London, July 27 (UNI) India captain Rahul Dravid has suggested a fixed cricket season at home along the lines of Australia and England by doing away with the current irregular schedule.
He said India could play a home series every year in the winter months of November and December.
''We don't have a set summer. England are always here (at home) in the summer, Australia are always at home in the summer.
For us every year is different; we can be in different parts of the world, we can be playing in July in West Indies one year and in England some year and not playing in India in November or December, which is winter and which is where we should be playing,'' he told a website.
''A lot of cricket is being played nowadays. It is going to put a lot of pressure on players. It is a question of devising strategies on how to cope with the amount of cricket being played and how they are going to go about it,'' Dravid told rediff.com a day ahead of the second Test against England at Trent Bridge.
Dravid also felt a fixed home season would aid in the preparation and team selection.
''It makes a huge difference I think personally from a captaincy point of view -- of managing your resources, managing your players if you know exactly where you are going to be five-six months in the year.
''For us to manage our workloads and manage our teams is a lot more different than for the teams that have the advantage of knowing exactly where they are in their cricket season,'' he added.
India will next play three Tests at home against Pakistan in November and December, following which they will travel to Australia for a four-Test series.
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