When India participate within the World Cup later this 12 months, they’d have gone 10 years with no limited-overs ICC trophy. June 2013 was the final time Team India obtained their arms on an ICC silverware when MS Dhoni led them to a historic Champions Trophy win in England, finishing a trifecta of profitable all main ICC tournaments. But ever since, the Indian cricket workforce has endured a drought like no different. They have gained bilateral sequence all around the world however stumbled on the subject of tournaments like World Cups and Champions Trophy. Since Ct 2013, India have come shut on a number of events – semi-finalists in World Cup 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2022, ending runner-up in 2017 Champions Trophy and the inaugural World Test Championship – however an ICC trophy has all the time eluded them.

This time round, India have a golden alternative to finish their decade-long drought as they enter the World Cup as hosts. However, one impediment that awaits them is the rise within the variety of accidents. With Rishabh Pant all however out of the World Cup and there being no fastened timeline on Jasprit Bumrah’s restoration, Team India is in a race towards time. To maintain their gamers higher, the BCCI is taking care of their workload administration with experiences stating that the board has instructed the IPL franchises to maintain a eager eye on the gamers who’ve been shortlisted for the World Cup, together with Rohit Sharma. The India captain has a historical past of getting injured regularly and therefore when a reporter requested Mumbai Indians coach Mark Boucher about resting their captain, if want be, the previous South Africa remained tight-lipped indicating in any other case.

Reacting to it, former India captain Sunil Gavaskar appreciated Boucher for his frank tackle the subject, saying the B phrase shouldn’t exist whereas enjoying T20 cricket. “It was refreshing to hear the Mumbai Indians’ coach Mark Boucher pooh-pooh the workload question, saying that a 20-overs-a-side game isn’t a lot of workload. Just before the IPL started in 2008, there was a lot of noise about burnout started by a players’ organisation,” the legend wrote in his column for Mid-Day.

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Gavaskar has been fairly vocal in expressing his displeasure in the direction of India’s World Cup-bound gamers being regularly rested. Most not too long ago, when Rohit missed the primary ODI towards Australia because of a household matter – for his brother-in-law’s wedding ceremony – Gavaskar was fast to leap the gun saying, ‘You cannot have a captain who’s there for one match and never there for others,’ referring to Hardik captaining within the sequence opener. “When it comes to the World Cup, you can’t have a family commitment,” he acknowledged.

Once once more, Gavaskar has reopened the IPL vs India debate saying it isn’t shocking to see gamers not shying away from lacking the IPL for relaxation and to handle their workload, however are greater than open to it on the subject of enjoying for the Indian workforce.

“As soon as the players realised what the IPL was offering in terms of remuneration for maybe a dozen or so T20 games, the message must have gone out to the organisation to just drop the burnout discussion. Now, the new word is workload and for a generation that has beach bodies and a pampered mindset it’s the perfect excuse not to play for their country,” identified the previous India batter.