"Very difficult for domestic players to play ten games with three-day breaks," said Shardul Thakur

Ranji Trophy schedule overload is highlighted by Shardul Thakur, who transforms the game against Tamil Nadu in the semi-final.
Given the duration of the Ranji Trophy, India all-rounder Shardul Thakur has advocated for lengthier intervals between matches to aid in players' better recovery and preparation. If Mumbai made it to the final, they would have played ten first-class matches in less than ten weeks.
Teams have had just three days off between games under the current schedule, which Shardul described as "difficult" and said timetables are becoming "tighter and tighter."

He stated, "If boys keep playing like this for two more seasons, there will be a lot of injuries across the country," as Mumbai went on to take a 207-run advantage with one wicket left after he made his first-class century to save them from 106 for 6.
"They [the BCCI] need to take another look at it and offer more of a respite next year. There used to be three-day breaks for the first three games of the Ranji Trophy, followed by four-day breaks for the next three, and five-day breaks for the knockout stages. This was probably seven or eight years ago.

The BCCI has been forced to cram all senior men's competitions into a smaller window than normal since the IPL season keeps growing. Due to this, several well-known first-class cricket players have been quietly bemoaning the lack of significance of contests like the Duleep Trophy and Deodhar Trophy, which are the zonal first-class and one-day championships that kick off the domestic season.
Aside from injuries, this small gap has caused teams to struggle with travel fatigue. For instance, Gujarat's travel to New Delhi was canceled the day after their Ahmedabad home match versus Karnataka.
Their subsequent trip to Delhi was then delayed on the second day, and when they eventually reached the city, they spent the night stuck at the airport. They had to drive to Chandigarh in thick fog on the third morning, which prevented them from having any net sessions before the game, which was ultimately called off due to fog.

This year, every game has been played with a three-day interval, as we have observed. If [a] club advances to the finals, it is quite difficult to expect domestic players to play 10 games in a row with only a three-day break."Additionally, in the previous arrangement, one club would have a break in the round-robin method when there were nine teams in the group. That [additional] break is no longer necessary because there are now only eight teams in each group and every team plays every other team."

Thakur gave the example of Mumbai to illustrate how hard it was on quick bowlers in particular. "Yeah, 100% because Mohit [Avasthi] also had an injury in the sixth game." Mumbai rested Avasthi during the league stage match against Chhattisgarh because they thought he might have a hamstring problem.
"He played straight five games. Tushar [Deshpande] was also picked for India A, so he had a lot of work to do," Thakur stated. "He wasn't accessible. Considering his age and workload, Dhawal [Kulkarni] was playing different games. Dias, Royston, is quite new.
"Mohit played a lot of operating throughout those first five games, but he was forced to miss one due to an injury. That, in my opinion, is a result of insufficient time between games."

Left-arm spinner R Sai Kishore, the skipper of Tamil Nadu, who has guided his team into the Ranji Trophy knockout stages for the first time in seven years and reached the 50-wicket mark this season, concurred with Thakur.
"Some players have similar feelings," stated Sai Kishore. Fast bowlers have more weariness because they travel in a single day. For my part, the three-day thing keeps me from training very much. I bowl straight through matches, so my body isn't overworked. I don't push myself too hard during pre-game training. It should be more difficult for the fast bowlers, but that is how I am controlling myself."