Taking breaks from international matches but playing in IPL: The curious case of managing the workload of Virat Kohli

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Once again Virat Kohli has been ‘rested’ for yet another international assignment. He has been excluded from the upcoming 3-match T20 series against the West Indies.

In the last few months itself, Kohli has been rested from several international matches, including a Test match in June, when India took on Afghanistan. It does not really matter whether the opponent is Afghanistan or Australia, as playing in the white flannels is always a matter of great pride for a player.

Kohli was also rested during the matches against Ireland, before the England series. But more importantly, he was also rested from playing the Asia Cup this year, a tournament that pretty much gives the bragging rights to the winner as the best ODI team in Asia. Surely, not an insignificant tournament!

India’s batting in the absence of its talisman struggled in matches where the openers failed in the Asia Cup. What if India had lost to Bangladesh in the final or suffered the ignominy of losing to Afghanistan in the league stage? They were close to losing both those matches, anyway.

 

Also, in these times of no bilateral series with Pakistan, why would one not like to avail the rare opportunity to play against a side, with whom the team has a storied rivalry that goes beyond just numbers and statistics?

The latest installment of those breaks from cricket has now been announced by the selectors. It’s to apparently manage his workload, so that he remains fresh for the more important future assignments such as the Australia tour and the 2019 ICC World Cup.

Now that’s a wise decision. But all this talk of giving constant breaks at regular intervals to India’s all-format captain and its best batsman would make sense only if they ensure that he does not play 50 days of high-voltage IPL that is scheduled just before the World Cup.

If he actually plays the IPL however, then taking breaks from donning the Indian jersey might very well be construed as putting commercial interest over the glory of playing for your nation. Going by the previous track records, and the seriousness of BCCI and IPL franchises to make IPL 2019 a grand success, it’s highly unlikely Kohli will be “rested” from the IPL so that he remains fresh for one of the most important assignments of his budding Captaincy career – 2019 ICC World Cup.

This only forces one to question the constant breaks that are being given to him for national duty, whilst he is happily allowed to don franchise colours

@Austin 3:!6 hope you were not writing this article 

[jalebi_bhai]

8 minutes ago, Switchblade said:

@Austin 3:!6 hope you were not writing this article 

The article has a factual inaccuracy. Kohli did play against Ireland.

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Just now, jalebi_bhai said:

The article is factually incorrect. Kohli did play against Ireland.

Yes played both games but really need him at his best for the WC.

[zen]

Indians players are not going to miss IPL, if that is what the article is suggesting .... And resting from LOIs is no big deal either  

 

Major focus should be Tests + ICC Events in LOIs + IPL 

[Khota]

IPL is the only thing India should focus on.

[Jamadagni]

Without people watching cricket, there would have been no India cricket... Heck the one who wrote this article wouldn't have been hired in the first place. People of all ages follow IPL. Our players first and foremost importance should always be IPL. 

Edited October 28, 2018 by Jamadagni

[jf1gp_1]

so everyone besides Indian captain should make money out of IPL.

[beetle]

Ipl is not an enemy.

It helps Indian cricket at different levels.

 

Ipl needs the stars .

Unlike icc which will stab Indian Cricket in the back any time ipl is Indian cricket's baby .

 

No need for any one to be guilty because of ipl.

Edited October 28, 2018 by beetle

[UnknownGenius]

I have told you all that the IPL is the Pinnacle of cricket. Everyone wants to play this and win this the biggest tournament every year

 

Not everyone can. Only select few winning mentality teams and players can

 

That is why someone like Sachin never won IPL and failed miserably 

[zen]

2 minutes ago, UnknownGenius said:

 

That is why someone like Sachin never won IPL and failed miserably 

Why talk about Sachin in almost every post

 

just comment on the topic

[express bowling]

BCCI provides more than 75% of ICC's revenue.

 

And the IPL provides a high percentage of BCCI's revenue.

 

So, in effect, international cricket is being financed by the IPL.

 

Hence it is important that stars and superstars play the IPL.  People should stop cribbing about this.

[Ankit_sharma03]

Good na he is taking break, thats how others will get a chance

IF he doesnt Play, IPL brand value n competiton level gets affected and IPL has to be top product to keep giving us good cricketers 

[Austin 3:!6]

I have no issues if normal players preferring IPL over national side. But as a captain, its a big no for me. Relinquish the captaincy post and give it to Rohit Sharma (who is better anyway) and pick n choose as many series you want. Being the best batsman in the team, no one would question it either. But when you hold the position of captain, you cant pick and choose series as you wish.

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[nevada]

1 hour ago, Austin 3:!6 said:

I have no issues if normal players preferring IPL over national side. But as a captain, its a big no for me. Relinquish the captaincy post and give it to Rohit Sharma (who is better anyway) and pick n choose as many series you want. Being the best batsman in the team, no one would question it either. But when you hold the position of captain, you cant pick and choose series as you wish.

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I agree. It is okay to skip the last 1-2 games of a long bilateral series but you can't go missing for entire series.

[Adi BB]

7 hours ago, UnknownGenius said:

I have told you all that the IPL is the Pinnacle of cricket. Everyone wants to play this and win this the biggest tournament every year

 

Not everyone can. Only select few winning mentality teams and players can

 

That is why someone like Sachin never won IPL and failed miserably 

For a guy who shows himself as the biggest ipl fan you don't even know the history of the winners/players .

Sachin won the tournament in 2013 enrouting your sorry team in the finals .he didn't play the finals due to injury .

[UnknownGenius]

^^ he didn't play.

 

Listen man whenever selfish Sachin plays good things don't happen when it comes to major trophies. Just like WC final where of hestayed for longer and did his usual tuk tuk, India would have lost

 

Thankfully MSD and Gambo carried him to a trophy or else he would have been known as someone who has never won WC