DTVHINDI“We do not want to take unfit Shami to Australia” – Rohit Sharma gave a big update on Mohammed Shami’s fitness.
Mohammed Shami & Rohit Sharma (Photo Source: Getty Images) India’s Test captain Rohit Sharma has given an update on the recovery of fast bowler Mohammed Shami, who has been out of action since suffering an ankle injury in the 2023 ODI World Cup. Rohit said that it is not certain whether Shami will be a part of Team India in the Test series starting in Australia from next month. Recently, when a report came out about Mohammed Shami that his knee had become swollen during rehab, he was very angry at the media. He had slammed the media by writing a post on social media and termed all the reports in which Shami was injured as baseless. However, now captain Rohit Sharma himself has told that Shami had a knee injury. It is not possible to say right now whether he will be able to play in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to be held against Australia or not. Rohit Sharma gave a big update on Mohammed Shami’s injury. Rohit Sharma said in the press conference before the Bengaluru Test match, “To be honest, it is difficult to select him for the Australia series. He suffered another injury and his knees were swollen. This worsened his condition a bit and he had to start over. He is at NCA (National Cricket Academy, Bengaluru) with doctors and physios. We do not want to take unfit Shami to Australia. We are hoping that Shami can be taken to Australia.” Hitman further said, “It is very difficult for a fast bowler because he has missed a lot of cricket and then suddenly to perform at his best, it is not ideal. We want to give him enough time to recover and be 100 percent fit. Physio, trainer, doctors have prepared a roadmap for him. He should play some (practice) matches before playing international cricket.” Mohammed Shami has played 64 Test matches for India, in which he has taken 229 wickets at an impressive average of 27.71. India will play five Test matches in Australia from November 22. Fans are eagerly waiting for Shami’s return.
EXCLUSIVE: Pragyan Ojha with CricTracker: Pragyan Ojha’s big statement on Virat Kohli’s fitness
Gave an exclusive interview to the CricTracker team in which Pragyan Ojha spoke openly about Virat Kohli’s fitness in Team India and other things related to Team India. Pragyan Ojha Exclusive Interview with Crictracker (Source : Pragyan Ojha Exclusive Interview with Crictracker: Former Team India left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on 21 February 2020. In his career with Team India, Ojha has taken 113 wickets in 24 Tests, 21 in 18 ODIs and 10 in 6 T20s. After retirement, he is busy with commentary and cricket related activities. Currently, he is playing for Manipal Tigers under the leadership of Harbhajan Singh in the third season of Legends League Cricket. During this time, he gave an exclusive interview to the CricTracker team in which he discussed many things including his Test debut, Dhoni’s retirement, and seeing Rishabh Pant as the next captain. Let’s see what questions were asked to him in this interview and what answers he gave. Pragyan Ojha Exclusive Interview With CricTracker Q: I hope everything is going well for you in LLC 2024? Answer: Yes, everything is going well. I am getting a chance to spend time with my old friends and seniors. I am practicing here, playing matches. What can be better than this for a cricketer? Q: In the future can we see you playing in any other league apart from LLC? Answer: See, I don’t know. As you know, I have started broadcasting now, and when you play tournaments sometimes you need to be 100% fit. And when you approach 40, fitness becomes very important. You have to plan accordingly. Q: Virat Kohli set a benchmark for fitness in Indian cricket. Do you think players after him can play for a long time in Test cricket? Answer: If you talk about the Indian team, 15-20 years ago, 1, 2 or 3 players used to be very fit. Then Virat Kohli came, he established a fitness culture not only for the Indian team but also for domestic cricket, local cricket and club cricket. His influence has been such that now all the new players are becoming fit. Their fitness standards have become very high now. Be it Yo-Yo test or power training, the benchmark of fitness has gone up because of them. Q: Do you believe that fitness benchmarks have now increased by 20%? Answer: Yes, absolutely. The fitness level of players has increased by 20% now compared to the standard 10 years ago. For example, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, and Rishabh Pant. These three players will take India a long way.
