No restriction on IPL participation but World Cup players need to be their own judge: Virat Kohli

"You cannot put a cap on anything," said India captain Virat Kohli, insisting that no instructions have been issued to Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises with regards to workload management of World Cup-bound players.

Nor the BCCI neither the Indian team management has given any directive to the IPL franchises for putting a cap on India’s world cup probables, cleared Indian captain Virat Kohli ahead of the 12^th edition of IPL, starting from March 23.

Kohli, who also happens to the skipper of IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) also said that the cricketers should themselves judge their fitness and take a call on the number of matches they should play before the mega event in England starting from May 30.

"You cannot put a tab on anything,” Kohli told reporters in Bangalore. “If I'm able to play 10, 12 or 15 games, it doesn't necessarily mean that the other guy can only play that many. My body might demand I play a certain number of games and I need to be smart about that and rest."

"Someone else's body might be more capable than mine or less, that is a very individual thing. And everyone wants to play the World Cup, so people (cricketers) will be smart about it because you don't want to miss out on such a big event," he added.

The Indian run-machine also said the players will have to keep a check on their fitness besides managing their workload.

"All the Indian players will have the responsibility during the IPL to keep a watch on their fitness and their workload. 

"They will also have to continue with the frame of mind we have created in the Indian team -- strive towards excellence and improve every day," Kohli pointed out.

"Each player will take this tournament as an opportunity to go to the World Cup in a good frame of mind," he added.

Speaking on the upcoming season of IPL, Kohli expressed that a lot will depend on making right calls as it will be the major difference between the winning and losing team.

"The failure lies where decisions aren't made properly. If I sit here and say our luck was bad, that won't be right. You make your own luck, and if you make poor decisions and the other team makes good ones, you will lose. When we played big matches too, our decision-making wasn't right," the RCB skipper opined.