MUMBAI: The Australian cricket team arrived in India for their four-Test series against at the host, but an unusual sight at the airport immediately caught the media spotlight.
As soon as the Aussie players landed at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International airport, Mumbai, they were spotted hauling their own luggage on a tempo, contrary to a normal practice when baggage handlers ensure the kit bags are transported to a vehicle or in the baggage storage area of the team bus.
Former India spin legend Bishan Singh Bedi was quick to react to the incident and he slammed the BCCI.
“It only reflects BCCI’s appalling non-cooperation..deplorable! Whither Indn warmth/hospitality fr ‘Atithi Bhavna’…?!” Bedi tweeted responding to the picture sent to him via Twitter.