‘We Have Done That Well’: Rohit Sharma Stresses Upon Pacer Management in India’s Test Cricket Run

With India all set to begin their run in red-ball cricket, workload management is one of the most critical aspects of test cricket. Given the arduous schedule, the Indian Cricket Team has to smartly manage all their pacers as they commence their test schedule on Thursday against Bangladesh . Since they have to keep their bowlers healthy till the end of the year, the Men in Blue need to give proper rest to the senior bowlers as ehty keep their case for the WTC Final. To properly make use of the pace bowlers throughout the schedule, Team India skipper Rohit Sharma assured that they have a plan laid out on how to manage the pace bowlers.

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Rohit Sharma Emphasizes Upon Pacers Management During Team India's Red-Ball Schedule

At the pre-series press conference in Chennai, Team India skipper Rohit Sharma opened up that they have a layout in place to manage the pace bowling line-up throughout the red-ball series. He cited examples of how they gave Bumrah and Siraj a one-match off during the England series, and something similar is expected to happen here.

"We have laid out some plans on how we are going to manage these bowlers. But again, it all depends on the workload that has been carried by them in these games. So yeah, we will monitor that. I think we have done that pretty well. Even when we played against England [at home earlier this year], we managed to get Jasprit Bumrah one Test match off. We managed to give Siraj one Test match off.

"So it all depends on how the body feels at that particular time, what the [strength and conditioning] is, and what the physios feel about them when is the right time to give them a break from the game, and then take the call," Rohit Sharma said.

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Team India's red-ball campaign begins at home when they face off against Bangladesh . They will then face New Zealand before travelling down under for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy Series.

India's squad for the 1st Test against Bangladesh

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.