Will IPL fatigue affect India's performance in T20 WC? Rohit Sharma, boys take part in back-to-back tournaments
ALSO READ: T20 World Cup 2024: Top 10 squads, India vs Pakistan match details and moreNow stats say that one of the primary reason for India not performing at the ICC T20 World Cup tournament is somewhere related to Indian Premier League.India could cross the Super 8s stage twice in 2009 and 2010, as its players had just entered the T20 World Cup tournament after an almost two-and-half-month IPL schedule and were fatigued.ALSO READ: T20 World Cup 2024 full schedule: Check dates, venues, timing, livestreaming details and moreIn 2009, the gap between the IPL and T20 World Cup was 12 days. While in 2010, the gap was five days.
In 2021, India exit the tournament in the group stage and the gap between two tournaments was eight days. Now with just six days of gap between IPL and T20 World Cup, question arises will India be able to turn the tide?Critics often blame the poor results on the fatigue of players, who are mostly tired due to the long schedule of the cash-rich IPL tournament.
This year, the IPL kicked off on 22 March and concluded on 26 May, when Shreyas Iyer-led Kolkata Knight Riders lifted the trophy for the third time.ALSO READ: India favourites to win T20 World Cup 2024? Eoin Morgan says Rohit Sharma's team ‘can beat anybody’Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, and Mohd. Siraj.Reserves: Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, and Avesh Khan.Milestone Alert!
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