BCCI shortlists 20 players for 2023 ICC Men’s World Cup
January 01 2023 by Vijay Tagore
India will be hosting the 2023 World Cup
The BCCI has shortlisted 20 players who will be part of 2023 Men’s World Cup. At the review meeting with the brain trust of Indian cricket, the BCCI has decided that these players will be rotated so that proper preparation is ensured before the 2023 World Cup, which will be held in India.
In attendance for the meeting were Rahul Dravid, skipper Rohit Sharma, chief selector Chetan Sharma and NCA head VVS Laxman, all of whom brainstormed for nearly four hours in a city hotel in Mumbai and arrived at key decisions, including prioritising bilateral and international cricket. BCCI president Roger Binny attended the meeting through video conferencing.
“It was a very constructive and fruitful meeting where we have reviewed the past performance and planned for the future events, including World Cup and World Test Championship (WTC). We will give preference for international cricket while making sure the IPL is not diluted,” a BCCI source, who attended the meeting, said.
“The issues of player availability, workload management and fitness parameters were also discussed at length during the meeting along with the roadmap to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023,” the BCCI said.
Among the decisions taken, BCCI said that the National Cricket Academy (NCA) will “work in tandem with the IPL Franchisee to monitor the targeted Indian players participating in the IPL 2023”, emphasizing the unit as the nodal centre for the fitness of Indian players.
There will also be no compromise on the fitness aspect with Yo-Yo test being the chief criteria. “The Yo-Yo Test and Dexa will now be part of selection criteria and implemented in the customized roadmaps of the central pool of players,” the BCCI said in a statement after the meeting.
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