Ravindra Jadeja Slammed For Speaking Hindi In Australia By Media Outlet. Report Termed As 'Hypocrisy'

Ravindra Jadeja addressed a press conference on Saturday ahead of the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne

The India vs Australia Test series recently witnessed an off-field controversy when Virat Kohli asked a reporter to not take picture of his family at the airport. Now, another controversial incident has happened involving Ravindra Jadeja. The left-arm spinner addressed a press conference on Saturday ahead of the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne and the proceedings of it have not impressed some media outlets it seems. 7 News, one of whose reporters was asked by Kohli to not film his family, has said that that the "strange and frosty media conference" as Jadeja refused to answer questions in English.

The report added that it was 'an annoying situation' for the Australian journalists as Jadeja answered the questions in his 'native language' - Hindi. It also said that Jadeja left the PC early. The report further claimed that "India's media team said the conference was for "travelling Indian media only", even though Australian media was invited."

However, two journalist travelling for the series - Abhishek Tripathi of Dainik Jagran and Subhayan Chakraborty of RevSportz - claimed that the Australian media were over-reacting. Both claimed that Jadeja could not answer all the questions due to lack of time.

Several social media users termed the report 7 News report as 'hypocrisy'.