Overkill of India-Sri Lanka series?

Kolkata: Skipper Virat Kohli on Wednesday left it to the fans to decide if there has been an overkill of India-Sri Lanka contests in recent years, something that had led to dwindling interest in a cicket crazy nation.

India played an away Test series against islanders in 2015 followed by a short limited overs series at home in 2016 and in the current year are playing them full series across formats on home and away basis.

Not to forget, India will again travel to Sri Lanka in 2018 to play the Independence Cup T20 tournament. When Kohli was asked whether India vs Sri Lanka battle is losing its sheen, he gave a subtle reply.

“It definitely has to be taken into consideration because you don’t want fans going away from the game from watching the game. We have to maintain a balance of how to engage fans and keep players fresh at the same time and keep cricket exciting and keep it competitive through out the year. That point will be discussed in future definitely,” Kohli dropped enough hints as to what he felt on the issue during the pre-match
conference.