Despite asking Star Sports to not record my conversation, it was and was also then played on air, which is a breach of privacy. The need to get exclusive content and focused only on views and engagement will one day break the trust between the fans, cricketers and cricket,” Rohit Sharma added.
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