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“Why are you spoiling a small kid’s life?” – Aakash Chopra on reports of Gautam Gambhir sharing the player’s name for dressing room leaks
By SMCS - Jan 19, 2025 8:00 am
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Former India player turned commentator Aakash Chopra has questioned why the identity of the player reportedly named by head coach Gautam Gambhir who was responsible for dressing room news leaks during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2024-25 openly in the public domain. He also noted that such reports could spoil a player’s career too as well.

Gautam Gambhir
Gautam Gambhir

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “It’s again a sources-led story. Someone spread the story that Gautam Gambhir said in the review meeting there is a kid responsible for all the dressing room leaks. Whether the story of that kid is true or not, but what Gautam said was also leaked and reached this journalist. You start wondering. One leak’s confirmation is being given by another leak. What is happening? How much harm it can cause to the kid, just think about it. The kid won’t react and shouldn’t as well. Why are you spoiling a small kid’s life? Don’t throw someone’s name in the air like that.”

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In the same video, Aakash Chopra also opined on some reports turn out to be fake as was the case with a recent injury update about Jasprit Bumrah as well.

Team India
Team India

“Sources are sometimes non-trustworthy and that happened. Jasprit Bumrah called it out. Someone put the news that Jasprit Bumrah has been advised bed rest. Bumrah tweeted that quote and said it’s fake news, which is very easy to spread. Then you ask a question, if Bumrah hadn’t called it out, the fake news would have become true. You need to refute such news every time. Nowadays, when too much source-based news is floating around, people even drive their personal agendas. Bumrah is a phenomenal player, so it’s easy for him. The journalist might have to introspect a little about whether his source was wrong or he jumped the gun a bit too soon,” Aakash Chopra concluded.