Rohit Sharma has hit out at IPL host broadcaster Star Sports for not respecting the privacy of players in the name of “exclusive content”.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the current Team India and former Mumbai Indians captain slammed Star Sports for following and recording supposedly private conversations of cricketers to create engagement-worthy content.
“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,” Rohit post.
His post continues: “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 focused only on views and engagement will one day break the trust between the fans, cricketers and cricket. Let better sense prevail.”
Rohit’s ire came on the back of a recent clip that went viral on social media where he was seen talking to Kolkata Knight Riders assistant coach Abhishek Nayar, Rohit’s former teammate at India and Mumbai, at the Eden Gardens ahead of MI’s clash against KKR.
In that video (which was promptly taken down), Rohit was overheard mentioning how everything had changed back at home, but irrespective of whatever happened, it was a temple that he had built. The speculation doing the rounds at the times was that by “home”, he meant Mumbai Indians, while the “temple” was the five trophies he had won as MI captain.
