After participating in the tough Indian Premier League for over two months, all Indian players will be in England for the one-off WTC final. However, after that, the majority of the senior players, including as Kohli and Rohit, will require rest before travelling to the West Indies, where all three forms of the game will be contested.
According to some reports, the BCCI is planning to cancel the proposed home series against Afghanistan due to the cramped calendar. However, there is a possibility that a second string team might play with all seniors including ODI and Test captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli rested before the West Indies tour. This is contrary to reports in some quarters that the BCCI is planning to cancel the proposed home series against Afghanistan due to the cramped calendar.
After participating in the tough Indian Premier League for over two months, all Indian players will be in England for the one-off WTC final. However, after that, the majority of the senior players, including as Kohli and Rohit, will require rest before travelling to the West Indies, where all three forms of the game will be contested.
Both Kohli and Rohit will participate in both one-day internationals and test matches, thus they will require sufficient recuperation.
Given that the only available window for the Afghanistan series is between June 20 and June 30, the BCCI may have been forced to either reduce the series or merely convert it into either a Twenty20 International or a One-Day International series and field a second string side led by Hardik Pandya.
While a meeting between the members of the Asian Cricket Council is scheduled to take place, the India and Afghanistan cricket boards could also finalise the details of their proposed white-ball series during the time that Mirwais Ashraf, the president of the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB), is in India for the final of the Indian Premier League.
After the conclusion of the Indian Premier League, the Indian cricket team has a jam-packed schedule ahead of them. While the coaching staff and several members of the team have already travelled to England to prepare for the final of the World Test Championship against Australia commencing on June 7, there is also a complete tour of the Caribbean that is scheduled to take place in the coming weeks.
From the 12th of July through the 13th of August, India will compete against the West Indies in two Test matches, three One-Day Internationals (ODIs), and five Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is). After that, India is scheduled to compete in a Twenty20 International series in Ireland consisting of three matches.
The majority of the players in the Ireland series come from the Indian Premier League, and Pandya may even sit out some of those matches in preparation for the Asia Cup.
The members of the ACC board will meet on the sidelines of the IPL final to determine the future of the Asia Cup 2023. This implies that the burden for the Indian players will only increase, as there is an extremely crucial 50-over World Cup scheduled for October and November.
A packed schedule has already resulted in significant injuries to key players like Jasprit Bumrah and Shreyas Iyer, with no clear idea of when they will be able to return to play. The Asia Cup 2023 is expected to be played in September, if the date is finalised, which means that the Indian players will have a difficult time finding time to rest and recuperate. If the date is finalised, the date will be played in September.
In addition, in order to complete their preparations for the World Cup, India will face Australia in a one-day international (ODI) series consisting of three matches in September. This will be the second such series that India will play against Australia in 2018.
Given the time limitation, and also since the broadcast arrangement with Disney Star has ended and a new tender has not to be published, the BCCI is reportedly having trouble scheduling the Afghanistan series, which is proposed to be having three one-day internationals.
Nevertheless, during a previous meeting with the media in Mumbai, a senior BCCI secretary named Jay Shah stated that the “BCCI media rights tender will be on schedule this year (June-July) and will depend on the Afghanistan tour, but it is more likely that the process will start from the Australia series.” The Board will discuss the matter with all of the parties involved, and then they will make a decision regarding the situation.