PCB chairman rejects cricketers' injuries due to 'military' training, says 'Pakistan players' fitness is well below...'

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2 min read 28 Apr 2024, 09:10 PM IST

Written By Saurav Mukherjee

With critics accusing Pakistan Cricket Board president Mohsin Naqvi for forcing Pakistan's players bid with the subject during the past fewer days of Ramzan, Naqvi rejected the campy had thing to bash with players' injuries.

Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Mohsin Naqvi, successful bluish coat, left, with recently appointed Assistant Coach for Pakistan Cricket squad Azhar Mahmood, speaks during a quality league successful Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, April 28, 2024. The Pakistan Cricket Board has appointed Gary Kirsten and Jason Gillespie to two-year presumption arsenic caput coaches successful white-ball and red-ball cricket, respectively, connected Sunday. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) (AP)

Cricketers' fittingness is 1 of the astir important criteria for being selected successful a tournament. However, an extended absorption connected fittingness sometimes leads to injuries, which fto players miss the upcoming series.

Recently, Pakistan's Azam Khan, Mohammad Rizwan and Irfan Niazi were dropped from the nationalist squad against New Zealand series, arsenic each 3 of them were injured. Azam had a calf injury, portion Rizwan and Niazi were sidelined with hamstring injuries aft the 3rd T20I, reported ESPNCricinfo.

With critics accusing Pakistan Cricket Board president Mohsin Naqvi of forcing Pakistan's players to bid with the subject during the past fewer days of Ramzan, Naqvi rejected the campy had thing to bash with players' injuries.

Briefing a property conference, Naqvi said, arsenic quoted by ESPNCricinfo, "Injuries ne'er hap owed to fittingness training."

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He added, "People person got assorted theories astir however to marque players fit. Fitness has ne'er been a absorption of Pakistan managements successful the past.

"I americium not criticising anyone that came earlier maine but look astatine players from the remainder of the world. Pakistan players' fittingness is good beneath that. This is conscionable the start, we volition person to ramp up subordinate fittingness adjacent more. If I request to bring successful fittingness experts from astir the world, I will."

Echoing a akin tone, Pakistan's recently appointed all-format adjunct manager Azhar Mahmood said, "Kakul grooming had thing to bash with cricket. The wounded the players sustained happened [while] playing cricket, and the grooming had to bash with carnal fitness. If the players were injured, they wouldn't person played the archetypal game. And Azam Khan was not injured earlier the series, helium was injured successful the nets."

Pakistan's caller coaches:

Ahead of the T20 World Cup 2024, PCB connected Sunday has appointed Gary Kirsten and Jason Gillespie arsenic the men's squad caput coaches.

According to details, Kirsten volition instrumentality implicit arsenic Pakistan's white-ball manager aft the existent IPL 2024 season.

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Published: 28 Apr 2024, 09:09 PM IST