“Particular person gamers are having accidents as a result of they should play a number of matches,” Saikia mentioned. “In case you take a look at their schedule, if you happen to take a look at England, a 15-player staff went for the ODI and out of that 15, three to 4 gamers bought injured.
“However that they had performed two months of IPL previous to that. So all this takes toll on the well being of the gamers additionally. And to keep away from these sort of conditions, what greatest we will do beneath the current home windows and current FTPs, we’re looking for out some methods out.”
The BCCI high brass met with the India head coach Gautam Gambhir, the director of cricket on the Centre of Excellence (CoE) VVS Laxman, the T20I captain Shreyas Iyer and ODI captain Shubman Gill in Mumbai on Thursday.
Saikia mentioned measures had been being taken within the subsequent Future Excursions Programme (FTP) to make sure gamers get sufficient time to relaxation and get well.
“The one challenges which we face is that there are too many matches within the 12 months and that’s the reason within the subsequent FTP, we’ll do sure issues, we’ll take sure measures,” he mentioned. “We’ve instructed our FTP particular person, who we will likely be assembly very quickly in numerous worldwide boards that our FTP ought to be scheduled in such a manner that there’s correct relaxation for the gamers in addition to some sort of acclimatisation or some sort of pleasant matches earlier than any main collection in SENA international locations.
“At present’s dialogue was on what what protocols we’ve to take care of concerning sustaining the health degree of each participant, not in any particular person. And what’s greatest curiosity of the staff, we’ve thought-about that solely. And we’ve taken the suggestions from the captains and the top coach who’re the fitting individuals to provide us the knowledge in order that we chalk up a correct technique to keep away from all these sort of undesirable conditions throughout any worldwide or bilateral matches.”
‘Need to do some soul-searching’ after England and Eire losses
India have a packed schedule for a minimum of the subsequent six months. After the T20I collection in opposition to Afghanistan, which begins on September 13, they play an ODI and T20I collection at dwelling in opposition to West Indies, following which they journey to New Zealand for 5 T20Is and two Exams. They then play a white-ball collection in opposition to Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, adopted by the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at dwelling. Saikia mentioned that the intention of Wednesday’s assembly was to have a roadmap for the subsequent 12 months main into the 2027 ODI World Cup and likewise look again at a number of the latest performances.
“You all know that we misplaced matches in Eire and likewise in England. We needed to know what are the explanations and we’ve to do some soul-searching about that. And in future, what we will likely be doing earlier than going to any of the SENA international locations, we’ve chopped out some methods,” Saikia mentioned.
“Our principal intention is that we should always have the very best staff mixture within the month of October, November subsequent 12 months within the ODI World Cup. We’ve mainly considered what ought to be our manner ahead about our staff preparation and all, as a result of we’ve a number of collection now.”
Saikia additionally denied any rumours of miscommunication between the CoE, staff administration and selectors over participant administration, emphasising that “everyone is on the identical web page.”
“There isn’t a such scenario that there’s a communication breakdown or there isn’t a integrity amongst the COE or the staff India employees or technical individuals. The one factor is that what’s troubling us is that accidents to some gamers which is occurring ceaselessly and to keep away from that, we’ve to do sure issues. We’ve to take up some measures in order that the gamers don’t undergo accidents ceaselessly.”
