| Players are not machines, co-ordination between CoE, team management brilliant: Laxman | | | Early Times Report
Bengaluru, Aug 9: Putting up a stout defence of BCCI’s Centre of Excellence, its chief VVS Laxman on Sunday said the center should not be blamed for slow recovery of players as cricketers are not “machines” who meet recuperation timelines every time.
Laxman asserted that there is “seamless” coordination between CoE and team management.
Strike bowler Jasprit Bumrah, all-rounders Harshit Rana, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar and top-order batter B Sai Sudharsan are some of the players who have been recuperating from their respective injuries at the CoE at present.
“See, CoE is not just a rehab centre, but there are bigger roles to play for it in helping cricketers achieve excellence. So, we don’t like to use the term ‘blame’ (for injuries) because when you’re using that term, then you’re finding someone as a scapegoat,” Laxman told select media at the CoE.
“But there’s brilliant coordination between the CoE and the team management of both the teams (men and women) and the SSM staff of both the teams. So that communication is happening seamlessly.” Laxman said given the stringent fitness parameters and nature of the human body, it’s tough for a player to attain full fitness at a specific timeline.
“This is where I think it’s very important to understand that the guidelines and the timelines are given based on what you expect. But it’s the human body. It is not a machine where the timelines will always be met.
“So there’s a continuous process of understanding how a player is progressing and based on that, the load is increased. So that’s a process from the time they are diagnosed with the injury to the time they leave the CoE and declare fit,” he explained. |
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