CSK and Former India Bowling Coach Eric Simons Says Yo-Yo Test Can Only be a Fitness Guide

The Indian cricket team’s current obsession with the Yo-Yo test as a benchmark to assess a player’s fitness and to then see the likes of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Wriddhiman Saha aggravate their injuries has raised a question mark on the support staff led by trainer Shankar Basu — a keen advocate of the Yo-Yo test. More than Saha’s injury woes, it is Kumar’s back injury that has raised eyebrows on the Indian support staff and its understanding of injury management.

But the blame must also be shared by bowling coach Bharat Arun. A team’s bowling coach is expected to keep a close eye on the workload of his bowlers. But then, how did he miss the consequence of playing Kumar in the third ODI with five Tests round the corner? Kumar has been with the team right through in the United Kingdom and even hit the nets ahead of the third game under the watchful eyes of Arun.

Source : News18