What Flintoff has said is true for every cricketer. Cricketers require rest when they are not on International tour. Our Indian cricketers are tired by the time they play active Test and ODI cricket throughout the calender. Add to this the IPL turnament which will completely take their toll when they travel between places in hot and humid/arid Indian conditions. The matches will be played during night time and players with so much tag on their head shall not be able to skip matches like they do for Ranji and Other doimestic matches. God Save the Indian team.