Skipper Rohit Sharma would not need to litter issues by “thinking too far ahead” in regards to the ODI World Cup and stated he and head coach Rahul Dravid have a “fair idea” of how they might strategy the showpiece to be held in India in October-November subsequent 12 months. Asked if World Cup preparations begin with the three-match ODI collection in opposition to Bangladesh beginning right here on Sunday, Rohit made it clear that there’s nonetheless time earlier than his crew can begin pondering particularly in regards to the marquee occasion. “Every time you play a game, it’s preparing for something. The World Cup is still 8-9 months (10 months) from now. We can’t think so far ahead. We need to keep an eye on what we need to do as team,” Rohit instructed mediapersons forward of the primary ODI.
He stated if he begins planning too early, it will not assist but in addition made it clear that the crew think-tank is aware of by which course it must journey.
“It is very, very important for us not to start thinking about so many things. Like we need to play this guy or that guy. Me and coach (Dravid) have fair idea what to do. We will narrow it down once we come closer to the World Cup,” he added.
Workload administration should with some on highway for 2 and half months
A number of gamers like wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant, with this Bangladesh collection, will probably be on the highway for greater than two and half months and the skipper emphasised the requirement of workload administration.
He admitted that loads of cricket is being performed and it will not cease. It is the crew and other people round it who must do the appropriate issues.
“As professionals, we have to keep up the intensity. Yes, there’s a lot of cricket and that’s why we give them breaks. And people need to understand that when we give players a break, it is only to manage the workload keeping the bigger picture in mind.
“Cricket shouldn’t be going to cease. There will at all times be loads of cricket and we have to handle our gamers. You need your greatest gamers to play with larger depth on a regular basis. So you will need to give them breaks, handle them as freshness is essential,” Rohit elaborated.
He then gave a peek into his team’s gruelling schedule during the past few months.
“Lot of the blokes have been on the highway earlier than the World Cup and we had two back-to-back collection versus Australia and South Africa. And then, we went straight to Australia. It has already been two and half months. It is not possible at the present time that you’ll at all times play along with your greatest 15. It’s not going to occur,” he was blunt.
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