Balancing rehab between upskilling I think a player getting injured is part and parcel of any athlete's career. That's why recovery, focusing on the fitness standards, and maintaining the fitness standard is something which is very, very critical. In fact, what we have done over the last two years is to standardise the fitness standards, and the levels right from top to bottom. It's not only the Indian cricket team, but even the state teams, I've been given various protocols we and the national players follow. I think both are very important. Only when you upskill yourself, knowing what are the areas to work on, then only you can progress because anyone who's stagnating and with the amount of data, with the amount of analytics we have at our disposal, then a player can be easily found out.
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