The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has mandated that Indian players should not put confidential matters in public after former captain Virat Kohli posted his Yo-Yo test score on social media yesterday.
This led to the Indian team management asked its players to ‘avoid’ putting their fitness scores in the public domain, as the BCCI thinks of it as a private matter.
“The happiness of finishing the Yo Yo test between the dreaded cones. 17.2 done,” Kohli had posted on Instagram earlier on Thursday.
However, the BCCI was not happy with what Kohli did and it has been learned that all the players who are undergoing the preparatory camp at Alur in Bangalore have been advised ‘verbally’ about the board’s view.
“Players have been informed verbally to avoid posting any confidential matter on social media platforms. They can post pictures while training but posting a score leads to breach of contract clause,” a BCCI official told Indian Express.
The Indian team management is conducting a six-day conditioning camp which began on Thursday. Day one saw players undergoing a yo-yo test to assess where each one of them stands in terms of fitness.
The team management has asked players to at least adhere to the fitness parameters that have been decided.
Ahead of the Asia Cup in Sri Lanka, players who were given a 13-day fitness programme will undergo a complete body test, including blood test. Trainers will test their fitness and those who don’t meet standards will be pulled up as the BCCI does not want to take a chance with the World Cup round the corner.
Players who returned from West Indies and who didn’t travel to Ireland like Rohit Sharma, Kohli, all-rounders Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja, as well as fast bowlers Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj, were given a 13-day fitness program to follow.
The ongoing fitness camp will conclude on August 29 and the squad will leave for Sri Lanka the next day for the Asia Cup.
(Indian Express inputs)
