Kirsten clears the air, says Upton prepared the document

Centurion, Sep 25 (PTI) An anguished Indian cricket coach
Gary Kirsten Friday sought to distance himself from a
controversial dossier which encouraged cricketers to indulge
in sexual activities, saying he had no role in drafting the
document nor was it intended for team strategy.

Two days after the unusual document made headlines and
left the cricketing world bemused, Kirsten said he was deeply
hurt at the quotes attributed to him that he has been trying
to encourage the players towards sexual activity in order to
improve their performance.

Kirsten said the document was prepared by mental
conditioning expert Paddy Upton and he read about it for the
first time two days ago.

"My family and I have been deeply offended and hurt by
the many allegations that I encouraged the Indian players to
engage in sexual activity before a match," Kirsten read out a
prepared statement at a press conference here.

"I would like to state that I have never, and I repeat,
never encouraged or told the team or any player to engage in
any form of sexual activity. These allegations are absolutely
not true and completely against my religious and moral
beliefs," he said.

The former South African opener said Upton's report was
just to provide information to the players and not to be used
as a team strategy. MORE PTI AS
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