DNA Test for Fitness of Indian cricket team:Players worried

Nowadays fitness plays a key role in any sport be it cricket or any other sports.Currently, there are many techniques to test the fitness of a player but the most sophisticated and advanced is the DNA test.Generally, these tests are extensively used for nabbing criminals and identifying families and relatives but the test applicability for the fitness of a person has been established by doctors.

Recently the BCCI has given its nod to conduct DNA Test of each player to test the fitness of player has resulted in a huge debate.The Cricket board said that the test report would help the player to concentrate on improving his speed, fat burning, endurance, recovery time, and muscle building. They have also said that this test would act as a doping test and the players can be caught if they use steroids for improving fitness.



However former cricketers and sportspersons have objected the move and said that there is no necessity to conduct such tests as the current methods are sufficient to test the fitness of a player and the player can concentrate based on the report.

Meanwhile, some former sportspersons have said that the DNA Test must be conducted only after the player gives his consent for the test and not forcing him.

The team players under the captaincy of Kohli have welcomed the move said that it would help them focus on key issues such as burning fat which would, in turn, improve there batting/bowling skills and currently many countries have a similar test to test the fitness.