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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.

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http://arynews.tv/en/australian-cricketers-forced-to-load-own-luggage-upon-arrival-in-india/
 
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Must be a reason to it. I would wait for clarifications before making any comments.
 
I remember the good old days where visiting players were treated with garlands and the red powder on their foreheads in India. Aussies were apprehensive of losing their kits maybe
 
BCCI has responded to the matter by saying that it was not their job to ensure the loading of the baggage, but it was in fact the job of the support staff members and not the hosting cricket board.
 
Good show. When the Indian team tours all these countries, they are treated shabbily -- they get lousy practice facilities / nets, second grade hotels, third/fourth choice teams for practice matches, etc. India needs to start doing the same. Make their life as difficult as possible without being nasty / obnoxious.
 
English August said:
Good show. When the Indian team tours all these countries, they are treated shabbily -- they get lousy practice facilities / nets, second grade hotels, third/fourth choice teams for practice matches, etc. India needs to start doing the same. Make their life as difficult as possible without being nasty / obnoxious.
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Are you sure? The last time I was in AUS, Indian players were in a 5 star hotel in Sydney.
 
rhony said:
Are you sure? The last time I was in AUS, Indian players were in a 5 star hotel in Sydney.
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I might be wrong but I thought visiting teams made their own hotel arrangements or does the home board take care of that?
 
I wonder how much this has to do with the fact that the BCCI are severely hamstrung at the moment?

Demonetization hasn't helped either. During the England U-19 tour, the allowances for players were delayed because of it.
 
Unfortunate,now BCCI will blame SC for this mishap but instead should fire off all their host management absolutely disgusting.
 
I feel sorry for the Aussie team, but this video kinda fits the whole thing so well. :))

 
Zak_Fan said:
Wow, never seen this before. Even the bus seems quite cheap.
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Maybe the BCCI is trying to make a point here , 'you take away our ICC revenues , we give you chalk to eat :)

I hear both the teams and accompanying journalists get to fly in bcci-hired charter planes across India for a test tour. All that will vanish if the new financial model comes in to place.
 
rhony said:
Are you sure? The last time I was in AUS, Indian players were in a 5 star hotel in Sydney.
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Not Aus specifically, but once I watched an Ind-Eng ODI game at Bristol. I happened to be in Bristol then, and the Indian team was in a 2/3 star hotel. They stay in much better hotels while in India (Oberoi, Taj West End, etc.)
 
People just looking for masala where there is none:

Historically, logistical assistance is provided to visiting teams when requested based on the terms set in the Memorandum of Understanding signed between two cricket boards.
A BCCI official told India Today: "We had porters to help the Australian team with luggage but they said they were happy to do their own thing."
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No report in any Australian media .. but Indian tabloids and Pakistani media are having a field day :P
 
Thomaskutty said:
Maybe the BCCI is trying to make a point here , 'you take away our ICC revenues , we give you chalk to eat :)

I hear both the teams and accompanying journalists get to fly in bcci-hired charter planes across India for a test tour. All that will vanish if the new financial model comes in to place.
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Fair enough, but even if that's the case, BCCI should have informed CA about taking away all those favors. From the looks of it, Aussies had no clue about it.
 
We don't even let our guests hold their own luggage even for 2 minutes when they visit our home and here an international cricket team has to load their own luggage.
 
Tekcirc said:
Historically, logistical assistance is provided to visiting teams when requested based on the terms set in the Memorandum of Understanding signed between two cricket boards. A BCCI official told India Today: "We had porters to help the Australian team with luggage but they said they were happy to do their own thing."
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There you go, needless controversy from Desi media.
 
MABA said:
I might be wrong but I thought visiting teams made their own hotel arrangements or does the home board take care of that?
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The home board takes care of the accommodations as per the wishes of the visiting team.
 
I think bcci is cash trapped. I have read that under 19 players inspite of staying in oberoi hotel they are eating outside like footpaths as bcci is not paying them Daily allowances of around 5k rupees. One under 19 player said meal costs a min of 2k rupees and they dont have that much money
 
SunRay said:
Simply pathetic.
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How is it pathetic? Bcci is not in control of finances as under 19 players are not getting daily allowances also and they r eating outside in roadside restaurants as they cannot afford oberoi meals
 
It should be looked after by the Supreme court appointed group as the present Bcci is helpless
 
Drreddymd said:
How is it pathetic? Bcci is not in control of finances as under 19 players are not getting daily allowances also and they r eating outside in roadside restaurants as they cannot afford oberoi meals
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This is what they want us to think,will they do the same for Indian senior team,want to see them do this to Kohli,Dhoni,Yuvi. Filmsy excuse at best to make everyone think its SC's fault.
 
