DTVHINDIHonestly, the fitness level of some of our players has gone down in the last few months: Saud Shakeel
The fitness of the Pakistani player often makes headlines on social media. Saud Shakeel (Image Credit- Twitter Recently, the new vice-captain of the Pakistan Test cricket team, Saud Shakeel, has made a big statement. Shakeel says that the fitness level of the Pakistan team has fallen a lot in recent times. Due to this, the Pak team is not able to match the rest of the world teams in terms of skill and fitness. It is worth noting that recently before the start of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had sent the players to the army camp and also got them trained to improve their fitness. However, after this decision of PCB, there was a lot of criticism of Pakistani players. Especially the way wicketkeeper Azam Khan and Babar Azam were training. But now Saud Shakeel has given a big statement on this issue. Saud Shakeel gave a big statement Let us tell you that recently, before the start of the Test series against Bangladesh, Saud Shakeel was quoted by Sportskeeda as saying – To be honest, the fitness level of some of our players has gone down in the last few months and they have also accepted it. We are currently working hard on our fitness level, and we are hoping to improve it in the future as well. On the other hand, regarding Azam Khan’s fitness, Mohammad Hafeez had recently said that after 6 weeks of training, when Azam Khan appeared, his body weight and body fat level were the same as they were 6 weeks ago. Apart from this, his running capacity was also twice less than other players. If other players were running a distance of 2 kilometers in 10 minutes, then Azam was doing it in 20 minutes.
