Earlier today on Cricinfo, there was a news item titled “Dravid walks out of ceremony”. When you clicked on the link, it errored out. Now that article has totally disappeared from the site and even the link doesn’t show up. Anyone happen to read that article before it was taken off? Which incident was it referring to?
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Here we go:
After a couple of minutes of “twisting” with Google, here is a little bit of preview as to “which” ceremony Dravid walked out from:
In an unexpected turn of events, Rahul Dravid, the Indian captain, walked out of the Cup unveiling ceremony held at the team hotel in Lahore on Monday evening.
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I also read that story earlier. Its funny that now it is no where to be seen. Even the google link dhobi sent is ony showing the first 4-5 lines and than you have to go on cricinfo where it is not there.
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Indian cricket team press briefing ends as exercise in futility
*From Waheed Khan
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LAHORE: It was supposed to be an exclusive session for the media to interact with the Indian players and it turned out to be an exercise in futility.
On Tuesday, the Pakistani and India media corps were left disappointed and upset when instead of arranging an interactive session with their players the Indian team management backtracked and turned it into a combined press briefing at the team hotel.
The Indian team media manager G S Walia when asked why the format of the session had been changed without informing the media passed the buck onto the players, some of whom claimed the entire arrangement was made by the management and they were only asked to be present.
Despite repeated requests that the players be allowed to have an interactive session instead of the press conference as it would be impossible for the media to record the comments of every player on the dias, Walia and the Indian manager Raj Singh Dungarpur refused to budge offering various excuses.
And one left with a feeling that perhaps the change of heart was the result of some late thinking that allowing the media corps to have a direct chat with former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly could lead to unnecessary controversies.
In 2004 when India came to Pakistan the media manager Amrit Mathur had done a wonderful job of liaising between the media and players and had also arranged a highly successful interaction session with the Indian players in Multan.
An interaction session is when the media is given an hour or more to mingle with the players seated at separate tables and hold interviews with them on any issue.
When South Africa toured Pakistan in 2003 they organised a similar interaction session in Lahore, which was again a big success.
Which left one wondering as to why the hesitancy on part of the touring management to hold an interaction session which is normally the only forum where the media can talk to the players with ease and time on hand given the restrictions imposed on players to not talk to the media without permission.
Eventually most of the media people preferred to simply ask no questions during the conference as a mark of protest at the behaviour of the visiting team management and this also led to heated arguments among the visiting journalists which threatened to turn into a spectacle for the onlookers and security personnel posted at the banquet hall.
But if anything, the whole incident gave one a insight into the mood prevailing in the Indian camp with the presence of Ganguly who in the end along with Sachin Tendulkar took the most questions even at the conference.
On Monday also the media was left frustrated when at a poorly organised show by Nimbus Sports to unveil the Test series trophy the situation became chaotic and unruly.
This also led to an abrupt walkout by Indian captain Rahul Dravid alongwith his Pakistani counterpart who were given no places on the dias which was occupied by the officials of the sponsors and the PCB chief.
In the official invitation for the event the organisers had promised a question and answer session with both captains, but after the speeches were made the media then requested that the captains be made to sit on the dias, ensuring smooth conduct of the question round. However, the organisers ruled it out, stating that even the dignitaries on the dias would take questions.
This proved to be a major inconvenience to both the media as well as the captains. Only a couple of questions were asked, for which the response was hardly audible.
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Thanks for the entire story, khan sahab. :)
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Typical Desi Management, “Kissa Kursi Ka”, no one wants to let go off their chair:cb: