Kings XI Punjab players blast media reports
May 13, 2016 at 10:14 PM
Kings XI Punjab players have blasted the media reports that claimed that Australian player Shaun Marsh was sent back home due to an alleged brawl inside the dressing room.
They rubbished the rumours vehemently and also lashed at Indian journalists for spreading out such a baseless news.The players took to social media to express their anger.
The left-hander was ruled out for the remainder of this edition of the IPL with a back injury. But when some reports emerged claiming that Marsh went back home due to an alleged altercation with a teammate inside the dressing room, Marsh’s compatriot Glenn Maxwell took to twitter to express his anger.
His tweet read,” Hahaha just saw a report that @shaunmarsh9 was sent home because of a brawl with a KXIP teammate, not because of injury…the poor bloke was in agony on the field last game he played, and then this rubbish comes out! #absolutegarbage #indianjournalism #lies
1/2 Hahaha just saw a report that @shaunmarsh9 was sent home because of a brawl with a kxip teammate, not because of injury…
— Glenn Maxwell (@Gmaxi_32) May 13, 2016
2/2 the poor bloke was in agony in the field last game he played, and then this rubbish comes out! #absolutegarbage #indianjournalism #lies
— Glenn Maxwell (@Gmaxi_32) May 13, 2016
Maxwell’s compatriot Mitchell Johnson too denied the story
https://twitter.com/MitchJohnson398/status/731045649022476290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Marsh KXIP teammate David Miller too expressed his surprise on twitter
Dipankar Lahiri just wrote an absolutely shocking story about @shaunmarsh9 being sent home. Get your story right before public statements.
— David Miller (@DavidMillerSA12) May 13, 2016
Later, Maxwell posted a tweet to clarify that everything was well inside the KXIP dressing room.
— Glenn Maxwell (@Gmaxi_32) May 13, 2016
KXIP’s chances of qualifying for the playoffs hangs in balance. Lying at the bottom of the table, they will play against Mumbai Indians on May 13.