Veteran Pakistan speedster Shaheen Afridi believes that there is no need for workload management, saying that it completely depends on individual players. He also said that the workload doesn’t take a toll on him, citing the example of Pakistani legends Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis from the 90s as well.

Speaking about being rested for the third Test in Australia earlier this year, Afridi told Samaa TV: “First of all, if you are saying that I have bowled the most in the world (among bowlers in Test cricket)… but if you look in the past, all our legends bowlers Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, at that time there was no workload issue. I don’t know why we have made it a big topic over the last one year that there is workload, players are getting injured. We are considering it more important. It depends individually on the players, how they play in particular formats. You need to be mentally fit and strong on how to react in different circumstances.”

“If you feel lazy, you cannot perform anytime. I know there is a time when you cannot perform anymore where you try but your body reacts similarly. You try to release it differently and come up with (new) techniques, similarly with batting but it takes time to overcome that.“It’s a small period where you need support from the management and close ones, who need to give you positive messages. I don’t know about the workload, it isn’t that much but I feel that everyone should enjoy regardless of the format,” he again shared.