article_snippet: Respectfully yours, the BCCI .
article_snippet: Speaking of laughing stocks, the BCCI press release that followed Virat Kohli’s invective-laden outburst against an Indian journalist (the wrong one, as it turned out) was a classic of it genre.
article_snippet: Having already issued a peremptory – and entirely wrong – statement, in which it was claimed Virat Kohli’s hadn’t sworn and had apologised to the journalist in person, the Indian board then issued another.
article_snippet: BCCI respects the role played by the media in covering and popularising the game of cricket, and acknowledges the support of the media, in BCCI mission to administer and promote the game of cricket in India.
article_snippet: So respectful are the BCCI of the media that press releases on tour routinely read:
article_snippet: Virat Kohli’s team are not playing ball with the media .