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While accidents can occur to any sportsperson, the Indian cricket crew appears to be getting extra affected by it. In the Test collection in opposition to Bangladesh beginning on Wednesday, Rohit Sharma shall be lacking the primary Test attributable to a thumb damage. Fast bowler Mohammed Shami and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja have additionally been dominated out of the collection as they’re but to totally recuperate from their respective shoulder and knee accidents. These three accidents usually are not an exception as not too long ago Jasprit Bumrah missed the T20 World Cup with an damage.
Several consultants have stated that India’s hectic schedule is among the causes behind so many gamers getting injured. Others have stated that specialists ought to be utilized in every format to handle the workload. Now, former energy and conditioning coach of the Indian crew, Ramji Srinivasan, who was with the aspect through the 2011 World Cup-winning marketing campaign, has opened up on the problem.
“Picking specialists for each format is a call that has to be taken by the selectors and the coaching staff. But if the selectors decide that a player is going to feature in all three formats, it is the duty of the strength and conditioning coach to keep the player fit. There is nothing wrong in players featuring in all three formats. Don’t forget, 10 years ago, you had MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan featuring in all three formats. Players understood their body and were smart enough to know what worked for them. And they shouldn’t follow what an S&C says blindly. They should ask questions,” Srinivasan wrote for Indian Express.
“Playing three formats is an evolution of the game and as far as fitness goes, everything is possible. But for that, testing, screening, training, plan & travel and diet schedule have to be finalised accordingly. There will be players who are equipped to play all three formats and only skill should determine it, not fitness. If there is an all-format player, he has to be trained accordingly. And as a player ages, one has to factor in that as well. Virat Kohli can’t be following the same process now that he was doing four years ago.”
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