Hyderabad: As the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) selection committee announced the 15-man India squad for the 2019 World Cup in England and Wales, chief selector MSK Prasad made it clear that Indian team's physio Patrick Farhart will closely monitor the fitness of players in the Indian Premier League 2019.
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Selectors want to monitor the fitness of chosen players for the World Cup. Prasad said Farhart will constantly be in touch with all the IPL franchises in a bid to manage the workload of the World Cup bound players.
“The team management, along with Patrick, is looking into the workload management programme. They are in constant touch with the (respective) physios of IPL franchises,” Prasad said.
Since 2019 IPL begun workload management has been the buzzword in Indian cricket as the focus shifted on the fitness of players.
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One of the physios from an IPL team confirmed that Patrick has been in constant touch with franchises.
“Every IPL franchise is very particular about maintaining the workload of the players and this being a World Cup year, the focus is more on the fitness levels,” the franchise physio said.
“These days, even the players know how to handle things and now every team has apps on their mobile phones through which they can keep a tab on their workload and other fitness levels. That becomes easier for the national team physio to monitor situations better,” he said.
However, it is unclear whether the chosen 15 players will be asked to take rest from the remaining part of IPL 2019 or not.
