made the comments after rescuing his Ranji side Mumbai with a century in the semi-final against Tamil Nadu on Sunday (March 3).

"If boys keep playing like this for two more seasons, there will be a lot of injuries across the country," Thakur said after coming in to bat with Mumbai at 106/6 and scoring 109 to take his side to 290 by the time he became the ninth wicket to fall. Thanks to Thakur's maiden first-class hundred, Mumbai were 144 runs ahead of Tamil Nadu's 146 by the time he went back to the dressing room.

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"Next year, they [the BCCI] have to re-look at it, and give more [of a] break. When I remember playing Ranji Trophy back in the day, good seven to eight years back, [the] first three games used to have [a] three-day break, and then it was [a] four-day break, and knockouts were played [with] five-day breaks," he added.