Virat Kohli Likely To Be Rested For Sri Lanka Series

Oct 23, 2017 at 10:18 AM

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Virat Kohli Likely To Be Rested For Sri Lanka Series

India skipper Virat Kohli is reportedly set to be rested for the upcoming series against Sri Lanka. Kohli has played extensive cricket in the last couple of seasons and with yet another big season awaiting including the tough tour of South Africa early next year, The Deccan Chronicle has reported that the 28-year old might sit out the Sri Lanka as well as the upcoming three match T20I series against New Zealand.

The news outlet further claimed that the selectors are set to have a discussion on the prospect of giving a much-needed rest to Kohli when they meet in Mumbai on Monday (October 23) to announce the squad for the T20I series and the Test series against Sri Lanka, starting November 16.

The MSK Prasad-led side will discuss on giving rest to Kohli

Meanwhile, Indian Express has reported that Kohli has asked for a break for personal reasons.

“Kohli has informed the BCCI that there are some personal reasons and that is why he won’t be available in the month of December. Kohli has been playing non-stop cricket for quite sometimes now and he certainly would like to be fresh for South Africa tour in January,” a source in the board told the news outlet.

Recently, Kohli had said that the team management would rotate the players to give rest to key batsmen ahead of the overseas tours to South Africa and England.

“It has become quite hectic, that is something we will have to sit and discuss. If you look at New Zealand, they have not played any cricket after Champions Trophy, there has been such a good layoff and it can be the difference in doing well in a big tournament or not being able to do well,” Kohli had said before the first ODI against New Zealand.

Kohli has urged the officials to manage the players’ workload (Credits: AFP)

“We are expected to perform on a consistent basis but rest and time to prepare should be adequate for the athletes as well. This should not be an area where players are chipped and changed according to form, you need to look at all aspects in terms of how many games you are playing and how much rest you are getting… whether you will be able to maintain that consistency for 12 months given the number of matches we play, physically are you able to keep up with it?,” he had added.

Kohli is one of the busiest cricketers in the world at the moment. Since the time the Indian team left for West Indies in July 2016 for a four-Test series, Kohli has played non-stop. He missed only one of the 13 Tests during the mammoth home season and played in all the limited-overs series.

It was followed by a hectic IPL before he led the Men in Blue to the final of the Champions Trophy. Afterwards, he traveled to West Indies (5 ODIs, 1 T201) and Sri Lanka (3 Tests, 5 ODIs and 1 T20Is). He then led the team in the limited-overs series against Australia and is now playing in the three-match ODI series against New Zealand.

Deccan Chronicle also claimed that KL Rahul is likely to be retained in the T20 squad after Ajinkya Rahane was preferred over him in the ODI series as third opener. The selectors are unlikely to tinker with the squad that win the Test series in Sri Lanka.

Rahul is likely to be retained in the T20I squad (Credits: AFP)
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