New Delhi: Former Australian goalkeeper Ian Healy Thinks India’s choice of complete privacy is a mistake as he thinks it could lead to unhappy traveling teams.
This is because India has officially begun preparations for the first Test. Border-Gavaskar Trophy Wednesday’s series in Perth reportedly took place behind closed doors read.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, security personnel covered the outside of the WACA network with black cloth to prevent people from observing India’s preparations.
Additionally, WACA construction workers were told via email that they were not allowed to take photos during breaks or be caught peeking into training.
“During all training sessions, please do not take any photos or videos, fly any drones over training sessions, or sit and watch sessions,” the masthead quoted an email sent to WACA staff as saying.
“India are now doing in Australia what Australia used to do in India, Pakistan and sometimes Sri Lanka, they just haven’t embraced the whole experience and the early media,” Healy told SENQ Breakfast.
“If you open yourself up to the media and do that and meet the Australian public and the many Indians here – it goes a long way to making your trip more enjoyable. There are other reasons why India blocks itself, we just can’t imagine them day in and day out. The climbing crowd you have to face day by day.
“So maybe training is their safe space, they have to get something done and they want to stay away from prying eyes. With social media, cricket in India is 1,000 times more serious than Australia,” he said.
But according to reports, BCCI It was emphasized that the team had not given instructions to the media or WACA Stadium officials to allow Wednesday’s practice to be held behind closed doors.
A sneak peek video featuring the following players Virat Kohli, Jasprit BumrahShubman Gill, Ravindra JadejaThe BCCI on Wednesday released pictures of the Indian team sweating in front of the nets ahead of the series opener on November 22, as well as pictures from India’s first training session.
To ensure the tour gets off to a good start, Healy suggested that India should be approachable with the media and fans from the start. In his view, denying people access prevents the team from relaxing.
“It never works. When you do that, teams can’t relax and when you lock yourself out and the media start turning the screws, teams can’t relax. England did that when they opened themselves up A little bit, and the next game when they don’t do that and you need to relax your team and do some early press, then things will seem a lot easier in Australia,” Healy said.