JaDed said:
This is what they want us to think,will they do the same for Indian senior team,want to see them do this to Kohli,Dhoni,Yuvi. Filmsy excuse at best to make everyone think its SC's fault.
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Why would bcci not disburse money for under 19 players for their daily needs ?

Senior players match money also is pending is what i read some where.
 
Varun said:
I wonder how much this has to do with the fact that the BCCI are severely hamstrung at the moment?

Demonetization hasn't helped either. During the England U-19 tour, the allowances for players were delayed because of it.
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Absolutely. But why give them benifit of doubt as they r evil any way?
 
What a national shame. Giving a bad name to india across the cricket world. is this the way to treat international guests when we are known to have a culture where guests are to be treated like Gods. #NotMyIndia
 
JaDed said:
This is what they want us to think,will they do the same for Indian senior team,want to see them do this to Kohli,Dhoni,Yuvi. Filmsy excuse at best to make everyone think its SC's fault.
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In india it is not that tough to find 2 labours and give them 200 rupees each to load the luggage. Infact all these tempos have a helper but in the pictures we can't see any. SC has nothing to do with this.
 
Drreddymd said:
Why would bcci not disburse money for under 19 players for their daily needs ?

Senior players match money also is pending is what i read some where.
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Because they are making it to be an issue,they made similar noises during English team visit as well when Sc had to clarify,If I was SC appointed person right now I would fire the host management if there exists one.

This was mighty embarrassing and sad thing is this is yesterday's news on HT.
 
Bhaag Viru Bhaag said:
In india it is not that tough to find 2 labours and give them 200 rupees each to load the luggage. Infact all these tempos have a helper but in the pictures we can't see any. SC has nothing to do with this.
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That according to BCCI they provided some porters but Aus team refused as they would do it themselves and SC has nothing to do with it but BCCI will showcase it like that.

I hate the SC too but this is unprofessional.
 
JaDed said:
Because they are making it to be an issue,they made similar noises during English team visit as well when Sc had to clarify,If I was SC appointed person right now I would fire the host management if there exists one.

This was mighty embarrassing and sad thing is this is yesterday's news on HT.
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What is embarrassing ? A court interfering into only one professional sports administration and made it a laughing stock in front of whole world isnt it? but this one is embarrassing
 
Drreddymd said:
What is embarrassing ? A court interfering into only one professional sports administration and made it a laughing stock in front of whole world isnt it? but this one is embarrassing
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I dislike the SC as well and what they have done but this is not a way to do it ,if there was an issue the management should had contacted the SC appointed person and conveyed their issues to CA management *** well.
This is unprofessional and there is absolutely no excuse unless BCCI already communicated it to CA.
 
JaDed said:
I dislike the SC as well and what they have done but this is not a way to do it ,if there was an issue the management should had contacted the SC appointed person and conveyed their issues to CA management *** well.
This is unprofessional and there is absolutely no excuse unless BCCI already communicated it to CA.
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Sir bcci hospitality is legendary. With sc involvement it is now a laughing stock
 
Drreddymd said:
Sir bcci hospitality is legendary. With sc involvement it is now a laughing stock
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Are you saying they couldn't afford to give them a bus and some genuine welcome?Mate BCCI might be cash strapped and they are not stopped from spending money,the problem is no one is questioning them and if genuine people actually asked they would be questioned right now for this mishap.

This is the excuse given for now not sure how suddenly they had this policy.

However, it is learnt that the BCCI has no role in providing loaders to visiting teams. It is also the case when the Indian team travels outside the country where loading the luggage is the responsibility of the support staff members and not of the hosting cricket board.
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http://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/aussies-made-to-tow-bags-bcci-claims-it-s-not-their-job/story-e7RT1JQr250RCb6XIPKqBL.html
 
JaDed said:
Are you saying they couldn't afford to give them a bus and some genuine welcome?Mate BCCI might be cash strapped and they are not stopped from spending money,the problem is no one is questioning them and if genuine people actually asked they would be questioned right now for this mishap.

