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An avoidable irritant

NEW DELHI, MARCH 9. The photographers and TV cameramen have been battling with one man - the administrative manager of the Indian team. The task facing them is huge. How to keep this man out of the frame.

The administrative manager has been least helpful in organising press meets. Even here, he curtly told a scribe that the captains' meeting with the press would be possible only after 6 p.m.

Word was sent to Sourav Ganguly who brushed aside the administrative manager's unpleasant behaviour with one of the local journalists and agreed to meet the press before the `nets' began.

The administrative manager now was seen in his familiar role - lurking behind the Indian skipper to squeeze into the frame.

All this would have been avoidable if only the media manager was present to do his duty. So much for the new professional image being portrayed by the Board.

- Our Special Correspondent

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