Indian cricket’s senior management met on Thursday (September 3) to attract up a roadmap for subsequent yr’s ODI World Cup in South Africa and plan for the difficult excursions of SENA nations. The assembly comes on the again of India’s underwhelming exhibiting in Eire and England in June-July, after they misplaced six T20Is and two ODIs throughout the 2 excursions.
“The roadmap has been ready and we shall be doing a little workouts in order that we have now an excellent efficiency within the 2027 World Cup,” BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia, who presided over the assembly, mentioned. “Our principal intention is that we should always have one of the best staff mixture in place by October-November subsequent yr for the ODI World Cup.”
Take a look at and ODI skipper Shubman Gill, T20I captain Shreyas Iyer and head of cricket VVS Laxman have been current on the assembly. The overview of the disappointing performances in Eire and England additionally led to discussions on future excursions to SENA nations and India’s engagements within the subsequent FTP.
“We didn’t do nicely. You all know that. We misplaced matches in Eire and likewise in England within the T20s, and we misplaced the ODIs 2-1 as nicely. So, we needed to know what the explanations have been. We’ve got to do some soul-searching about that and chalk out a method for what we shall be doing in future earlier than going to any of the SENA nations.
“The one problem we face is that there are too many matches within the yr, and that’s the reason, within the subsequent FTP, we are going to do sure issues and take sure measures. We’ve got instructed our FTP individuals, who shall be assembly very quickly at varied worldwide boards, that our FTP must be scheduled in such a approach that there’s correct relaxation for the gamers, in addition to some type of acclimatisation or pleasant matches earlier than any main collection in SENA nations.”
Accidents have been a serious concern for the staff with gamers struggling frequent breakdowns. The assembly addressed the difficulty. “Particular person gamers are having accidents as a result of they should play numerous matches. In the event you take a look at their schedule, for instance, in England we had a 15-player staff for the ODIs, and out of these 15, three or 4 gamers acquired injured in the course of the matches,” Saikia mentioned.
“However we even have to consider the truth that that they had performed two months of IPL previous to that. All this takes a toll on the well being of the gamers as nicely. To keep away from these sorts of conditions, we’re looking for out what greatest we will do inside the current home windows and the current FTP.
“We’ve got a protocol in place for a way a participant can come again and play worldwide matches once more. When a participant is injured, he both goes to his personal physio or involves the rehabilitation programme on the CoE. Earlier than permitting him to be part of the Indian staff, there are particular measures he has to take and sure hurdles he has to cross. We revisited these issues right this moment and mentioned one of the best ways ahead to make sure that the gamers stay injury-free throughout worldwide matches. We’ve got mentioned these points, and we are going to talk about this matter additional in our subsequent conferences.
“We’ve got taken suggestions from the captains and the pinnacle coach, who’re the appropriate individuals to provide us the data in order that we will chalk out a correct technique to keep away from all these sorts of undesirable conditions throughout any worldwide or bilateral matches.”
