Overview:
Sandeep Patil, former player of India, has also been a selector and his perspective about this workload management has started a new debate. They say that during their time selector does not believe in half-incomplete treatment and clearly says that workload management is a nonsense.
Delhi: It is certain that by choosing the team for the series/tour, the selector also pays attention to the fitness report card of the players, but now the issue of workload management has also been added to the discussion of fitness. The player does not have to play by looking at the workload on Fit: Such an issue was not in front earlier. The question is also, who will decide how much a player has to play in work load management? In such a situation, the scope and responsibility of the role with the team of the team Physio has increased further. Therefore, will the selection committee meet now include Fizio so that they can tell about it directly in the meeting itself?
Sandeep Patil, former player of India, has also been a selector and his perspective about this workload management has started a new debate. They say that during their time selector does not believe in half-incomplete treatment and clearly says that workload management is a nonsense because players or fit or unfit and on this basis have been choosing the team. Earlier, the players never complained that the work load is increasing on them.
Therefore, if you want to talk to the current players on the workload, then the physiotherapist of the team should also be included in the meeting of the selection committee. Jasprit Bumrah played 3 out of 5 Tests in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy series in England in 3 Tests for management, although he did not get rest before the two Tests he did. They were fit but did not play in workload management.
They are also surprised that BCCI is accepting all these things. In this view, according to them, the team Fizio has now become more important than the captain and the chief coach because who will be in the team will not need the team, the physio will decide. He repeatedly examples Sunil Gavaskar (batting for five days in Tests) and Kapil Dev (ready for bowling all the time in Tests and even bowling in nets). He never asked for a break, never complained, and his career lasted more than 16 years long. They also mention themselves when the next Test match was not left after a head injury in Australia in 1981.
More surprised for them, that the current players have better facilities than before, there was no rehabilitation earlier and many times, continued to play despite injuries. They were all happy to play for the country… no drama.
What Sandeep Patil is saying is not wrong.
