T20 World Cup: Virat Kohli terms long break as "ridiculous"

India skipper Virat Kohli has criticised the timing of his team's first two matches in the T20 World Cup 2021. He said spreading the games over more than a week was "ridiculous".

India put up a total of just 110 runs without getting all-out in front New Zealand after being sent to bat first. Ravindra Jadeja was top-scorer for the India with his 26 runs knock.

"I think it works really well for us from all point of views. Knowing that we have played a full-fledged season already, we played the IPL, which is very high octane by itself in testing conditions here in the UAE, and then we come into the World Cup" Kohli had said.

"So for us, these big breaks are definitely something that's going to help us as a team to be in the prime physical condition that we need to be to play this high intensity tournament," he had gone on to add.

India will have 3 matches after this match. They will play Afghanistan on November 3, Scotland on November 5 and Namibia on November 8.