The Indian skipper, Virat Kohli showered praises on the Australian team for defeating Indian by a 2-3 margin in the recently concluded ODI series as he feels that the visitors deserved to win the series. During the post-match press conference, he also shared his thoughts on the workload management of the Indian players during the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), contentious IPL-player workload management. He also asked his players to go out and enjoy themselves in the annual T20 league that precedes the World Cup in England.

Kohli explained, “We spoke about going out and enjoying the IPL for its full duration. These guys must enjoy themselves, even though being on the road for so long does take a toll. But when there is a long season, you can reflect on it. I think it has been a hectic season, but we are proud of how we have played.”

However, one has to note down the fact that the Indian skipper’s comments are quite contradictory to what he said before the first T20 against Australia at Vizag last month, where he had specifically asked his World Cup-bound players to not alter their games to suit the hectic needs of the IPL.

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Explaining the same, Virat said, “They have to make sure that their games don’t go too much away from the one-day mold of things. That means we will have to be very wary of the bad habits that might creep in during the IPL. That (not picking up the bad habit) will take a consistent effort from all the players during the IPL to keep a check on that. The moment you enter the nets and create bad habits, you lose the momentum and you lose batting form. It is very difficult to get it back in a tournament like the World Cup.”

After this series, Team Indi will now directly be playing in their opening World Cup duel against South Africa on June 5, which is a little over three weeks after the IPL ends on May 12. At the moment, there is still uncertainty over the workload management of World Cup-bound players, with the BCCI and the franchises yet to reach a consensus on this issue.

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With regard to the finalization of India’s 15-member World Cup squad, the Indian skipper insisted that the management has got the clear picture of the make-up of their team barring one spot that’s up for discussion. He said, “We are more or less sorted with what we want to do. There’s just one spot in the team that’s up for discussion, while the rest is pretty much sorted for us.”