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Star Sports responds to Rohit Sharma’s ‘breach of privacy’ accusation, denies leaking audio of conversations | Ipl News

IPL broadcaster Star Sports issued a statement on Monday in response to India captain and Mumbai Indians batter Rohit Sharma’s accusation of a privacy breach during the tournament. Ahead of Mumbai’s final league stage match at the Wankhede Stadium last week, a short clip that went viral on social media had Rohit requesting a cameraperson not to record his audio. “Bhai audio band karo haan? Ek audio ne mera waat laga diya (Please switch off the audio, one audio recording has ruined me),” Rohit had said pleading with the cameraperson with folded hands. The 37-year-old’s comments were following another audio leak during a match in Kolkata where a personal conversation with Kolkata Knight Riders assistant coach Abhishek Nayar briefly made its way through to social media. The clip was first aired by KKR’s social media handle. But after realising that Rohit was possibly speaking about personal stuff that he wouldn’t want to be made public, the video was hastily deleted. On Sunday, Rohit launched a scathing attack against Star Sports on social media in a …

Rohit Sharma blasts Star Sports for breach of privacy; slams broadcaster for focus on ‘views and engagement’ | Ipl News

Rohit Sharma has lashed out at broadcasters for airing his conversations for “views and engagement” despite him requesting not to. A recent clip of the Indiam cricket team captain Rohit Sharma having a chat at the Eden Gardens with his Mumbai mate Abhishek Nayar was first aired by a franchise, which then hastily deleted it. But by then, the damage was done. Many social media handles had picked up the audio and had aired the clip themselves.  After this, Rohit Sharma was seen in another clip where he was chatting with his friends in the stands. The clip showed Rohit Sharma telling the cameraperson to record him on mute.  “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 Sharma said in a tweet on Sunday after Mumbai Indians had ended its IPL 2024 campaign.  “Despite asking Star Sports to not record my conversation, it was and was also then played on …