Rohit Sharma feels that cricketers shouldn't complain about tight schedules

Ahead of an action-packed series against the Aussies, Indian vice-captain Rohit Sharma stated that the cricketers shouldn’t complain about burnouts because they have short career spans. Team India are slated to play a prolonged limited-overs home season which begins with the Australian series this weekend.

The Indian opener also mentioned that players should try to make the best use of the opportunities given if they’ve to make it count in the long run. He also spoke on his return to international cricket after a long absence. Hitman, as he’s commonly called, had an outstanding run on the Sri Lanka tour. He scored 2 centuries and was the second highest run-scorer after Indian skipper Virat Kohli.

On the tight schedules for cricketers

“Cricketers have limited careers. We cannot play until the age of 60, 70. We have to make the most of the time we have. There can’t be excuses of burnout, tight match schedule and so on,” Rohit was quoted as saying by the ICC website. “We are all used to tight schedules. It is not happening now, it has been happening for a while now. We all understand how to take care of our bodies and there are specialists like physios and trainees to help us out,” he added.

“Because of the schedules, you see a lot of rotation happening. Whenever we play a series we have to make sure that the guys are 100 per cent fit and the trainers take care of that,” he added.

On his return from the knee injury

Coming back from a knee injury, the Mumbai batsman said he wants to play as much as he can. “I am coming back from an injury. I don’t see myself doing that, I want to play as much as possible. Whenever I get the opportunity I want to be there on the field,” Rohit said.