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#3 "Kohli approved packed schedule", says Diana Edulji

Virat Kohli

According to Diana Edulji, who was at the helm of India’s cricket administration until last October, Virat Kohli was part of the discussion that approved the future tours and programs and therefore she was puzzled by Kohli's criticism of the Indian team's packed schedule.

She revealed that Virat Kohli and the entire team management knew that they would be landing three days before the NZ tour begins and the move was approved by the Indian captain during the meeting last year.

“virat complaining now is definitely strange, I feel that he is playing so much of cricket that he forgot that he has given OK for such a schedule. We didn’t force this on the players. They knew that they would be landing in New Zealand three days before. It’s written in the minutes. Only after they (players) gave their consent was it approved.”

“We had asked if the players wanted to change anything. We passed the FTP only after the players and the coach okayed it,” Edulji added.

Full article: Strange that Virat Kohli is complaining about crammed schedule, he had approved it: Diana Edulji