New Delhi . The caravan of India’s men’s home matches has shifted to the T20I against New Zealand. One can only imagine how his ODI form has started in the home World Cup year. In the ODIs against Sri Lanka and New Zealand, India were able to register similar 3–0 clean sweeps despite some difficult conditions where it seemed the match had slipped out of their grip. But they kept their pressure on the visiting teams. The batsmen, including skipper Rohit Sharma, managed to score big runs while the bowlers, led by Mohammad Siraj and Kuldeep Yadav, were brilliant.
Despite the start, one cannot ignore the fact that in a hectic cricket schedule, fatigue runs high and last year, several players of the Indian team were seen battling injuries, especially some of the players Spent a long time on the field.
In 2021, the Indian team entered the T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates just days after the second part of the IPL ended, and losses to Pakistan as well as New Zealand in the Super 12 saw them pulled out of the campaign.
However, many insisted at the time that playing the IPL in the UAE would be great preparation for the T20 World Cup in the UAE. India’s performance in the tournament was abysmal with a lack of energy and intensity.
To make matters more hectic, most members of the Indian squad in the 2021 T20 World Cup were in a bio-bubble in England for four months, which included the final of the World Test Championship in June and the four-match Test series against India . England (5th Test canceled and rescheduled for July 2022).
As India’s performance in T20s in 2022 and the T20 World Cup in Australia showed, it is one thing to do well in bilateral series and quite another to replicate performances in ICC global tournaments. Recent performances in ODIs against Sri Lanka and New Zealand may give some hope to the fans about a good show in the 2023 World Cup.
But one cannot help thinking about the fatigue factor, which is present both physically and mentally. How decisive this could be in the run-up to the mega event. India’s schedule till the 2023 World Cup in October consists of three T20Is against New Zealand, then four Tests against Australia at home and three ODIs, followed by nearly two months of IPL.
After a gap of a few days, there could be a possible World Test Championship final in June, followed by an all-format tour of the West Indies. Then India will play the 50-over Asia Cup, the venue of which is yet to be decided. After this, before the World Cup, three ODIs will be played against Australia at home.
However, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on January 1 that the workload of key players in World Cup planning will be monitored by the National Cricket Academy when they are with their respective franchises during this year’s IPL. It gives a ray of hope that the fatigue factor can be brought down in an ODI World Cup year.
–IANS
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