Parthiv Patel Focusing On Keeping Himself Fit During The COVID-19 Lockdown

Parthiv Patel was all set to continue his association with the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 13th edition of the IPL. But, the proliferation of the global pandemic that is the novel coronavirus has put everything on the backburner.

Among the many high-profile sporting events that have been put on the backburner, one of them is cricket’s marquee tournament outside International cricket is the Indian Premier League. No one reallly knows when and it the cash-rich league will be played this year or not.

With huge uncertainty around as to when the normal cricketing activities will resume, the best a cricketer can do is keep himself fit, feels Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat wicketkeeper-batsman Parthiv Patel.

In a chat with Mail Today, Parthiv revealed that he is following the training schedule given by Shankar Basu and is trying to touch all bases in order to keep himself in best possible shape.

“Yes, I am following a day-to-day programme from the RCB. I am getting all the training stuff from the coaches, I am in regular touch with Basu, so I’m trying to keep myself fit. I have a gym at home, so I try to touch all bases,” Parthiv Patel told Mail Today.

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“Bigger things at stake than sports right now”- Parthiv Patel

Commenting on the future of the Indian Premier League, Parthiv said that it is very difficult to plan for tomorrow as he, like everyone, doesn’t know when the things will return to normalcy.

“The future of IPL is something I can’t comment on because I am not in knowledge of when things will get back to normal. You can’t plan for anything tomorrow, let alone talk about planning for say July or August. So that’s something I don’t think about personally,” he added.

He also added that there are bigger things at stake than sports currently and the best he and all the cricketers can do is to keep themselves fit and motivated.

“Right now, there are bigger things at stake than sport. We in the (RCB) group are talking about it (IPL), and we are staying positive about the future. It’s important we stay fit for the day we can resume cricket on field,” he added.

The 13th edition of the IPL was scheduled to kickstart from the 29th of March but with the onset of COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdown in India, the tournament was first postponed till 15th of April before getting called-off for an indefinite period of time.

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