Indian Cricket team: Is it playing too much cricket?

I have gone through a series of articles regarding the Indian Cricket team performance in T-20 world cup. It was simply a disaster for the side where they just managed to win against minors like Namibia and Bangladesh. Rest of the matches was like no Indian fan will like to remember in any way. Whether it was due to Sehwag injury or due to sending Ravindra Jedeja up the order against England, we must accept that as a team we failed miserably. Some of the commentators said that Indian players were too tired to go to world cup T-20 due to IPL. But, the fact of the matter is most of the players that did well in T-20 also played IPL. It is also a fact that rest of the teams had at max 4-5 players playing in IPL whereas All Indian players were involved in it. So this is one of the factors for the poor performance by Indian team. But at International level, Players must be able to handle these kind of situations.
A section of people talked about there is some problem in the dressing room related to Sehwag injury. But I think, the way this man has served India, even though he is 50% fit, he would be better than half of the side playing currently and on his day he can simply murder any balling attack. He might have a feeling that after a couple of games he will be alright and could not have anticipated the complexity of his injury. These are technical issues and one can not blame him entirely for this as it also the responsibility of medical staffs to examine the matter. People also talked about discomfort level among the players. Again it’s too early to say anything on this aspect but I just wish that it is not a reality because this will not only hamper the performance of individuals but also of the team.
The fact of the matter is now a days due to heavy commercialization we have hardly any breaks after any series. We had a long IPL session followed by T-20 World cup. Pause a minute, We are playing against West Indies in their home country and by the time I am writing this article 2 One day Internationals has already been played with scores level at 1-1. Its too much cricket in recent past. TV ratings also suggest same. India-West Indies series getting a raw deal not by the viewers but also by the news channels as far as coverage of the matches are concerned. Even Media knows where to target and what to avoid. These are tuff times for Indian cricket and players must be given some rest before next series starts and then only we can expect some very good cricket from them. I wish Indian Cricket council is listening. My best wishes to Indian Team for its West Indies series.


With Regards-Nandlal Kumar