New Delhi: The Indian team in the last few years has been very particular about managing the workload of the players, especially those who play all the three formats. But the selectors and team management will have their task cut-out this year as the team prepares for the upcoming World T20 in Australia in October-November next year.
Speaking to IANS, sources in the know of developments said that while the selectors and senior team management generally look at the ODI and T20I series to rest the players, that will be an issue this time round as the home season has been packed with limited-overs games to prepare the team for the WT20 challenge. “Workload management is something that will have to be thought out well this season because if you look back, the players who play across formats are mostly rested either during T20Is or ODIs. But with this being the year leading up to the showpiece event in the T20 format, the guys are needed to play as many shorter-version games as possible. Also, Test matches are a part of the Test Championship and so nobody will want to take them lightly,” the source said.In fact, that is also one of the reasons why skipper Virat Kohli is headed to play the limited-overs series in the West Indies even though he was initially expected to take a break and play in the two-match Test series that will see the start of the Test C’ship for India. (IANS)
