'Important for Yo-Yo Test to be Done in Public Domain': India Legend Disagrees With BCCI's Reported Stance Following Virat Kohli Insta Post

BCCI was reportedly irked after Virat Kohli shared his Yo-Yo test score on via an Instagram post last month. It was said the board had issued a verbal warning to the India players to not reveal such information on public platforms as it could amount to a breach of contract.

The board reportedly considers it as a confidential information and said the players may share pictures from their training session but “posting a score leads to breach of contract clause.”

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The India players underwent the fitness test during a preparatory camp held in Alur ahead of the Asia Cup 2023.

However, batting legend Sunil Gavaskar thinks revealing Yo-Yo score will only be informative to the public on whether any player who hasn’t met the minimum fitness standard has been selected.

“If it is true that unless the minimum standard of the Yo-Yo test is not met, then the player is not eligible for selection then it’s all the more important for this test to be done in the public domain so that the public that follows the game in their millions know that there are no players who have not met the minimum standard in the team,” Gavaskar wrote in his column for the mid-day.

Gavaskar also dismissed suggestions just because Shubman Gill recorded a better Yo-Yo score than Kohli doesn’t mean the latter is less fit than his junior.

“There was a lot of excitement when Kohli put out his Yo-Yo score which was more than the limit that the BCCI trainers had set,” Gavaskar wrote.

“Shubman Gill posting an even better Yo-Yo score than Virat was by no means one-upmanship. The age difference between the two mustn’t be forgotten and the elder has to be admired for his fitness standard. The BCCI then directed that nobody should post their Yo-Yo test scores which might have actually saved some blushes for some,” he added.

Earlier this year in January, the BCCI reintroduced the Yo-Yo fitness test as an eligibility criteria for selection to the Indian cricket team. The decision was taken following a review meeting.