This is the excuse given for now not sure how suddenly they had this policy.



http://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/aussies-made-to-tow-bags-bcci-claims-it-s-not-their-job/story-e7RT1JQr250RCb6XIPKqBL.html
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Why dont u question sc when bcci was not able to make payments to under 19 players and staff?

What r the supreme court appointees doing? Can they not do anything?

I heard that in ddca also a judge mudgal is given responsibility and he looked after everything like cleaning of toilets, seating arrangements and what not.

What r the new guys appointed by sc doing any way?
 
SunRay said:
Simply pathetic.
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For loading or unloading your own luggage? These are cricketers not royalty, pathetic is the response of many posters who think that doing such an ordinary chore is newsworthy :14:
 
Maybe it was a deliberate choice made by the Australians? Maybe they didn't want Indians handling their luggage and wanted to make sure it was in Aussie hands and/or under the supervision of Aussies all the time. They probably arrived via an Australian airline and thus had no qualms whilst the luggage was in the plane's hold.
 
No big deal in a "civilized" part of my world
 
R0H1T said:
For loading or unloading your own luggage? These are cricketers not royalty, pathetic is the response of many posters who think that doing such an ordinary chore is newsworthy :14:
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When's the next time we'll see pictures of Kohli and Ashwin stood in the back of a truck loading their 50+ bags into it out of interest?
 
Drreddymd said:
Why dont u question sc when bcci was not able to make payments to under 19 players and staff?

What r the supreme court appointees doing? Can they not do anything?

I heard that in ddca also a judge mudgal is given responsibility and he looked after everything like cleaning of toilets, seating arrangements and what not.

What r the new guys appointed by sc doing any way?
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If you want SC appointed administrators to take care of everything then BCCI just handle them the accounts and walk off,they are a professional organization and auditors and administrators are assigned to them ,in this case I can only question BCCI if they have to defer it to SC then let them do so and we can hear SC's reply on the same.
 
JaDed said:
If you want SC appointed administrators to take care of everything then BCCI just handle them the accounts and walk off,they are a professional organization and auditors and administrators are assigned to them ,in this case I can only question BCCI if they have to defer it to SC then let them do so and we can hear SC's reply on the same.
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The accounts are under sc control right now isn't it? For everything they need to get sc approval if u dont know already
 
Honestly surprised to see Indian posters defending this. I genuinely thought hospitality was a sub-continental thing but looks like I was wrong. Indians are taking both good and bad things from the West and forgetting their own values..
 
Drreddymd said:
The accounts are under sc control right now isn't it? For everything they need to get sc approval if u dont know already
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But that's not the excuse BCCI gave now is it?They said tourists are supposed to take care of it themselves.
 
I dont think there is anything wrong with players lifting their own load...but seriously this is not sub continental hospitality we had better standards and that was a wonderful thing..I dont think it will overload the budget of Indian board if they had someone to help players.

Quite poor to be honest.
 
It's not something important. Everybody lifts their own bags. Nobody got injured.
 
dhump said:
I dont think there is anything wrong with players lifting their own load...but seriously this is not sub continental hospitality we had better standards and that was a wonderful thing..I dont think it will overload the budget of Indian board if they had someone to help players.

Quite poor to be honest.
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Sir u have to understand that these are special situations in which bcci is dismantled and they have no powers right now
 
Drreddymd said:
Sir u have to understand that these are special situations in which bcci is dismantled and they have no powers right now
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Someone from management staff BCCI employees etc could have handled the situation a little better....I understand that situation is not normal at the moment, but I feel that whole thing could have been handled a little better. I mean it looked really sad how Warner was loading stuff in truck.
 
The video is on CA fb page and one can see that there is a person in the truck inside who is arranging the bag,apprently according to Maxi because it was going to take a long time they all decided to chip in.

Now why would Ary news only show pics only from one side which is their prerogative but atleast they could had covered CAs version of the story too.

Bcci should had done better arrangements though.
 
Hang your head in shame BCCI for such lousy arrangements.

Standards have been falling for sure under new BCCI administrators. In the ongoing Zonal T20 trophy, players kit and ground conditions ( at Wankhede Stadium , Mumbai) look absolutely pathetic. Then there are issues in ongoingInd and Eng U-19 series 9n daily allowances. Far too many goof ups.

