IND vs IRE: Lifting More Weights Doesn't Help Your Cricket - Sunil Gavaskar

Sunil Gavaskar has shared his opinions on rising injuries in the Indian cricket team. Sunil Gavaskar feels that lifting more weights results in injuries in players. He also added that lifting more weights doesn’t help someone improve his cricket.

India revealed the squad for Asia Cup 2023 on Monday. Jasprit Bumrah and Prasidh Krishna are two key pacers who have returned to the Indian team for the tournament. Both were out of the national team since last year.

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Liting More Weights Doesn’t Help Your Cricket- Sunil Gavaskar

After Asia Cup 2023 squad was revealed on Monday, Sunil Gavaskar spoke about the injuries of Indian players during a chat on India Today. Gavaskar feels that such injuries happen when someone tries to lift more weight.

Gavaskar also added that lifting more weights doesn’t helps cricket. He also noted that in the past, bowlers did not get these many back injuries.

“If you look at all these injuries that happen, happen when you are trying to lift weights. I am no expert and I could be wrong, but I think they are trying to lift weights much more than what they should be doing. I don’t think that helps your cricket. It did not happen in the past and in the past bowlers did not get these many back injuries,” the former Indian skipper said.

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Cricketing Fitness Is More Important: Sunil Gavaskar

The former India opener Gavaskar also feels that cricketing fitness is more important for players.

“I do believe that cricketing fitness is more important. I think Ajit Agarkar being the chairman of the selection committee will be able to throw light on the fact what bio-mechanics experts are doing right now in the franchises.

You have to get cricket fit. It is not the question of how many miles you run on the treadmill, it is about how many miles you run with the ball,” Sunil Gavaskar further added.

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Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul are the other two players who returned to the Indian team after recovering from injuries. While Iyer faced a back injury in March this year, KL Rahul faced a thigh injury during IPL 2023. Both are part of India’s squad for Asia Cup 2023.