Virat Kohli’s U-turn: Week-long break was ridiculous

Virat Kohli. Pic/AFP

Indian captain Virat Kohli on Sunday criticised the scheduling of his team's first two matches in the ICC T20 World Cup here, saying that spreading the games over more than a week was "ridiculous".

India, who faced New Zealand yesterday, played their tournament opener on October 24 against arch-rivals Pakistan, exactly seven days ago. "It's ridiculous, we are playing twice in 10 days. Too long a break," Kohli said at the toss yesterday.

Interestingly, after the 10-wicket loss to Pakistan, Kohli had said that the break works well for his side. "It works well for us, knowing we have played a full-fledged season, we played IPL, which is very high octane in testing conditions, and we come into the World Cup" Kohli had said.

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