CoA chief Rai plays down coaches controversial exit, says nothing new in it

Committee of Administrators (CoA) chief Vinod Rai on Tuesday played down the recent trend of senior players influencing the future of coaches in Indian cricket, saying "there was nothing new in it". Indian women's cricket team coach Tushar Arothe's stint ended after his position became untenable due to alleged differences with some of the senior players, including T20 skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, who had protested against his training methods. This is the second time during the CoA tenure that a national coach has stepped down after players' revolt. Last year, men's team head coach Anil Kumble resigned after his much-publicised differences with captain Virat Kohli. "This has been going since the time of Greg Chappell and Sourav Ganguly. This is nothing new," Rai told PTI after a COA meeting here on Tuesday.