Indian captain Rohit Sharma criticized broadcaster Star Sports for breaching privacy during IPL 2024. He wrote about it while posting on Twitter (x) on May 19. Now the broadcaster has responded to his sharp criticism, knowing which you will also be surprised.

what is the whole matter

Let us tell you that a video of Rohit Sharma had gone viral, in which he was heard talking to Kolkata Knight Riders assistant coach Abhishek Nair and talking about the future. After this video surfaced, according to media reports, speculations about Rohit Sharma joining KKR also increased. Later KKR removed this video from its social media account.

What did Rohit Sharma say

On May 19, Rohit Sharma got angry at the broadcaster and criticized it for privacy violation. He wrote, Cricketers’ lives have become so intrusive that cameras are now recording our every move and conversation, whether we are with our friends and teammates during practice or in solitude on match days. Despite my request to Star Sports not to record my conversation, it was aired on air, which is a violation of privacy.

Star Sports issued statement

Now Star Sports has issued a statement in response to Indian captain Rohit Sharma. “A clip involving a senior Indian player and his post on social media has gained prominence since yesterday,” Star Sports wrote in its statement. The clip was taken during a practice session at the Wankhede Stadium on May 16, to which Star Sports had access. In which the senior player was shown chatting with his friends.

He further said in his statement, no audio of this conversation was neither recorded nor broadcast. In the clip, only the senior players were requesting not to record the audio of their conversation. This was shown in the live coverage of Star Sports. There was no scope for editing it. We take player privacy into account and are committed to it.