VIDEO: Rohit Sharma is obsessed with fitness, seen exercising with a tyre in the gym
Rohit Sharma will be seen captaining the Test series against Bangladesh. Rohit Sharma (Photo Source: Rohit Sharma Gym Video: A video of Rohit Sharma, the legendary captain of the Indian team in ODI and Test formats, is becoming increasingly viral on social media. In this video, he is seen sweating profusely in the gym before the Test series against Bangladesh. In this video, the Indian captain is seen running as well as exercising with tyres. Fans are quite surprised to see the way ‘Hitman’ Sharma is exercising with tyres. Let us tell you that, Rohit Sharma is often trolled by his fans on social media regarding his fitness. Fans are often seen sharing his photos on social media. But in the time he got before the Bangladesh series, Rohit is spending time in the gym and is taking his fitness very seriously. Rohit Sharma can create history in the Bangladesh series Talking about Rohit Sharma’s performance in Test cricket against Bangladesh, he has played a total of 3 Test matches. Meanwhile, his bat has produced only 33 runs in 3 innings at an average of 11.00. Till the time of writing this news, his personal best batting performance in Test cricket against Bangladesh is 21 runs. Meanwhile, he has hit 4 fours and 1 six against the opposition team. If Rohit Sharma scores two centuries in the series against Bangladesh, he will complete 50 centuries in international cricket and will join a special club with the country’s former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and current star Virat Kohli. Let us tell you that, only Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli have the record of scoring more than 50 centuries in international cricket from India. Sachin has scored a total of 100 centuries in international cricket. On the other hand, Kohli has scored 80 centuries. Talking about Rohit Sharma, he currently has 48 centuries to his name. Rohit Sharma Gym Video Captain Rohit Sharma during gym session.🔥 Boss working hard for upcoming test season @ImRo45 pic.twitter.com/jmnU98YASs — 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐢𝐢⁴⁵ (@rushiii_12) September 7, 2024
VIDEO: “The secret of my fitness”- Kaif seen playing cricket with his 79-year-old father
Mohammad Kaif will be seen playing in Legends League Cricket. Mohammad Kaif (Photo Source: Insta) Former Indian team’s legendary batsman and excellent wicketkeeper fielder Mohammad Kaif will soon be seen playing in the Legends League Cricket 2024. He has also started his preparation for this. Kaif does not keep himself away from cricket for long. When he coaches in IPL, he stays with the team players on the field for a long time and his fitness is still like that of a young player. Meanwhile, Mohammad Kaif has shared a special video on social media, in which his father is seen playing the bat even at the age of 79. Along with this, he has also said that the whole of Allahabad (now Prayagraj) talks about Tarif Bhai’s sixes. This video of his is going viral very fast on social media at this time. This video of Mohammad Kaif went viral like fire Mohammad Kaif wrote on his ex account, “This is the secret of my fitness. My father is fit to bat even at the age of 79 and is still in great form. It’s all in the genes. In Allahabad, they still talk about Tarif Bhai’s sixes.” Tarif is none other than his father’s name. Mohammad Tarif has played first class cricket for about 18 years and has also played some List A matches. However, he did not get a chance in international cricket. Mohammad Tarif did not play any match for India, but his son Mohammad Kaif has definitely been a part of the Indian team for a long time. In the video shared by Mohammad Kaif, his father is batting despite being old. The way his father is batting in the nets, it is clear that he pays full attention to his fitness even at this age. Talking about Mohammad Kaif’s father Mohammad Tarif, he played a total of 60 first class matches from 1964 to 1982 and got a chance to play 2 List A matches in 1982. He participated in domestic cricket for Uttar Pradesh and Railways. Mohammad Kaif has played 125 ODIs and 13 Test matches for India.
Honestly, 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.
