KOLKATA: The IPL will be a boon, not bane, for India’s World Cup-bound players, VVS Laxman believed on Friday amid a raging debate around players’ workload management programme.
“I think all of them are professional players and playing a tournament like the IPL will help them to be in good rhythm when they go to the World Cup,” Laxman said.
“But they have to be very sensible and smart. The workload management, as it is, is a focus of the franchise because it’s a long tournament where there is a lot of travel.”
With the Indian Premier League, which begins Saturday, culminating days before the World Cup, there has been a lot of talk around managing the workload of the players during the next two months.
Laxman said, “World Cup is something which we all are looking forward to and we want the Indian team to go out there and win the World Cup. I am sure all the players will be smart enough. Playing the IPL will be an advantage as they play against top quality opposition. You are playing with some quality players.” (AGENCIES)
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