Amid the COVID-19 lockdown, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to take fitness tests of the national players virtually on April 20 and 21 in order to keep up the fitness level of the players on top.
It is being said that the PCB will conduct fitness tests for over 200 of its contracted domestic and international players on April 20 and 21 via video link while the board has already conveyed the same to the players earlier this week.
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The contracted players were due to undergo tests on March 23 and 24 but that they were called off due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, which has claimed over 8,20,000 lives globally so far and led Pakistan to suspend all form of the game indefinitely since March 15.
Well, the canceled fitness tests will now take place in the modified form keeping in mind the restrictions on players' movements with all grounds and PCB facilities shut.
Meanwhile, the new fitness test requires players to do 60 push-ups, 50 sit-ups and 30 burpees, apart from 10 complete chin-ups, 25 Bulgarian split squats, 2.5metre standing broad jump, reverse plank to pass a level 18 yo-yo test.
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Pakistan coach and chief selector, Misbah-ul-Haq and the trainer Yasir Malik have also sent out a message and reminded the players of their fitness obligations amid the COVID-19 lockdown.
The message reads: “To maintain your fitness level you need to be disciplined and keep working hard. With all the limitations and lack of resources at the moment, we have chalked out this new fitness battery with everyone given an equal opportunity.”
It concluded, “We have to make sure that we are giving our hundred percent. You have been informed well before time to make sure you are mentally and physically ready for it. All the tests will be carried out on video link by your team's trainers.”
(With ESPNCricinfo Inputs)
