Being the only side to have been regular with the rotation policy since cricket resumed amid the pandemic, England have copped a fair share of criticism from some quarters, especially after they dropped James Anderson for the second Test of their current tour of India.

England’s policy may be debatable, but rotation in general finds support from India captain Virat Kohli. Not just in case of Test matches, but for the other two formats as well.

The life in bio-bubble makes rotation all the more necessary, Kohli says. “I feel any format of the game is the right place for rotation,” he said on Wednesday.

“No human being can possibly go on for one game after another throughout the year. Everyone needs to find windows of having a break and take some time off. It can get very monotonous because of the systems that you have to follow in a bubble and it’s very difficult to keep yourself excited about small things.

“These are some elements that need to be considered as long as you play with the bubble in place. Outside of that, it all depends on where you stand physically more than mentally.

“But I think till the bubble exists, you need to keep the mental factor in picture as well because mental fatigue could be huge, playing and moving around within a restricted area. So these are things one needs to be aware of.”

The rotation policy, according to Kohli, also aids a team’s bench strength.

“Our bench strength becomes way more important because if you have guys ready and hungry and are brave enough to take on opportunities or situations to push the team forward, then you can rotate very easily as you know there are 11 more guys who are ready to win a Test, ODI or T20I for your team.

“And that’s what we are striving towards,” he stressed.