Bangladesh cricketers failed in the fitness test. (Photo-Chris Hyde-Bicc/ICC via Getty Images)
The poll of Bangladeshi cricketers preparing for the Asia Cup 2025 opened on Sunday 10 August. Except a player, the entire team failed in fitness test. This has shocked the preparations of the team. Asia Cup 2025 To be played in UAE from 9 September. This tournament will be played in T20 format this time. For this preparation, the fitness of the players of Bangladesh was examined, but these cricketers left sweat in running 1600 meters. Due to this, the coaches of the team got upset, only Nahid Rana was successful in passing this test.
Complete race in 8 minutes
The fitness of Bangladesh players was that it took them 8 minutes to complete the 1600 meter race. According to cricbing reports, the fitness of the first cricketers was monitored through Yo-Yo or Beep Test, but after the arrival of the new strength and conditioning coach Nathan Keli, the team management decided to get a 1600 meter race and 40 meter sprint to check the fitness of 22 cricketers.
According to reports, the team’s fast bowlers Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Tanveer Islam and Shamim Patwari took about eight minutes to complete the 1600 meter race, while Nahid Rana finished this race in 5 minutes 31 seconds.
Nahid Rana impressed
According to reports, a team management official said that Nahid Rana has impressed everyone with his fitness. Some other cricketers also did well, but the star players have failed in this fitness. The fitness camp of Bangladeshi players is being run against the three -match T20I series against the Netherlands and then the Asia Cup to be held in UAE.
1600 meter race team all -rounder Mehdi Hasan Miraj Completed in 6 minutes and 1 second. Wicketkeeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim, who took retirement from ODI and T20I, took 6 minutes and 10 seconds to complete the race. Apart from this, Tanjim Hasan Saqib completed this race in 5 minutes 53 seconds. Apart from this, Shahadat Hussain Deepu completed the 1600 meter race in 6 minutes. It took 6 minutes 13 seconds for Parvez Hussain Imon to complete this race.
Litton Das did not attend the camp
The fitness camp did not include T20I team captain Liton Kumar Das and Tauheed Hriday, while Nurul Hasan Sohan, Saif Hassan, Afif Hussain and Mahidul Islam Ankon have gone with Bangladesh A team on a tour of Australia at this time. Therefore, these four players also did not participate in this camp.