“He proved his fitness and in the last 2 years…”, said Salman Butt in praise of Babar Azam
It is the responsibility of the players to maintain their fitness – Salman Butt Babar Azam & Salman Butt (Photo Source: Getty Images) The Pakistan cricket team is busy preparing for the upcoming two-match Test series against Bangladesh. If reports are to be believed, former Test captain Babar Azam will be seen batting at number-4 position in the series. At the same time, captain Shan Masood can be seen at number-3. Meanwhile, former Pakistani veteran player Salman Butt is seen praising Babar Azam. Salman Butt says that Babar has proved his fitness and has scored a lot of runs in the last two years. Babar Azam has scored a lot of runs in the last two years- Salman Butt Talking about Babar Azam on his YouTube channel, Salman Butt said, Babar Azam has scored a lot of runs in the last two years, he proved his fitness, ran on the field, scored runs while batting in the first and second innings. Things should go up but they are breaking down in the middle, which is wrong, so it is the responsibility of the players to maintain their fitness. Those who made mistakes are still there – Salman Butt Pakistan’s performance in the T20 World Cup 2024 was disappointing. The team was knocked out of the Super-8 race after losing matches against India and USA in the group stage. The whole country was questioning the fitness of the players after the poor performance of Babar Azam and company in the tournament. Speaking further, Salman Butt said, The fitness of the team is being discussed all over Pakistan and it has taken the country by storm. Players were asked to run at the junior level. This happened when people said that the players were not fit for the T20 World Cup 2024. No one questioned the physios or trainers, but instead, they started making the players work hard for fitness at the district level. Those who made the mistakes are still there. The first match of the two-match Test series between Pakistan and Bangladesh will be played in Rawpindi from August 21. Whereas, the second match will be played in Karachi from August 30.
PCB took a big step regarding the fitness of Pakistani players before the Bangladesh series
The situation in Bangladesh has been very bad since Monday and its Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has also resigned from her post and has left for India in an army helicopter. PCB (Image Credit- Twitter) Bangladesh A team was to tour Pakistan for three ODIs and two four-day Test matches. However, the situation in Bangladesh is very bad at the moment and due to this the tour has been completely cancelled. The situation in Bangladesh has been very bad since Monday and the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has also resigned from her post and she has left for India in an army helicopter. After the cancellation of the two-match Test series against Bangladesh, the Pakistan Cricket Board has decided to assess the fitness of the remaining players including the centrally contracted players. The Pakistan Board wants its players to be fully fit right now. In fact, the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 is going to start from October 3 this year. Not only this, before this important tournament, the Bangladesh men’s team also has to tour Pakistan, which is starting from August 21. However, due to the bad situation in Bangladesh, an important announcement is yet to be made regarding these two schedules. Despite all this happening in Bangladesh, the Pakistan Cricket Board is trying to take important steps regarding the fitness of the players. According to Geo News, the players will have to pass a series of 5 to 6 fitness tests on August 9. In fact, the performance of the Pakistan team was very poor in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 played last year and the team could not even make it to the Super 8 of this important tournament. A two match test series is to be played between Pakistan and Bangladesh A two-match Test series is to be played between Pakistan and Bangladesh. The first Test between these two teams will be played in Rawalpindi while the second Test will be played in Karachi. However, no decision has been taken by both the boards regarding this tour yet. If this series gets cancelled, then after this Pakistan has to tour England in October for a three-match Test series. 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024
SL vs IND: “Amazing FITNESS….”- Virat Kohli caught the catch while diving, video went viral
During the first ODI against Sri Lanka, 35-year-old Virat Kohli took a diving catch but unfortunately the ball missed the edge and the batsman was declared not out. SL vs IND, Virat Kohli Catch (Photo Source: X/Twitter) The first match of the ODI series between Sri Lanka and India is being played in Colombo on 2 August. The hosts have batted first and have set a target of 231 runs for Team India. Virat Kohli is known for his amazing fitness, his energy never seems to be less in both the innings of the game. Along with this, due to his fitness, he also makes difficult catches in the field easy. During the first ODI against Sri Lanka, 35-year-old Virat Kohli took a diving catch but unfortunately the ball missed the edge and the batsman was declared not out. Virat Kohli always surprises everyone with his top-class fielding The 27th over of Sri Lanka’s innings was bowled by Washington Sundar. On the third ball of the over, Sundar dismissed Pathum Nissanka (56). On the next ball, new batsman Dunith Welalage tried to play a sweep shot. Virat Kohli was stationed at second slip, and he completed the catch while keeping his eyes on the ball. Washington Sundar appealed for LBW and the on-field umpire gave Velalage out. Dunith Velalage took the review, which showed that the ball missed the stumps. Watch the video of Virat Kohli’s catch here- Virat Kohli’s reflexes 🥵 #ViratKohli #INDvsSLpic.twitter.com/iK23LTEzV8 — Ayush (@ayriick_) August 2, 2024 Dunitha Velalage played an unbeaten innings of 67 runs Sri Lankan batsmen were seen struggling in the first ODI against India. On the basis of half-century innings of Pathum Nissanka and Dunith Velalage, the team was able to reach a respectable total of 230 runs. Dunith Velalage played an unbeaten innings of 67 runs with the help of 7 fours and 2 sixes in 65 balls. At the same time, Akshar Patel and Arshdeep Singh took the maximum of 2-2 wickets for India.
