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Not Just Team India Players, BCCI Watching Workload of 23 Hopefuls


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The BCCI has zeroed in on 23 national team hopefuls, whose workload will be strictly monitored during the ongoing Indian Premier League.

These 23 players are the ones who are not in the BCCI's Central Contract list which has elite internationals such as Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni. From Under-19 talents such as Prithvi Shaw and Shivam Mavi to last domestic season's top run-getter Mayank Agarwal, the list includes all those whom the selection committee found worthy of national or A team call-up in the near future.

"The basic plan was to divide the players into three groups. The first group comprises current U-19s. The second group is of old U-19s, where we have players who played U-19 India in last 3 to 4 years. And the third group is of current India A Players," a senior BCCI office bearer told PTI on conditions of anonymity.

The BCCI wants to keep a strict vigil on these players primarily because in a tight schedule like IPL, with so much travelling and lack of time between matches, the workload becomes paramount.

"Let me give you an example. Young fast bowlers like Shivam Mavi or a Navdeep Saini may be asked by their franchise coaches to bowl 60 to 100 deliveries during a training session to Chris Lynn or AB de Villiers since they may not be certainties in playing XI.

"Here the BCCI steps in. These youngsters are our assets. A Bhuvneshwar Kumar knows his body and workload but when it comes to Mavi, Navdeep or Avesh (Khan), it's our duty to protect them for greater interest of Indian cricket," the office bearer said.

So the training programme that these fast bowlers will follow is chalked out by the NCA trainers and physio.

The trainers and physios of all eight franchises are also needed to give an update to NCA regarding the workload management of all these players.

It is learnt that someone like Bengal's Abhimanyu Easwaran is not in the list as he is not playing IPL but is certainly in radar for India A's tour of England.

The following players (outside Central Contract) are being specially monitored by BCCI.

Current U-19s: Prithvi Shaw, Shubman Gill, Shivam Mavi and Kamlesh Nagarkoti.

Old U19s: Ishan Kishan, Rishabh Pant, Avesh Khan, Khaleel Ahmed, Sanju Samson.

Domestic, India A: Shreyas Iyer, Washington Sundar, Vijay Shankar, Jaydev Unadkat, Basil Thampi, Deepak Hooda, Mayank Agarwal, Ravikumar Samarth, Navdeep Saini, Siddarth Kaul, Hanuma Vihari, Ankit Bawne.

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Great to hear this ,BCCI is not getting too much involved in this money making frenzy and rather monitoring the workload of regulars alongside the future prospects ,its quite nice from BCcI,never in my life I had seen such  demeanor from BCCI,they mean business 

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What's the story?

23 Team India hopefuls, on the fringes of national selection, will be closely monitored by the BCCI throughout the entirety of IPL 2018, in a bid to manage their workload and body.

“The basic plan was to divide the players into three groups. The first group comprises current U-19s. The second group is of old U-19s, where we have players who played U-19 India in last three to four years. And the third group is of current India A Players,”

In case you didn't know...

The groups have players such as Washington Sundar, Shreyas Iyer, Vijay Shankar and Jaydev Unadkat as well, who have played for the national side, along with domestic stars like Mayank Agarwal and R Samarth.

The bowlers will follow a new programme that has been created by the NCA (National Cricket Academy), whose trainers and physios are required to be sent a report on the bowlers by the IPL teams.

The heart of the matter

These are the players that have been identified for the program by the BCCI:

Current U-19s: Prithvi Shaw, Shubman Gill, Shivam Mavi and Kamlesh Nagarkoti.

Old U19s: Ishan Kishan, Rishabh Pant, Avesh Khan, Khaleel Ahmed, Sanju Samson.

 

Domestic, India A: Shreyas Iyer, Washington Sundar, Vijay Shankar, Jaydev Unadkat, Basil Thampi, Deepak Hooda, Mayank Agarwal, Ravikumar Samarth, Navdeep Saini, Siddarth Kaul, Hanuma Vihari, Ankit Bawne.

What's next?

The franchises will have to make sure that they don't over-bowl the bowlers, who are not likely to make it to the playing XI, in the nets, and ensure that they preserved for the future when Indian Cricket requires their services.

Author's take

It's a welcome move by the BCCI to ensure that bowlers, especially young pacers like Kamlesh Nagarkoti and Shivam Mavi, who have shown immense potential but might not be adept at balancing the burden of a tournament as rigorous as the IPL.

 

 

Link - https://www.sportskeeda.com/cricket/ipl-2018-bcci-to-monitor-workload-of-23-team-india-hopefuls?key=skmain&utm_source=AUTOFEED&utm_medium=SKmainfb&utm_campaign=sportskeeda

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