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it is tough to digest but we do see rules flouted by individuals, somewhere to avoid these we have to take actions against higher ups, and in this case it involves shastri and kohli, if kohli had put his foot and said no we dont need to take the risk, let it be virtual, we could hv watched the beautiful ending to an series which is compared to 05 ashes series which itself shows the standard at which it is played, it may not happen, but these are bound to occur and somewhere the screws are to be tightened up,

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Possible. But it's impossible to prove that the book event is where the infection occured. They weren't in a bubble, technically. That's what the lawyers will say for sure, if it comes to that.

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but till the book launch neither of the members were affected by covid, we had three goood test matches with no issues only after the book launch and it started, so there was an carrier in that event, plus there was no permission from bcci and ecb to attend,plus before the series bcci did inform players not to attend crowded venues, so this isnt a function,where an important series is going on such side events are not necessary and carry risk,

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somewhere i hope people like you do bring it out to the public and ensure there is investigation into the issue , we have seen this in ipl, in sri lanka and i remember an mumbai indians coach did mention in one of the podcast that indian players dont follow the rules properly and do violate, so this is not an one off event, we have noticed the trend and it is continuing, else bcci will continue to face loses and lose credibility, next tour is to south africa and if such things happen again , again will there be a cancellation,somewhere ethics are to be folowed and i am sorry to say dravid is remembered for that, he was also aggressive in his own way, showed emotions but was never arrogant to journalist, followed the ethics and carried decorum, that dont see with virat, when he loses and journalist ask some tough questions, he either mutes them or doesnt appear in press,

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