NEW DELHI, March 27: The sports media fraternity was seen in poor light on Monday when Indian cricket captain Rahul Dravid walked out of a press conference at Ferozeshah Kotla ground on Monday.

What put off the skipper was chaos and unruly scenes which drowned Dravid’s replies even as conference had just begun at media centre of DDCA Club.

Mobile phone ringtones and television camera crew constantly shouting from the back have been a feature for media sessions for sometime now.

What accentuated problem at DDCA was presence of too many non-journalists in the conference room.

Even as buzz continued, Dravid arrived flanked by BCCI Media Committee member G.S. Walia and DDCA co-ordinator Ravi Jain.

With hardly five minutes into media session, a horde of still photographers came in, obviously unaware of timing of conference as they kept clicking away at teams’ practice on the field.

Hell broke loose with photographers trying to find a suitable position for themselves and TV cameramen commanding them to keep out of their frame.

One senior journalist then lost his cool and screamed “shut up. Enough is enough.” A deafening silence followed, but only for a moment.

When cameramen started cribbing about their need to carry out their job, Dravid walked out.

He, however, returned a few minutes later to take questions without a hint of annoyance on the face.—Agencies