Since cricket is being played all year long, India captain Rohit Sharma believes that having a solid bench strength is crucial, and the team wants to develop one with an eye toward the future.

Team India have experimented with many players since their shocking group-stage elimination from the T20 World Cup last year.

They now have a variety of options to pick from as they start preparing for the Asia Cup 2022 and later the T20 World Cup. 

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Rohit feels that in order to manage the injuries and the workload of players, it is imperative to have players sitting on the bench be match ready.

"We play lot of cricket, so there will be injuries and workload management, so we have to rotate players," Rohit said on the Star Sports show 'Follow the Blues'.

"But it gives our bench strength to go and play the game, which is why we could try so many other guys who are ready to take that international stage and perform," he added.

Sharma further said he wants to make sure that the future of Indian cricket falls into safe hands after him.

"We want to create our bench strength, we want to make sure that India's future is in safe hands. That's the planning that we are trying to have."

The 35-year-old stated that the objective should be to improve as a team every day with the T20 World Cup just around the corner.

"I don't know what next to expect but for me particularly, it's just about getting better every day as a team," he said.

"No matter if you win or lose the series, that cannot take priority. What should take priority is if we are getting better as a team.

"The team's goal is important and then obviously parts in it where the individuals come into play and play the role in the team's success. But whatever the team is trying to do, the individuals need to buy into that thought process and work towards that direction," he remarked.

Rohit revealed that he and head coach Rahul Dravid are on the same page on how they want to take the team forward.

"When he became the coach here, we met and sat together in a room for a while and decided how we want to take this team forward," Rohit said.

"He was pretty much on the same thought process as me. That made it easier for me to give out a clear message to the boys because the coach and captain always need to be on the same page for the team to move in the same direction.

"One thing we have decided and have in common is we want to send the right messages and we don't want to create any confusion in the group.

"That's something we spoke about and of course, we wanted to change the style of cricket as well. We wanted to play in a certain way in all three formats and he was ready to accept all of that," said the all-format skipper.

(STAR SPORTS AND PTI INPUTS)