Team India coach Rahul Dravid shared his disappointment at the video leak from star batter Virat Kohli’s hotel room in the Crown Hotels in Perth, where the Men in Blue clashed with South Africa last Sunday.
Virat Kohli had reshared the video from inside of his hotel room in Perth’s Crown Hotels in which the staff captured all his equipment and clothes and belongings on video and shared it on social media with the title 'King Kohli's hotel room.'
After Kohli's lengthy Instagram post in which he said he was "paranoid about his privacy," Crown Resorts issued an official apology and also sacked the personnel involved.
Here is the video:
Calling the incident 'disappointing,' Dravid said a hotel room is one place where the players feel most secure and when that privacy is breached 'it is not a nice feeling.'
"It was disappointing, it's not very comfortable for anyone, let alone Virat. We have flagged it with the relevant authorities, and they have taken action. Hopefully, incidents like this won't happen in the future and hopefully, people are a lot more careful. That's (hotel room) the one place you feel you are away from the prying eyes and without the media glare, without the photographers and all of these that the players have to deal with. When that's taken away, it's not really a nice feeling," Dravid said in the pre-match press conference in Adelaide on Tuesday.
Dravid also said that Virat Kohli has moved on from that incident and is focusing on the next match against Bangladesh in Adelaide on November 2nd.
"He has dealt with it very well. He's here to train. He's absolutely fine," Dravid added.
Indian team needs to win their remaining two matches against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe to ensure qualification for the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup 2022.
