Indian captain Rohit Sharma revealed Team India's plans to rest some of their key players during the hectic Test cricket season in the coming months.
The Test team is set to play two home series against Bangladesh and New Zealand, followed by the much-awaited five-match tour of Australia in November.
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The importance of managing the workload of key players and in particular, resting fast bowlers is more crucial than ever.
While India has had a very careful approach with regards of Bumrah, by resting him for all the bilateral white-ball series since the World Cup triumph and Duleep Trophy, the team will be hoping that their best player will feature in a majority of the crucial matches that waits ahead.
What did Rohit Sharma say about resting and managing workload of Jasprit Bumrah during the upcoming Test series?
During the press conference ahead of the first Test match against Bangladesh at M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, Indian captain Rohit, spoke to the reporters, providing key insights into the team's plans for the next couple of months.
"We will always keep that on the back of our minds. We want all the best players to play all the games, but it is not possible. There are T20s and ODI series happening between the next 2 test series as well. We will manage the bowlers around the plans we have made," he said.
Rohit revealed that the decision to rest players and particularly the fast bowlers will be made by the physios and the management.
He further said that the team has enough back up of fast bowlers to help with rotation of the main pacers during the ten Test matches until the end of the year.
"It depends on the workload that has been carried by them in these games. We will monitor them like did against England where we rested Jasprit Burmah and Mohammed Siraj. The right time to give break to players will be decided by the physios and management. We have got a lot of bowlers who are there to play. We also saw in the Duleep trophy - there are many exciting prospects waiting in the wing," he added.
India plans to rotate the fast bowlers during the ten Test matches like they did during the home Test series against England, where they rested both Siraj and Bumrah in alternative matches.
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Complete India squad for 1st Test match against Bangladesh
The BCCI announced a 16-man squad for the first Test match against Bangladesh.
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India Test squad:
- Rohit Sharma (C)
- Yashasvi Jaiswal
- Shubman Gill
- Virat Kohli
- KL Rahul
- Sarfaraz Khan
- Rishabh Pant (WK)
- Dhruv Jurel (WK)
- R Ashwin
- R Jadeja
- Axar Patel
- Kuldeep Yadav
- Mohammed Siraj
- Akash Deep
- Jasprit Bumrah
- Yash Dayal.
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