Shastri: You’ve got to miss out on IPL to have 20 days of preparation for WTC last

Rohit Sharma would’ve liked “20-25 days to prepare” for the World Test Championship (WTC) last, however Ravi Shastri, the previous India coach, was more practical about the ground truth, putting the onus on the gamers rather, stating make a “option” in between missing parts of the IPL and getting ready for a video game of this magnitude. “See, that’s never ever going to occur,” Shastri informed Star Sports in action to Rohit’s declaration. The Indian captain had actually recommended how “perfect preparation”, like in 2021 when they visited England almost 3 weeks prior to the start of the Test series, operated in their favour with India going on to take a 2-1 lead prior to Covid-19 required the post ponement of the last Test. That preparation window just opened due to the fact that the 2nd half of the IPL needed to be pressed back to September due to a rise in Covid cases amongst groups and gamers. “Let’s be reasonable here. You’re not going to get those 20 days. And if that’s the case then you’ve got to miss out on IPL,” Shastri stated. “So, the option is yours and it’s up to the facility. I’m sure the BCCI will examine this in the future, if a World Test Championship [final] is going to follow an IPL each time in the month of June, then for that season, if your group gets approved for the last, there must be specific stipulations pu
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