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COA chief Vinod Rai backs Virat Kohli on cramped schedule issue

By Saurabh Sharma November 30, -0001 • 00:00 AM View: 1638

New Delhi, Nov 26 (CRICKETNMORE): The chairman of the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) for Indian cricket, Vinod Rai on Sunday backed India skipper Virat Kohli over his complaint about the cramped scheduling of the series.

Rai said he empathises with Kohli and that players need to be taken care of. "I totally empathise with Kohli. That is a fact. What we recognise as (Future Tour Programme (FTP) has been drawn up such that all the state associations get chances to conduct matches, which means they get chance to generate revenue.

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