Ahead of the Test series against Sri Lanka, India lost Bumrah, Sai Sudarsan and Washington Sundar . Team India seem to be going through one of its worst injury crises, with several players, including the marquee pacer Jasprit Bumrah , getting injured repeatedly. The situation put the BCCI Centre of Excellence under fire, prompting its head, VVS Laxman , to come out and address a press conference. However, seeing Laxman confess that the board is struggling to hire the right people at CoE, former India batter Mohammad Kaif was left dumbstruck.
Result
As a result of it, India lost the contest. Jasprit Bumrah’s repeated absence from the Indian team has been one of the team’s biggest headaches. Bumrah ended up missing the series-deciding third ODI against England. Kaif doesn’t want such a situation to arise again.
Key Moments
During the press conference, BCCI CoE head Laxman dropped a bomb as he admitted that the team was all set to bring in Andrew Leipus as the Head of Sports Science before he pulled out at the last moment. A few others did the same. “After Nitin left, we did not get anyone who could fill in that position. We had Andrew Leipus. Everything was agreed upon; in fact, Devajit had two or three meetings with him, but suddenly Andrew backed off at the last moment, citing family reasons. We conducted a full-fledged interview process with Dr Dinshaw Pardiwala, Dr Ashish Soni, Dr Rohan Khavte, and me. We shortlisted five candidates, and the number one was an Australian.
After selecting him, suddenly he backed out, saying he cannot move to Bengaluru,” Laxman told reporters on Sunday.
Player and Team Performance
In a video on his YouTube channel, Kaif expressed his astonishment at the fact that the world’s richest cricket board is being rejected by top medical professionals. Kaif highlighted the impact the absence of key officials has had on the Indian team, urging the experts in the BCCI to get the job done quickly.
