NEW DELHI: After back-to-back ODI collection defeats in opposition to New Zealand and Bangladesh, Team India head coach Rahul Dravid admitted that lack of full-strength squad has been an issue and juggling between the three codecs has not been straightforward.
India on Wednesday misplaced the second one-dayer in opposition to Bangladesh in Dhaka, conceding an unassailable 2-0 result in the hosts.
“I guess from our perspective, it has not been easy to play. We don’t have full squad. Hopefully, from January, depending on injuries, we will get full squad to play home series. We have nine ODIs before IPL (3 vs NZ, 3 vs SL and 3 vs Aus) and hopefully, we will get to play a settled squad in those games,” Dravid mentioned at post-match press convention.
Dravid believes come January, India in all probability, may have a full energy ODI squad which can then constantly play for the following 8-9 months main as much as the World Cup at residence in October-November.
“In the last two years, we had prioritised T20s a lot as there were two World Cups. In the next 8-10 months, we will be prioritising ODI cricket. It is not easy to juggle three formats.
“Now, our white ball boys (specialists) will get some relaxation with Test matches being performed,” Dravid added.
India’s ODI performance has been shoddy with very different squads due to workload management related permutations and combinations.
(With PTI inputs)
India on Wednesday misplaced the second one-dayer in opposition to Bangladesh in Dhaka, conceding an unassailable 2-0 result in the hosts.
“I guess from our perspective, it has not been easy to play. We don’t have full squad. Hopefully, from January, depending on injuries, we will get full squad to play home series. We have nine ODIs before IPL (3 vs NZ, 3 vs SL and 3 vs Aus) and hopefully, we will get to play a settled squad in those games,” Dravid mentioned at post-match press convention.
Dravid believes come January, India in all probability, may have a full energy ODI squad which can then constantly play for the following 8-9 months main as much as the World Cup at residence in October-November.
“In the last two years, we had prioritised T20s a lot as there were two World Cups. In the next 8-10 months, we will be prioritising ODI cricket. It is not easy to juggle three formats.
“Now, our white ball boys (specialists) will get some relaxation with Test matches being performed,” Dravid added.
India’s ODI performance has been shoddy with very different squads due to workload management related permutations and combinations.
(With PTI inputs)