IPL 2021: No 15-Day Break For Indian Cricketers Before Indian Premier League

Members of the Indian team, who have had a hectic season so far and will continue to play non-stop cricket through this year, are going to get a very little break going into the Indian Premier League

Although it didn't find its way into the BCCI constitution, it was largely accepted that the break would provide much-needed relief to the exhausted India players and help in workload management of the cricketers.

But it has been rarely followed. While the 2020 IPL was rescheduled for a later part of the year due to the Covid-19 pandemic and players were able to get the necessary break due to no cricketing activities prior to the IPL and the quarantine in Australia post the tournament.

In 2019 though, there was again just a nine-day break before the IPL. The Committee of Administrators, which was in charge of the BCCI, had informed the Supreme Court that they were doing it in view of the general elections that year.

In 2018, however, the recommendations were followed and there were more than 15 days of a break between the IPL and international series.

In 2017 though, it hadn't been followed. While the BCCI has given no reason for this, the tight scheduling of successive series due to the Covid-19 pandemic is believed to be the reason.