Rohit's conversation with Abhishek Nayar caused quote a furor on social media.
India captain and Mumbai Indians batter Rohit Sharma took to social media and slammed the official IPL broadcasters for not heeding to his request to mute the audio while recording him.
The incident happened ahead of the IPL 2024 match between Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants in Mumbai a couple of days back.
Rohit Sharma was seen talking to his former Mumbai and India teammate Dhawal Kulkarni and they were sharing some laughs. Rohit then noticed the cameraperson and requested him to turn the audio off as the last time caused him difficulty, as he signaled towards his conversation with Nayar.
“Bhai yaar, audio band kar Bhai, ek audio ne to mera waat laga diya hain (please mute the audio, one audio got me in trouble),” Rohit can be heard telling the cameraperson.
Notably, a few days ago, MI had traveled to Kolkata to face KKR at Eden Gardens. Ahead of the match, Rohit Sharma was talking to KKR coach Abhishek Nayar and during this conversation, he seemingly said that everything had changed in the MI camp.
Rohit can be heard saying: “Ek ek cheez change ho raha hai.... Woh unke upar hai, main ye sab pe dhyaan nahi data... (Everything is changing one by one. It depends on them, I don't care about that). Jo bhi hai woh mera ghar hai bhai, woh temple jo hai na maine banwaya hai. (Whatever it is, it's my home. It's a temple that I've built). Bhai mera kya, mera toh last hai (Anyway, this is my last).”
Therefore, Rohit wanted the cameraperson to mute the audio when he was seen talking to Dhawal Kulkarni. But the audio wasn’t muted and the video of him folding his hands to request for audio to shut off went viral.
This has led to Rohit Sharma angrily slamming Star Sports for not heeding his request for the audio shut off and for airing the said video as well. He said this lust for exclusive content will one day break the trust between the fans, cricketers, and cricket.
“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. 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 focus only on views and engagement will one day break the trust between the fans, cricketers, and cricket. Let better sense prevail,” Rohit Sharma posted on X.