Kaif 'surprised' by BCCI's struggle to hire medical professionals amid injury crisis
Former cricketer Mohammad Kaif has criticized the BCCI for its inability to recruit top-tier medical and rehabilitation staff despite its massive financial resources. This comes amid a growing injury crisis affecting key Indian players, prompting concerns about the management of the board's Centre of Excellence.
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The situation highlights a disconnect between the BCCI's financial wealth and its operational efficiency in maintaining player health and performance.
India's growing injury crisis has raised fresh questions over the functioning of the BCCI's Centre of Excellence (CoE), with former cricketer Mohammad Kaif expressing surprise that the world's richest cricket board has struggled to recruit some of the world's leading medical and rehabilitation professionals.The latest setback came with Sai Sudharsan being ruled out of India's upcoming two-Test series against Sri Lanka due to a toe injury. He joins Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar on the list of players unavailable for the Sri Lanka series because of injuries.The repeated injury setbacks have frustrated the BCCI, particularly as several players have had to make trips to the CoE in Bengaluru for rehabilitation.
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