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TOI Sports Desk | TIMESOFINDIA.COM

'If you want to grow the sport...': Rahul Dravid defends US leg of T20 World Cup

NEW DELHI: In defence of the harshly criticized US leg of last month's T20 World Cup, former India head coach Rahul Dravid said that "playing at odd hours" and adjusting to "challenging" facilities were essential "compromises" made in order to bring cricket to a wider audience.

Dravid stated he was okay with the 10.30 a.m. (local time) starts and the infrastructure used for the games in New York, Florida, and Texas given the enormous work needed in organizing the tournament in the area, according to PTI.

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