India’s T20 captain Hardik Pandya may very well be given a break from the three-match sequence towards Ireland beginning August 18 as a part of workload administration in a busy 12 months together with the Asia Cup and the big-ticket ODI World Cup at dwelling, BCCI sources mentioned. Even Shubman Gill, who’s now an computerized decide throughout three codecs, may very well be rested protecting the worldwide occasion in thoughts.

The 29-year-old Pandya is without doubt one of the key members of India’s ODI group and his all-round prowess provides needed steadiness to the facet and therefore the group administration and the nationwide choice panel is predicted to cope with him cautiously.

“Nothing is finalised yet and it will also depend on how Hardik is feeling after the one-dayers and T20s in the West Indies. There is travelling involved and only a short turnaround of three days before one flies from Florida to Dublin.

“With World Cup being of main significance, one has to think about his workload. Let’s not neglect he shall be Rohit’s deputy within the World Cup,” a BCCI source told PTI on conditions of anonymity.

Pandya is expected to play a key role during India’s white-ball leg of West Indies tour where the team will play eight international games in 18 days in three Caribbean nations and the United States.

India play three ODIs and five T20Is against the West Indies in Bridgetown (Barbados), Tarouba (Trinidad), Georgetown (Guyana) and Florida (United States) between July 27 to August 13.

In Ireland, India play three T20s in a space of five days (August 18, 20 and 23) and if Pandya flies from USA to Ireland and then to India before jetting off to Colombo for Asia Cup, the workload will be immense.

When the workload is measured, even training sessions are taken into account — duration of batting or number of overs sent down while bowling.

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