Mental well-being of players should not be neglected: Kohli

TIL Desk Sports/ Two India squads travelling to different places at the same time could become a norm in the mentally draining world of bio-bubbles that cricketers are forced to live in amid the COVID-19 pandemic, said India captain Virat Kohli on Wednesday.

While the Kohli-led side leaves for UK for the ICC World Test Championship final against New Zealand in Southampton later this month and a five-Test series against hosts England, a second string India squad will soon be picked for the limited-overs tour of Sri Lanka in July.

With bio-secure environment taking a toll on the players mentally, Kohli said they will be given breaks to recover from that and not just for workload management. “With the current structure and the kind of structure that you’re competing inside for a long period of time, it’s very difficult for the players to stay motivated and find the right kind of mental space,” Kohli said on eve of the Indian team’s departure to UK.