The most talked about Yo-Yo fitness test has been doing the rounds in Indian cricket in recent times. Recently, a bunch of Indian cricketers like Mohammed Shami, Sanju Samson couldn’t breach the qualification criteria of 16.1 out of 25 and because of that to which they were ruled out of the respective squads. Rohit Sharma was the latest player to pass the test without any hiccup.
In a recent development, Rahul Johri, the CEO of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has called upon Saba Karim to discuss the success rate of the test compulsorily conducted on all the players over in a year or so. In an email, Johri has asked the Karim to draft a response to Anirudh Chaudhry’s mail to the Committee of Administrators (CoA) asking for the clarifications on the parameters of the test.
For the time being, the tussle between the CoA and the members of the BCCI is seeming to take an ugly turn as the team management recently lashed out at Karim, who is the board’s general manager, for not unveiling the truth and rather disclosing important information from the dressing room. The Manager of Cricket operations was also slammed for implementing undesired methods.
As quoted in Times of India (TOI), the team management said, “Individuals who have nothing to do with cricket are busy interfering in team affairs. Saba Karim is not telling the entire truth. His remit is to stick to domestic cricket and women’s cricket, not the Indian men’s team.”
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He further added, “Instead, Karim is busy leaking stories to the media about what happens in the dressing room. For starters, he needs to confirm if his KRA involves interfering in Team India affairs? The idea of Yo-Yo tests is not an overnight thing. It’s not a one-off either. If there are ideas from former cricketers to improve upon it, then fine. But why politicize the whole thing?”
The team management also added, “If there are any questions that need to be asked, let them be with skipper Virat Kohli. Why play politics when the team is not here and is away on an important tour?”