“He should play whatever T20 cricket there is”- Ravi Shastri gives important advice to Hardik Pandya to improve his fitness
Former Team India head coach Ravi Shastri has advised Hardik Pandya to improve his fitness. He has asked Pandya to focus especially on bowling fitness. 30-year-old Hardik has had to struggle with injuries many times in his 8-year career. Last year, Hardik had to be out of the ODI World Cup midway due to an ankle injury. At the same time, Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar also cited Hardik’s fitness as the reason behind removing him from the T20 captaincy. In a conversation with ICC, Ravi Shastri has advised Hardik Pandya that he should play as many T20s as possible to make a comeback in the ODI team. Shastri said, “In my opinion, it is very important that he continues to play. I believe that match fitness is important. So he should play as much T20 cricket as possible. And if he is fit and feeling better, then he should also come in the ODI team.” Meanwhile, Shastri also stressed on Pandya bowling his full quota of overs in ODI cricket. He said, “If you have a player who is bowling only 3-4 overs instead of 10 overs in ODIs, it disturbs the balance of the team. If you bowl 7-8 overs in most of the matches and the way Pandya bats, it becomes a bonus for the team.” Hardik was sidelined from Test cricket in 2018 due to a back injury. He recovered without surgery and was included in the 2019 ODI World Cup squad, but the injury resurfaced later that year and he had to undergo surgery that year. He later returned to the field in 2021, but was included in the T20 World Cup squad only as a batsman, which cost the Indian team dearly. More recently, Hardik suffered an ankle injury during India’s fourth game in the ODI World Cup last year, which kept him away from cricket for a long time. He then returned as captain in IPL 2024 but his performance this season was very poor. He made a brilliant comeback in the T20 World Cup last month with a brilliant all-round performance, including the final match, where he dismissed the dangerous Heinrich Klaasen and then David Miller in the death overs to guide the team to victory.
Mayank Yadav will soon enter Team India!, a big update on his fitness
Mayank Yadav was ruled out of IPL 2024 due to injury Mayank Yadav (Image Credit- Twitter X) Young pacer Mayank Yadav impressed everyone with his fast bowling during IPL 2024. Not only this, there was also talk of his inclusion in India’s T20 World Cup squad. However, he got injured during the tournament and then things changed. He could not even recover in time and was out of the tournament. However, the Board of Control for Cricket in India is keeping an eye on Mayank Yadav. Given his ability to bowl at a speed of 150 kmph, BCCI officials are taking full care of him. They do not want to rush to bring the bowler into action. Currently, Mayank Yadav is in the NCA and is under the supervision of doctors. According to reports, the 22-year-old player has started bowling in the nets and he is feeling much better and fit. Mayank has also talked about his fitness. I am feeling quite fit- Mayank Yadav Mayank Yadav told The Telegraph, “My recovery program went very well and now I am feeling much better. I also feel quite fit. I have to spend some more time here, but the good thing is that I have been bowling with full run-up and intensity for the last few days. I am happy with my progress so far.” Let us tell you that Mayank can travel with the team for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, yet the BCCI does not want to take any risk. A BCCI official said, a young fast bowler like Mayank should first be given the necessary time to deal with the needs of different formats. Therefore, strict care is being taken right now. If he is included in the Indian team, it is a risk, as it can harm the team.
