India captain Rohit Sharma has said that it is “up to the franchise” to manage the workload of the players during the IPL. He also cast doubt on whether players would actually walk out when the need arose.
Speaking after the conclusion of the ODI series against Australia, Rohit said –
“It’s all up to the franchise now. Franchises own them now. We’ve given them some indications or some kind of border line kind of things to teams. But at the end of the day, it’s up to the franchises and most importantly it’s the players.”
Rohit added – “They have to take care of their own body. They are all adults. So they have to look after their body and adjust if they feel like it’s getting a little too much, they can always talk about it and have a break in 1-2 games. I doubt that’ll happen but.”
Rohit further said – “Look it is concerning because if the players are not available it is concerning. And we are missing players who are actually Playing XI players. They regularly play in the playing XI. Honestly, everyone is trying their best to get everyone on the park. We’ve been focussing a lot on management of the players a lot. Which is why you keep seeing.”
Rohit further added –
“We have to rest certain players at certain points of time. From our side we could do our best in terms of handling them. I mean, I’m not a specialist to tell you why the recurring injuries are happening. Of course the medical team of ours is definitely looking into all of this and making sure that come the World Cup we’ve got our best 15 players ready.”
