Speaking at a virtual media conference, Jos Buttler, however, defended the ECB’s decision. He said, "You want your strongest team out every time, but unfortunately, that doesn't seem possible at the moment.
"It's certainly a challenge but people around the world are going through tough situations. The pandemic has had people whose world has been turned upside down and we are very fortunate to play cricket and do the job that we love," Buttler further added.
ECB earlier rested Jofra Archer and Ben Stokes for the Sri Lanka series. Buttler explained that the rotation system is somewhat necessitated by the bio-bubble and quarantine restrictions in place.
"You do find it challenging having to stay away from your families, being in quarantine and locked up in hotels. ECB has been forward-thinking in rotating players for this series.
"At times, it's frustrating as you want to have best players on the show all the time but it's not possible with the amount of time that one spends in a bio bubble. You can't expect people to keep doing that," Buttler went on to add.
The dashing wicket-keeper batsman also conceded that keeping on turning tracks in India will be a big challenge. Wicket-keeping on Indian surfaces is considered a litmus test for any gloveman.
"There's some big challenges keeping wicket, the way the pitch will change and deteriorate over the five days. There's less carry for the seam bowlers than we're used to in England or Australia and South Africa.
"So you're standing quite close and a lot of the chances are very quick, reactive chances. And then obviously the challenge of standing up to the spinners when the ball starts to turn..."
Buttler was England’s wicket-keeper in Sri Lanka but will return home after the first test in Chennai as part of England's rotation policy.
The first Test between India and England begins in Chennai from February 5.
--By A Cricket Correspondent
