Although India is playing the West Indies on Friday at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, the Virat Kohli incident has hogged the limelight. The media has been swarmed with reports of the ill-tempered rant directed at a journalist, with the general feeling being that it was unbecoming of an Indian Test captain. As Ravichandran Ashwin, the Indian off-spinner, addressed the media on the eve of the game, he said he did not know what had happened and said that the media were in Australia to support the Indian team.
The media has been kept at a distance from the Indian players during the ICC World Cup 2015 and Ashwin was asked about his views of the media. “Media are here to support us. It’s very heartening to see the media turn up in so many huge numbers and try to support us. But I mean, this is my take on it. I think the media has a responsible way of taking cricket back home in a responsible fashion, taking cricket to the public in the way it needs to be taken,” Ashwin said.
Jason Holder, the West Indies captain, was asked about the ‘distractions’ in the Indian camp, and he said that he was not aware of it. India will play the West Indies on Friday in an important game at the WACA, Perth. While India are at the top of the table and are looking to maintain that spot, West Indies want to get their campaign back on track after a defeat against South Africa.
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