Why the BCCI asked bowlers to scale up their workload during IPL?

This instruction by the BCCI was for the fast bowlers but spinners have also been given the same advice.

Why the BCCI asked bowlers to scale up their workload during IPL?

Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami

These days Indian cricket fraternity has been dealing with players’ workload issues. The discussion surrounding the same started after paceman Jasprit Bumrah‘s inability to recover from a stress fracture in time for the ICC matches. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has faced criticism for not managing players’ workloads well.

The World Test Championship (WTC) is around the corner and the Indian players have been told to manage their workload to keep themselves fit for the upcoming tournament. After the third ODI against Australia, India skipper Rohit Sharma asked the players to manage their workload during the Indian Premier League (IPL) and left the workload management of the players to their respective franchises.

However, the bowlers have received different instructions. Reportedly, the bowlers have been told to double down their workload because they deliver just four overs in the IPL matches. They have to particularly bowl more during the second half of the league. Now the bowlers would be seen bowling more in the nets and maybe with the red ball.

Gujarat Titans’ fast bowler Mohammed Shami said that one needs to be smart in managing the workload because when one plays international cricket, one knows how much he needs to work on. “I know my body well and can handle the workload, so I am taking it match by match,” Shami told Cricbuzz.

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As per reports, bowlers have been given a target of 200 deliveries a week

Why the BCCI asked bowlers to scale up their workload during IPL?
Mohammed Siraj

Cricbuzz’s report claimed that the bowlers have been given a target of 200 deliveries a week and are asked to report the same to the concerned authorities. The BCCI thinks that optional practices and regular traveling would mean the bowlers would not practice every day.

This instruction by the BCCI was for the fast bowlers but spinners have also been given the same advice. It is given to the bowlers to make them well prepared for the WTC final, which will take place on June 7 at The Oval in London against Australia.

“It is important that the bowlers have enough workload under their belt before the WTC final, 200 or 175…they must go to the WTC well prepared,” Bharat Arun, a former India bowling coach told Cricbuzz. He was part of the Indian team when it last participated in the WTC final against New Zealand.

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