Former India opener Virender Sehwag launched a scathing assault on as we speak’s cricketers who’re obsessive about lifting weights within the gymnasium. Sehwag stated that lifting heavy weights within the gymnasium is without doubt one of the explanation why Indian gamers get injured regularly.
Sehwag slammed Team India’s efficiency coach Basu Shankar for making the identical schedule for all Indian gamers. Sehwag recalled a dialog he had with R Ashwin when he was the workforce mentor of Punjab Kings.
“Basu Shankar was with the Indian workforce for a few years, and he created uniform packages for all of the gamers. Why ought to there be a single schedule for Ravichandran Ashwin and Virat Kohli? When Ashwin was with Kings XI Punjab, he informed me he was doing the clear and jerk exercise as a result of it was in pattern,” Sehwag stated on TRS clips.
“Athletes practice from childhood to wash and jerk and nonetheless get injured. Imagine a cricketer when he’s over 30 years outdated. Due to this exercise, each Ashwin and Akshar had issues of their knees.
Sehwag stated health is essential however not everyone seems to be Virat Kohli.
“We did not do any weight coaching in our days, however nonetheless we had been capable of play cricket all day. It could be Virat Kohli’s funda. But everybody will not be Virat Kohli. You have to discover a coaching program based mostly in your physique. Need to arrange.
Sehwag additionally stated that gamers like Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh hardly ever confronted such concussions throughout their enjoying days.
“There is no place for weight lifting in cricket. Instead, you should do exercises that improve your game. Weight lifting will give you strength but also increase stiffness and pain,” stated Sehwag.
“In our days, no one, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman, MS Dhoni, or Yuvraj Singh, was ruled out because of back, hamstring or quadricep injuries.”
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
