Kohli likely to be rested during home series against Sri Lanka
The combination of a relentless schedule and the prize of winning a Test series in South Africa are factors that are likely to force the selectors to rest Virat Kohli for the second half of the home series against Sri Lanka in December. Although he has been named in the squad for the first two Tests, the Indian captain is likely to sit out of the final one and/or the six limited-overs matches that follow.
"Virat has played the maximum cricket in the world in the last one year. So he needs some rest at some point," a BCCI official told ESPNcricinfo, and went on to counter media reports that stated Kohli had written to the selectors asking for time off. The official insisted the Indian captain had "not asked" to be rested but it was simply his time to be, in line with the team's workload management policy. "The rotation is for everybody including him [Kohli]."
Despite claiming the No. 1 Test ranking recently, the team management led by Kohli and the coach Ravi Shastri want to extend their dominance away from home. And South Africa is a place where India have never won a series in six attempts. "They firmly believe they will win [the] South Africa series and they want to be fully prepared. The BCCI will support and whatever they ask we will help out," the board official said.
Kohli likely to be rested during home series against Sri Lanka
The combination of a relentless schedule and the prize of winning a Test series in South Africa are factors that are likely to force the selectors to rest Virat Kohli for the second half of the home series against Sri Lanka in December. Although he has been named in the squad for the first two Tests, the Indian captain is likely to sit out of the final one and/or the six limited-overs matches that follow.
"Virat has played the maximum cricket in the world in the last one year. So he needs some rest at some point," a BCCI official told ESPNcricinfo, and went on to counter media reports that stated Kohli had written to the selectors asking for time off. The official insisted the Indian captain had "not asked" to be rested but it was simply his time to be, in line with the team's workload management policy. "The rotation is for everybody including him [Kohli]."
Despite claiming the No. 1 Test ranking recently, the team management led by Kohli and the coach Ravi Shastri want to extend their dominance away from home. And South Africa is a place where India have never won a series in six attempts. "They firmly believe they will win [the] South Africa series and they want to be fully prepared. The BCCI will support and whatever they ask we will help out," the board official said.
Kohli likely to be rested during home series against Sri Lanka
