Co ce ed
with
the
spate
of
i ju ies
that
has
ocked
I dia
team
of
late,
BCCI
sec eta y
Devajit
Saikia
will
be
meeti g
Head
Of
C icket
VVS
Laxma
o
Su day
to
take
a
stock
of
the
ehabilitatio
ma ageme t
p og amme
at
the
Ce t e
of
Excelle ce
(COE).
I dia
will
be
missi g
the
se vices
of
Jasp it
Bum ah
(k ee
swelli g),
B
Sai
Sudha sa
(left
foot
big
toe),
Ha shit
Ra a
(hamst i g),
Nitish
Kuma
Reddy
(hamst i g)
a d
Washi gto
Su da
(quad iceps)
due
to
va ious
i ju ies.
Akash
Deep
(lowe
back
st ess
f actu e)
has
bee
out
fo
the
lo gest
time
si ce
Be gal’s
Ra ji
T ophy
semi-fi al
defeat.
Addi g
to
that,
white
ball
expe ts
Ha dik
Pa dya
(quad iceps),
Va u
Chak ava thy
(hamst i g)
a d
P i ce
Yadav
(hamst i g)
a e
also
at
the
Ce t e
of
Excelle ce
whe e
the
Spo ts
Scie ce
team
is
ove wo ked
without
a
figu e
head
si ce
the
esig atio
of
Niti
Patel
i
ea ly
2025.
Right
ow
the
challe ge
is
to
get
all
these
playe s
back
o
the
pa k.
Sudha sa
a d
Bum ah
we e
e listed
i
the
squad
subject
to
fit ess
but
COE’s
team
of
expe ts
decided
to
exe cise
cautio
looki g
at
the
bigge
pictu e.
“Yes,
sec eta y
Saikia
will
be
i
Be galu u
to
take
a
stock
of
the
situatio
alo g
with
VVS
Laxma .
The e
is
a
meeti g
scheduled
betwee
the
two.
It
is
ot
k ow
whethe
head
coach
of
atio al
team
Gautam
Gambhi
o
chai ma
of
selecto s
Ajit
Aga ka
will
joi
o li e
o
ot.
It
will
be
i te esti g
if
both
Saikia
a d
Laxma
ca
f o t
up
a d
a swe
a
few
media
que ies
with
so
ma y
co jectu es,”
a
BCCI
sou ce
i
the
k ow
told
PTI
o
co ditio s
of
a o ymity.
The e
a e
also
umou s
that
COE
a d
the
cu e t
selectio
committee
has
always
ot
bee
i
sy c
with
ega ds
to
the
i ju y
ma ageme t
timeli es
a d
some
of
the
playe s
bei g
eleased
befo e
they
ticked
all
the
boxes.
The
issue
of
Ha shit
Ra a
eachi g
E gla d
afte
bei g
disti ctly
ove weight
has
ot
go e
dow
well
with
the
selectio
committee.
Simila ly,
the
selectio
committee
was
i itially
made
to
believe
that
Bum ah
a d
Suda sha
will
be
at
least
available
fo
o e
of
the
two
Test
matches.
Howeve
o ce
the
dust
settled
dow ,
it
was
fou d
that
Bum ah,
post
impact
i ju y
is
fi di g
that
the e
is
wate
ete tio
i
his
k ee
which
equi es
mo e
time
to
heal.
I
case
of
Sudha sa ,
he
was
batti g
75
mi utes
a
day
fo
some
time
but
the
pai
still
pe sists
o
his
big
toe.
Nitish
Reddy
t ied
to
i c ease
his
pace
by
a
good
7
to
8
kmph
a d
that
put
a
toll
o
his
hamst i g
a d
quad iceps.& bsp;
