Vinod Kambli trolls the tummies of the Indian coaching staff

The fitness culture has visibly taken over the Indian cricket fraternity too to make sure that they are neck to neck against the fittest teams in the world. While many may say it was skipper Virat Kohli who successfully encouraged this concept, there is one person in the Indian set up who still has to seriously devote some time in the gym.

Head Coach Ravi Shastri can be seen talking to others in the support staff and management with a potbelly in a picture posted by former India cricketer Vinod Kambli on Twitter pulling his leg. He said, “This coach really needs Fitness?????????.”

This coach really needs Fitness????????? pic.twitter.com/ObyRlpVPzD

— VINOD KAMBLI (@vinodkambli349) January 25, 2018

It is rather hilarious because the standards of fitness are so high now that it is now a criteria for selection for players to get into the Indian team, yet the coach is content with having a paunch. Many players were seen getting the axe simply because their fitness was not up to the mark and were unable to clear the mandatory fitness Yo-Yo Test before selection.

Some of the players that have been affected due to this condition were Yuvraj Singh and  Suresh Raina. Initially dropped on the basis of form and fitness, they failed to make a comeback because they could not clear these tests.

However, this concept has only brought a positive change because players are much more athletic and are less injury prone over the years. It also makes sense that the management and players have agreed upon finding a balance between skill and fitness to stay in the team because various players have themselves admitted that this change has brought a new aspect to their individual games.

Apart from Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni being the walking example of incredible athleticism due to fitness, players like Hardik Pandya, Manish Pandey and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have benefited due to focus on fitness. It will be interesting to see if Ravi Shastri takes note of this joke by Kambli and decides to hit the gym with the players.