NEW DELHI, March 23 (Reuters) – India captain Rohit Sharma mentioned his workforce mates ought to think about skipping the occasional match throughout the Indian Premier League (IPL) to handle their workload forward of the Cricket World Cup on house soil later this yr.

A recurring again damage saved center order batter Shreyas Iyer out of the house one-day collection in opposition to Australia, which the vacationers won 2-1 on Wednesday, whereas tempo spearhead Jasprit Bumrah has been out since September attributable to again points.

Rohit acknowledged that IPL sides will look to subject their greatest workforce in each match and mentioned it was as much as the gamers to take care of themselves forward of the World Cup in October-November.

“It’s all up to the franchises now. They own them now,” Rohit, who leads Mumbai Indians within the IPL, instructed reporters after India’s 21-run loss in Chennai on Wednesday.

“We have given some indications to the groups however on the finish of the day, it is as much as the franchises, and extra importantly, it is as much as the gamers.

“They are all adults, they should take care of their our bodies.

“If they feel it’s getting a bit too much, they can talk about it and take a break in one or two games. I doubt if that will happen.”

In phrases of kind, Rohit performed down the struggles of Suryakumar Yadav throughout the ODI collection, the world’s high ranked T20 batter falling for a first-ball duck in every of the three matches.

“I don’t know how much to look into it. He got three good balls, to be honest,” Rohit mentioned.

“He plays spin so well … That’s why we held him back and gave him that role for the last 15-20 overs where he can play his game, but it’s really unfortunate he could only play three balls. That can happen to anyone.”

Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; enhancing by Peter Rutherford

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