IPL 2019, Amitabh Choudary
Amitabh Choudary (Credits - BCCI)

Well, the upcoming Indian Premier League edition is quite a contrast to the previous editions. Unlike every edition, this time, they got quite a few issues on the paper. Right from the elections colliding to the match fixtures to the overseas player’s stint in the tournament to the Indian player’s rest period, there are quite a few to address by BCCI. In between, Amitabh Choudary makes his voice out.

The BCCI acting secretary quoted that there are four factors which will play a crucial role before taking the final call on the Indian players being rested for Indian Premier League 2019. He firmly believes that the decision of the IPL franchises will hold the key.

Speaking to Times Now, BCCI’s acting secretary Amitabh Chaudhary said, “selectors are deciding on which all players representing India at World Cup should be given how much rest during the IPL. The decision of franchise owners is also important in this because they have signed a contract with those players.”

IPL 2019, Amitabh Choudary
IPL Cup (Credits – BCCI)

Four Different scenarios:

1. Chaudhary also added that whether to give rest to players in IPL 2019 will depend on the following four factors. Initially, he said that the decision of the players will also be taken into count.

Managing the workload of players is crucial. If a player asks for more matches, he will be given more matches to play in the IPL.

2. Further, the BCCI official Amitabh Choudary felt that the call on the players will also be taken by the selectors. He felt that they know the in and out of a certain player, which certainly helps them to take a call.

 Selectors to also take a call on the number of matches India’s players from the World Cup squad would play.

Virat Kohli, Ravi Shastri
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Ravi Shastri’s opinion matters:

3. In addition, he also highlighted the fact that the decision of Ravi Shastri and his staff play a major role. They will rest the players, who are prone to injuries and the key players for ICC World Cup 2019.

 The opinion of head coach Ravi Shastri and assistant coaches will also be taken into account.

4. Finally, the opinions and the green signal from the franchises is the must for a player to rest. As the Indian players play a key part for certain teams, it is tough to see them resting the players at crucial junctures of the tournament.

The opinions of franchise owners will also be taken into consideration as they have signed deals with the cricketers.

Well, it would be interesting to see how things would pan out. Most probably, IPL franchises will not let their key players staying away from the team, especially, during the crunch situations of the tournament.

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