Former England captain Michael Vaughan claimed that the entire incident surrounding Ravindra Jadeja's press conference could have been averted if Australian media had utilized Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques to transcribe the Hindi audio into English.
In India's first media interaction before the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne, the Australian media were outraged because Ravindra Jadeja's responses were solely in Hindi.
The BCCI media staff advised Jadeja that they would not be able to accept questions in English because they needed to "catch the bus."
This did not sit well with the local reporters, who allegedly misbehaved with the media management, continuing to tape the events after the press conference had ended despite being asked not to.
Channel 7 carried a report and blamed Ravindra Jadeja for refusing to answer in English. The press conference was primarily for visiting Indian media, so all questions were asked in Hindi. Jadeja, who is obviously more comfortable in that language, responded in Hindi.
"India is a powerhouse. They clearly think cameras at the airport and filming families is a step too far. And this is their way of reacting. It just adds more drama for me. There are AI systems that you can use to translate Hindi into Australian English. So if they are not willing to speak in English. Just put it into the system and it'll come out as Australian English You just quote Jadeja in what comes in the AI. It might not be the exact same but it will be quite funny," he said in the Club Praire Fire podcast.
Vaughan made a tongue-in-cheek statement about the Indian media manager's "we have bus to catch" remarks when refusing to answer questions from the Australian media, claiming that the Indian team did not travel by bus.
"I like a little bit of spice in the series. I like the Mohammed Siraj vs Travis Head... What Jadeja did. I like the press officer from the Indian side. The guy has been there for a while. We have had issues with him in the UK. I just like how he deals with the press and tells them to go away. "We've got a bus to catch".
I don't think they have buses. That's a lie. I think they have cars. I'm pretty sure they don't go on a double-decker team bus. They have pretty cool cars," he added.
India takes on Australia in the 4th Test in Melbourne from December 26 onwards.
