India and Mumbai all-rounder Shardul Thakur on Sunday said that the BCCI will have to relook next year's Ranji Trophy schedule as playing 10 matches with just three-day gaps between games could lead to injuries to players. (More Cricket News)
Thakur said it's difficult for players to adjust to the three-day gap between knockout matches, which was not the case earlier.
바카라It's difficult because we are playing first-class games in (a) three days' gap 바카라 that has never happened in Ranji Trophy season ever,바카라 Thakur told the media here after making a fine century in the semifinal against Tamil Nadu.
바카라You know the schedule is becoming tighter and tighter. If boys keep playing like this for two more seasons, there will be lot of injuries across the country.
바카라Next year, they (the BCCI) have to re-look at it and give more break,바카라 he added.
He said few years back players got more days in between matches in Ranji Trophy.
바카라When I remember playing Ranji Trophy back in the days, good 7-8 years back, (the) first three games used to have (a) three-day break and then it was (a) four-day break and knockouts were played on five-day breaks.
바카라Now this year, we have seen that all the games have been played on (a) three-day gap. It is extremely tough on domestic players to expect them to play ten games in a row with just (a) three-days gap if (a) team makes it to the finals.
바카라Also, when nine teams were in the group, one team would get a break in (the) round-robin system. Now only eight teams being in one group, everyone plays each other, so that break has gone now,바카라 Thakur added.
Thakur backed his statement by citing the example of his team Mumbai, which has had to juggle between available resources.
He agreed that the current scheduling has not left enough time for the pacers to recover.
바카라Yeah, 100 per cent because Mohit (Avasthi) also had an injury in the sixth game,바카라 he said.
Avasthi was rested from the league stage contest against Chhattisgarh by Mumbai as he is also believed to have developed a hamstring-related issue.
바카라He played five games in a row. He had a huge workload because Tushar (Deshpande) was also selected for India A. He was not available. Dhawal (Kulkarni) was playing alternate games, looking at his age and workload. Royston (Dias) is fairly new,바카라 said Thakur.
바카라He (Mohit) operated a lot in those first five games and then he had an injury so he had to miss a game. I think that is because there is not enough spacing between the games,바카라 Thakur added.
Tamil Nadu skipper R Sai Kishore, who has led his side into Ranji Trophy knockouts for the first time in seven years while also crossing the 50-wicket mark this season, agreed with Thakur.
바카라A few players feel the same thing. Fast bowlers are extra tired because you travel on one day. For me, I don바카라t train much because of the three-day thing,바카라 Sai Kishore said.
바카라I bowl directly match-to-match so the load on my body is fine. I don바카라t strain myself in training pre-match. I am managing myself that way but should be harder for the fast bowlers,바카라 he added.
Thakur, meanwhile, admitted that an international comeback for India is not on the cards despite his maiden century across formats.
바카라I think international comeback is far from now because the Test team is out already for the fifth game (against England) and after this we are going into the IPL.
"It's far, I am not thinking that far. But yes, scoring a century is a big, big relief and also it was very important for the team at that point of time,바카라 he added.
