As the Indian National Cricket Team is gearing for a five match red-ball series in Australia, the excitement is building up. Ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series, it was announced by the team management that the Indian team will not be playing any warm-up games due to precautionary measures. Also Read: “IPL Fraud…Rinku Singh” - Fans React After Another Failure Former Indian cricketer turned commentator Sanjay Manjrekar has voiced his concerns about the team’s preparation, particularly regarding the choice to skip warm-up matches that could affect their performance. In a conversation with ESPNcricinfo, he shared that seasoned players like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma could have gained valuable experience from participating in practice games before the demanding series ahead. In a conversation with ESPNcricinfo, Manjrekar said: "The lack of a warm-up game might make a difference, especially this time because of the kind of form and confidence the team is going with to Australia. It has been a trend in recent times that there are less and less of warm-up games but on this particular tour, we saw that the India A batters struggle despite being in form in the Indian conditions. So yes, India desperately needed more warm-up games." Watch the video here: 'With the kind of form Virat & Rohit are going with...'@sanjaymanjrekar on India's lack of warm up games ahead of #AUSvIND #StraightTalk pic.twitter.com/W34xX2ek2p — ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) November 12, 2024 He further said: "India can counter with the fact that the team has performed better when they have been given fewer warm-up matches. In the 90s, we had many and yet lost 0-4 to Australia. I think Indian batters are getting used to conditions, but this time around, there are many young players. Maybe the earlier team which had experience did not need it, but I think we needed some games here, and I think that Virat and Rohit would have loved to play warm-up games." The first Test match of BGT 2024-25 is scheduled to be played in Perth, starting from November 22.