BCCI administrators should politely say sorry to Aussies for this incompetence.
 
cricketindiafan said:
Hang your head in shame BCCI for such lousy arrangements.

Standards have been falling for sure under new BCCI administrators. In the ongoing Zonal T20 trophy, players kit and ground conditions ( at Wankhede Stadium , Mumbai) look absolutely pathetic. Then there are issues in ongoingInd and Eng U-19 series 9n daily allowances. Far too many goof ups.

BCCI administrators should politely say sorry to Aussies for this incompetence.
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U mean sc appointed supervisors right?
 
ExpressPacer said:
Honestly surprised to see Indian posters defending this. I genuinely thought hospitality was a sub-continental thing but looks like I was wrong. Indians are taking both good and bad things from the West and forgetting their own values..
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not all Indian posters are defending this. majority are feeling ashamed of this episode. with this episode India did give bad name to hospitality of sub-continent for which India should be ashamed
 
Ah my heart bleeds. These international cricketers getting more money in a month than the average guy does in a year have to load their own luggage. What is happening to this world? Wonder what tragedy is next
 
Bewal Express said:
In Ind that is the equivalent of a 1 star hotel. The Indian players were seething with anger that it didn't smell like home.
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The smell of victory, we Indians are just getting spoiled smelling that at home all the time.
 
dhump said:
I dont think there is anything wrong with players lifting their own load...but seriously this is not sub continental hospitality we had better standards and that was a wonderful thing..I dont think it will overload the budget of Indian board if they had someone to help players.

Quite poor to be honest.
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What is this subcontinental hospitality you speak of, I haven't seen any of it. I demand special treatment from now on :misbah
 
The coolie's must have been on strike or something. After all "saari duniya ka bhoj hum oothathe hein" as the Big B once sang.
 
Can't believe some Indian posters have to defend India no matter what :facepalm:



This is not the 'desi' way. When a relative visits from abroad we run to take the luggage of their hands, load it into the car ourselves and make them feel as welcome as possible.
 
cricketindiafan said:
Hang your head in shame BCCI for such lousy arrangements.

Standards have been falling for sure under new BCCI administrators. In the ongoing Zonal T20 trophy, players kit and ground conditions ( at Wankhede Stadium , Mumbai) look absolutely pathetic. Then there are issues in ongoingInd and Eng U-19 series 9n daily allowances. Far too many goof ups.

BCCI administrators should politely say sorry to Aussies for this incompetence.
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Not sure about the policy...something feels off. You don't see visiting teams doing this in India.

This post is probably the most bang on target.
 
If the Aussies really wanted to do this, then that's their call.

But the truck they load into looks so cheap and dirty which seems odd.
 
Donal Cozzie said:
What is this subcontinental hospitality you speak of, I haven't seen any of it. I demand special treatment from now on :misbah
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Well jokes apart I guess you are aware of treatment mostly subcontinent people have with their guests...We are costumed to take care of guests as much as possible even when you cant even afford if both countries have religious saying like.

Guest is like reflection of God.
 
In the old days India used to prepare dodgy meals #delhibelly

Now they have evolved into giving players dodgy trucks #tuktukfail
 
HitWicket said:
When's the next time we'll see pictures of Kohli and Ashwin stood in the back of a truck loading their 50+ bags into it out of interest?
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This isnt the job of the host board but of the logistics team of the visiting board.BCCI has a dedicated logistics managerial team for the Indian Team.They tour with the Indian Team.

Secondly BCCI clarified that they had arranged porters but Cricketers refused.

Unless ofcourse only ARY Tv speaks the truth.
 
Syed1 said:
This is not the 'desi' way. When a relative visits from abroad we run to take the luggage of their hands, load it into the car ourselves and make them feel as welcome as possible.
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The Australian players aren't relatives or friends that need to be welcomed with open arms. They are the opposition camp.
 
Oh Boy!! match say phialay to zalil na karoo...

This truck looks as old as India, they want to teach them cultural lesson :srini:
 
Syed1 said:
Lol they are coming to play cricket in your country not waging a war.
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Indeed. So no one is trying to kill them, are they? Just getting them to load their own luggage. What's the big deal? I do that all the time.

Why go out of your way to make them feel nice? They don't do that when the Indian team visits Aus.
 
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