Game-time to reserves necessary before World Cup: India’s fielding coach R Sridhar

India have turned out to be a brute force in recent times in all the formats of cricket. Recently, they thumped Australia in the Test and ODI series without dropping much sweat. Now, they managed to win the first three matches of the series against New Zealand and have already sealed the fate of the series. Most importantly, in all the games, the Men in Blue outplayed their opponents in every aspect.

The fourth ODI is scheduled to be played tomorrow at the Seddon Park in Hamilton and its nothing but a dead rubber. However, R Sridhar, India’s fielding coach, reckons that with the World Cup in England and Wales only a few months ago, it’s paramount to give the reserved players an opportunity. He also put forth the importance of showing the same intensity irrespective of the importance of the game.

Just seven games remaining before World Cup

“See, winning is a habit which we would obviously want to continue. When you’re one-up or three-up against a team, you want to continue with the form; you want to don’t want to let down the intensity. At the same time, we also need to give game-time to our reserves. There’s just seven games remaining for us before we play our first World Cup game,” Sridhar told before the game as per reports in Cricbuzz.

We should not end up in a situation where the main eleven has played and the reserves have not got enough game time, and then suddenly they have to play an important crucial game in the World Cup. And that is what we would like to achieve from the remaining two games in this series and no better place than New Zealand to simulate the conditions in England in June,” he added.

India have tried out 13 players against the Black Caps, captained by Kane Williamson. However, the likes of Khaleel Ahmed, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Ravindra Jadeja and Shubman Gill haven’t got a game yet and they would be desperate to show their prowess on the field and make their stronger for a place in the World Cup team provided they break into the playing eleven.

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