The Fitness Farce: How India's Cricket Team is Sacrificing Long Term Health for Short Term Gains The recent debacle of the Indian cricket team's fitness program has left everyone wondering how a country that prides itself on its sporting prowess can get it so wrong.
Behind the scenes, the medical team at the Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru is scrambling to standardize base fitness parameters after it emerged that customized tests for players were partly responsible for the dip in overall fitness standards.
The introduction of the Bronco test as a primary assessment tool has been marred by a lack of clear guidelines.