Where will fitness test of Pakistani cricketers be?
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00:00We were talking about the Champions Cup, and because of the Champions Cup, the fitness tests for the players in Lahore have been moved from Lahore to Faisalabad.
00:09Let's confirm the sources. Shahzad Malik is with us. Shahzad, what is the update?
00:14The fitness tests were to be done from tomorrow and the central contract is pending on this.
00:19Now we are hearing that they are being done in Faisalabad because the players will be there.
00:23The captains of 5 teams have been announced and 20-30 players have been announced.
00:30The fitness tests that were to be done in Lahore on 7th and 9th September,
00:35because all the players are there, they will be done in Faisalabad.
00:42The fitness tests for the players in the central contract will be done.
00:47There will be a lot of tests in the fitness tests.
00:52The fitness tests have been done at an international level.
00:58Thank you very much, Shahzad Malik.
01:00Shahzad, tell us about the fitness tests.
01:07The central contract is also pending on this.
01:10The fitness test has been done at 60%, which is 50% internationally.
01:16We are coming at it very strongly.
01:18Will it be across the board or will it be like,
01:21whoever has to come in the team has to come.
01:24It has just been announced.
01:25Many cricketers have heard about 50% and 60% and have said that this is not possible.
01:32Fitness is a very good thing.
01:34Internationally, you can see that the fitness standards have increased a lot.
01:38Whether it is an Indian team, an England team, an Australian team,
01:41you can see three fast bowlers in Australia.
01:43Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Stark and Pat Cummins.
01:46All three of them have 900 wickets.
01:48It is unimaginable that in 2-3 years,
01:51other than them, any other fast bowler will come and play test cricket for Australia.
01:55These three are going on.
01:56And their fitness is so good.
01:58Hazlewood had a little problem in the middle.
02:00Sometimes Stark has it.
02:01Cummins is 100% fit.
02:03He has always skipped the white ball tour.
02:06So that he can come fresh for India's five test matches.
02:10The other team is doing a lot of planning.
02:12They are going with fitness.
02:13There are different players for test matches.
02:15There are different players for white ball.
02:17For the test match, we should find at least two good fast bowlers,
02:21whose speed is 150.
02:23We should hunt talent.
02:25There was a time when we had an event for the fastest bowlers.
02:29It was done by a mobile company.
02:31Wasim Akram had seen it.
02:32Nasir Jamal had won the tournament by scoring 140+.
02:37He played in the first class for 3-4 years.
02:40He had 300-plus victories.
02:42He is a good figure.
02:43But he never came close to the Pakistan team.
02:45He went with the A-team a few times.
02:47So we should find at least two good fast bowlers for our test team.
02:52Absolutely right.
02:53The news that is coming,
02:55Pakistan and England,
02:56which is our next challenge,
02:57Pakistan's home series against England.
03:00One test will be held in UAE.
03:04Because two tests can't be held in Pindi.
03:06There is a renovation in Karachi and Lahore.
03:08There will be a test match in Multan.
03:10One will be held in Pindi.
03:11And one will be held in UAE.
03:12Is this a door that we are opening again to give an idea?
03:16Is it possible to do this outside Karachi?
03:18The door will always be open in Karachi.
03:20As long as there are big countries,
03:22Australia, especially India,
03:24they need an excuse that you are shifting to a cricket-neutral venue.
03:29But the problem was that Pakistan should have upgraded the stadiums.
03:33Which we had to do last year.
03:35If we had started this phase in January-February 2023,
03:39we would not have had any test match in this phase.
03:42We played the last test match in January 2023.
03:45If the cricket board at that time had started upgrading the stadiums,
03:48we would have been ready.
03:49Yes, this is very late.
03:50This is very late.
03:51It is a race against time.
03:52But still there is a will of the Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman
03:55that they reach at 5 in the morning and 3 in the night.
03:58It is a serious race against time for the Champions Trophy.
04:02Yesterday, Brendan McCullum told England at his press conference
04:06that we do not know the venues yet.
04:07When we know the venues, we will select our team.
04:10This is a sign that England is also worried.
04:13Tell us the venues.
04:14You announced 3 venues earlier.
04:16Out of those, Karachi is out.
04:18It is possible that you start with Abu Dhabi
04:21or end in Abu Dhabi.
04:23One problem in Rawalpindi Islamabad is that
04:25on 15th and 16th, there is a conference of the Shinghai Corporation.
04:3015th and 16th means that two days before and two days later,
04:33you will not get a place in Islamabad.