Former India cricketer Mohammad Kaif not too long ago mirrored on how the system round cricketers has developed since his enjoying days. Kaif shared insights on the skilled change in fashionable cricket, from health regimes to participant celebrations, and contrasted them along with his personal experiences from the early 2000s.
Kaif talked about that the quantity of cricket performed at the moment has modified the necessity for assist employees. He revealed that in his time the variety of matches was once considerably lesser in comparison with at the moment’s. Kaif said that for this reason physios, medical doctors, and private trainers have elevated in numbers and their want too. Trendy gamers even journey with private cooks and health employees, the luxuries that have been absent throughout his period.
“These days, the frequency of matches has elevated so much. I bear in mind once I performed within the NatWest Trophy closing, which was in July. After that, I performed my subsequent ODI solely three months later within the ICC Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka. Again then, there have been fewer matches, and we all the time acquired breaks in between. We had time for conditioning camps. Now, groups don’t try this; gamers simply journey and go straight into matches, from one match to the subsequent. That’s why there may be a lot speak about physios and medical doctors, as a result of gamers must handle their our bodies. Health has develop into such a giant a part of the sport. Gamers now even journey with their private chef and coach. All this stuff have elevated in comparison with our time,” he mentioned on ‘Cheeky Singles’.
Virender Sehwag was all the time instructed to work on health: Kaif
The 44-year-old additionally identified how expertise and social media have modified the best way gamers rejoice on-field success. He revealed that at the moment’s era of gamers is nicely conscious of the digital camera placement and at what time they’re being recorded.
“Again within the day, once I performed for India, we by no means deliberate celebrations, nor have been we even conscious if a digital camera was recording a selected second that may be replayed a number of instances. We have been simple. However these days, gamers know precisely when the digital camera shall be on them and the way they are going to rejoice. The attention has elevated. The principle purpose for that is cell phones and social media. Immediately, highlights are in all places on social media. That’s a giant change and new gamers should not holding again (whereas celebrating),” he added.
The previous Indian batter additionally spoke concerning the cultural variations in dressing rooms then and now. Throughout his enjoying days, gamers typically shared rooms, traveled collectively after apply, and bonded as a unit. He even recalled how even Sachin Tendulkar would wait for everybody to complete their apply earlier than leaving.
“Now gamers have develop into extra skilled. I used to be a coach within the IPL, and I seen gamers would end apply and head straight to their lodge rooms, both spending time on their telephones, watching motion pictures, or enjoying video games. However once we performed, we spent loads of time collectively throughout apply. These days, there are vehicles prepared for gamers in order that they’ll depart after they’re carried out with apply. In our time, we’d all the time depart collectively. Even Sachin Tendulkar, after ending his batting and fielding drills, he would await the final participant and say, ‘End apply first, then we’ll go collectively.’” Kaif additional added.
The Uttar Pradesh-born additionally recollected how Virender Sehwag typically discovered it robust to adapt to John Wright’s health tradition. With obligatory fitness center periods that demanded cardio, higher physique, core, and legs, Sehwag typically was instructed to concentrate on health.
“It must be Virender Sehwag. He was all the time instructed to concentrate on health. When John Wright grew to become India’s coach, he created a tradition the place you needed to go to the fitness center and do cardio, core exercise, legs, and higher physique. This was obligatory, and each time you went, you needed to replace what coaching you had carried out. We might normally do operating and yet another exercise, at most two issues. However each time Sehwag went to the fitness center, he would tick all 4 bins: legs, higher physique, cardio, and all the pieces, each single day, despite the fact that he could have carried out only one or two of them. After a month, Sehwag had 50–60 ticks, whereas we have been at 20–30. He was a foodie, so it was tough for him to regulate to the health routine.”
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