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\n\u201cIndia\u2019s best travelling team in the last 15 years,\u201d said Ravi Shastri. \u201cLet people be the judge,\u201d retorted the Committee of Administrators (CoA) when the national cricket coach spoke of the criticism that his team faces, a top BCCI official has said. At a recent meeting between the team management and the CoA in Hyderabad, Shastri reiterated his much-publicised comments that drew sharp reactions from former cricketers such as Sunil Gavaskar and Sourav Ganguly. \u201cRavi initially started off by saying that the Indian media always criticises its own players and how this is one of the best ever teams in the last 15 years,\u201d an official present in the meeting said.<\/p>\n
Shastri\u2019s reference to the criticism was related to a verbal altercation that Kohli had with a journalist in England after the team lost the Test series 1-3.The skipper, when questioned about Shastri\u2019s comment in England, asked for the journalist\u2019s view on it. When the scribe said he wasn\u2019t quite convinced about the coach\u2019s assertion, Kohli snapped back, \u201cThat\u2019s your opinion, thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen Ravi went on about how great this current team is, one of the CoA members just cut him short,\u201d the official recollected. \u201cThe CoA member told him, \u2018Let\u2019s stick to the agenda of the meeting and discuss the tour policies for Australia. You don\u2019t decide if the team is the best travelling side in the world. Let people be the judge\u2019,\u201d the official said. Shastri and Kohli were told that the Indian team is being provided each and every facility that they have sought and their performance on the field should match that input.<\/p>\n
The meeting was attended by CoA chief Vinod Rai, Diana Edulji, CEO Rahul Johri, IPL COO Hemang Amin, GM (Cricket Operations) Saba Karim along with Kohli, Shastri, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane and the chairman of selectors MSK Prasad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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