BCCI should give adequate rest to the seniors, says Nasser Hussain – Cricket News Update
The former England captain, Nasser Hussain on Friday urged the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to give adequate rest to its senior players to get the best out of them.
Recapping India’s disastrous tour of England and Australia, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nasser-Hussain-c78777 said that the only reason behind the dismal performance of the Men in Blue was excessive cricket.
"What I saw in England a few months after India's World Cup triumph was a team that was not well prepared. They were not quite ready for England,” said the cricketer turned commentator.
"While a lot of the players were undercooked, most of the Indian players were overcooked. There was too much cricket being played," said Hussain referring to the two-month long schedule of the Indian Premier League and hosting the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 soon after
the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Cup 2011, spanning 45 days.
"The difference between the two sides was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 were not," he added further.
During the disastrous tour of England last summer, Dhoni-led India not only faced a 4-0 Test series whitewash at the hands of the hosts, but also surrendered their world number one Test status to the Poms. Their next offshore assignment was the 2011-12 tour
of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746, which started in December last year and concluded on March 2. During the three-month long tour Down Under, the reigning ODI world champions succumbed to a successive 4-0 Test series whitewash, followed by an unimpressive show in the triangular
Commonwealth Bank series, which also featured http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758.
"Modern cricketers are fit, well rested and prepared,” said the former England cricketer. “That should happen," he insisted.
Hussain believes that the Indian team is still a force to reckon with and should not be taken lightly.
The 43-year-old former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 today.
"http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556," said the former England skipper.
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