chennai to deal with life inside the biobubble england have decided to rotate their players for a marquee series like india even if it means they will not be in full strength for large parts of itwhile ben stokes and jofra archer were not part of the sri lanka tour johnnie bairstow and sam curran arent there for the first two tests in india jos buttler is set to go back after the first test and then return for the limitedovers series and the indian premier leagueread alsojofra archer rory burns ben stokes begin training as visitors clear 2nd covid19 testpremier allrounder ben stokes pacer jofra archer and reserve opener rory burns on saturday had their first training session at the chepauk after successfully completing six days of hard quarantine while other members of the squad cleared their second covid19 testthis move of the england and wales cricket board ecb has been criticized in some quarters but buttler insists that this is a reality everyone has to live with from now on it wont be possible to field the strongest side in every game with players having to stay in bubbles for so long multiformat players have to be rotated credit to ecb for understanding it and taking the necessary steps buttler said during a media interaction from his chennai hotel room on saturdaywhile he is a crucial player for england in tests the wicketkeeper is probably their no 1 batsman in odis and t20s in the ipl too he is a key player for rajasthan royals and if he has to play everything the righthander has to be in a bubble for close to five months which could be mentally exhausting worlds have been turned upside down and we are lucky to be playing cricket but being locked up in hotels away from families for a very long time it is just not possible to stay healthy in a situation like this its important to have shortterm goals buttler addedfor now the swashbucklers goal is to get england to a good start in the series which is absolutely essential for them to stay competitive for the next couple of months there are a few things that may work in favour of the visitors one being the form of joe root who scored a double hundred and a hundred in sri lankajoe is in fantastic form and he has a brilliant game for spin it is very hard to keep dot balls against him and he manages to rotate strike and bat long periods of time it is important that we watch and learn from him buttler saidthe second factor that can work in the englishmans favour is his ipl experience according to him it is the familiarity factor that will stand him in good stead in the series the familiarity with the pitches the atmosphere all these work in your favour then theres a case of knowing a particular bowler if you havent played somebody like jasprit