BCCI Secretary Jay Shah has made a special recommendation to each state board to address the growing injury problems of cricketers. In an attempt to counter this, Shah has called on state associations to appoint strength and conditioning coaches and also form sports medical teams.
The formation of sports science and sports medicine teams is one of the major changes to take place within the Indian cricketing fraternity under this new leadership. The decision was made during the Extraordinary General Assembly (SGM) of the Board held on Saturday.
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Under this new guideline, each state association will be responsible for appointing a strength and conditioning coach and building a sports medicine and science team. To ensure the selection of qualified individuals, candidates will undergo interviews conducted by a panel from the National Cricket Academy (NCA).
Jay Shah has emphasized the importance of this initiative citing player injuries, especially fast pitchers. Jasprit Bumrah has been struggling with injury issues for almost a year and recently Jaydev Unadkat also suffered a shoulder injury for which he was ruled out of the squad. end of the world trade center. Among the batsmen, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul are recovering from their respective injuries.
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Each state association will appoint a strength and conditioning coach: Jay Shah
“To address player injury concerns, we have created a structure in which each state association will appoint a strength and conditioning coach and a sports science and sports medicine team. Candidates will be interviewed by the NCA panel. Jay Shah said after SGM.
The BCCI secretary also shared an important update on the Indian women’s team. He said the team’s head coach will be appointed before their upcoming limited tour of Bangladesh in July. The tour will consist of three ODIs and three T20Is.
“The shortlist for the head coach of the women’s team is already done. The CAC (Cricket Advisory Committee) will meet and decide accordingly. We may have a new head coach of the women’s team before the Bangladesh series,” Shah said.
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Will have a discussion with the broadcaster and decide the window for WPL: Jay Shah
Another big upcoming event is the second edition of the women’s IPL after its first edition turned out to be a blockbuster. The correct tournament window will be announced after discussion with the broadcasters.
“We will have a discussion with the broadcaster and decide on a window. We will be looking at a window to organize the next edition of the Women’s Premier League before March 2024”. Shah concluded by saying at the SGM meeting.
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