Kohli will play as long as his body allows: Sridhar

TIL Desk Sports/ India’s fielding coach R Sridhar has said that skipper Virat Kohli would not miss a chance to play for the country as long as he is fit and would ask for rest only when his body demands.

India are scheduled to tour South Africa for a full series early next year and many feel that Kohli should be rested during the two-month long ongoing home series against Sri Lanka, but the captain insisted that he would ask for rest only when needed.

“Each member in this team is very proud to represent his country at any given opportunity. Most in the team love to play every match. Knowing Virat, he wears his pride on his sleeve. As long as his body allows he would not miss a single second of the match,” Sridhar said after the second day’s play of the first Test against Sri Lanka at EdenGardens.

Hardik Pandya, who has played only three Test matches was taken off the squad after the all-rounder sought for rest. Providing explanation for this move, Sridhar said: “The parameters we take into consideration is the workload. “The time he spent at the crease, overs, batting…based on that, the team management takes a call on who needs to be rotated.”