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BCCI has made it mandatory for all the India players to participate in domestic cricket when they are not on national duty.
BCCI has made it mandatory for India players to participate in domestic cricket. (Picture Credit: PTI)
Former Indian batter Cheteshwar Pujara has backed BCCI’s decision of making it mandatory for players to participate in domestic cricket when they are not playing for the national side. The BCCI mandate came last year, and post that, the likes of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma even played one match each in the Ranji Trophy earlier this year.
It was reported a couple of weeks back that as part of their preparations for the upcoming white-ball tour of Australia, Rohit could also take the field for India A against the Australia A team in the one-day matches.
According to Pujara, it is important for India players to feature in domestic matches because it raises the standard of the competition, and also the presence of top players brings a lot of motivation for the young domestic players.
“It’s important for players to play domestic cricket. It raises the standard of the competition. When top players participate, it brings a lot of motivation, and young domestic players can learn a great deal. At the same time, workload needs to be managed. If you are a multi-format player, you can’t participate in every game, but you need to identify if there is a Test series coming up.”
“For that preparation alone, if someone can manage to play one or two games, that would be ideal. As for batsmen, they should play as many domestic games as possible,” added Pujara.
Pujara, who announced his retirement from all forms of the game last week, also feels that situation might be different for bowlers, and someone like Jasprit Bumrah can’t be expected to play domestic cricket due to workload management.
“It might be slightly different for bowlers. Someone like Jasprit Bumrah needs to manage his workload and can’t be expected to play domestic cricket. But if there is a young fast bowler trying to develop his skills in red-ball cricket, he should play as many matches as possible. The team management and coaching staff at the NCA should sit together and figure out a roadmap for every player,” said Pujara.
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