Indian captain Virat Kohli on Sunday criticised the scheduling of his team’s first two matches in the ICC T20 World Cup here, saying that spreading the games over more than a week was “ridiculous”.

India, who faced New Zealand yesterday, played their tournament opener on October 24 against arch-rivals Pakistan, exactly seven days ago. “It’s ridiculous, we are playing twice in 10 days. Too long a break,” Kohli said at the toss yesterday.