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The Board of Control for Cricket in India or the BCCI is known for making headlines with their fitness tests on more than one occasion and has not failed to seek the fans’ attention this time around as well. According to a report by Times of India, the Indian cricket board introduced a new 2-km run fitness test and which led to many known cricketers unable to meet the passing criteria. Six cricketers fail BCCI’s new 2km-run fitness test https://t.co/hN0sP59Nad — TOI Sports News (@TOISportsNews) February 12, 2021 The report confirms that six Indian cricketers namely wicket-keeper batsmen Sanju Samson, and Ishan Kishan, Rahul Tewatia, Nitish Rana and Siddarth Kaul and Jaydev Unadkat ended up failing the test which was introduced at Bengaluru’s National Cricket Academy (NCA) which is currently under the administration of Indian batting legend, Rahul Dravid. “Since this is a new type of a fitness test, they will all get a second chance to clear it at a fresh date, after some gap. However, if they fail to clear it, then it puts their selection for the forthcoming white-ball series comprising five T20Is and three ODIs against England at home in doubt,” a source told TOI confirming that those who couldn’t clear the test in the first try will get another opportunity, a common process while conducting fitness tests. View this post on Instagram “A few fitness tests were conducted for around 20-odd cricketers who are in the reckoning for the limited-overs series against England at home, and for the T20 World Cup in India later this year. Among these tests was the now-famous yo-yo test and the new ‘2km run’ fitness test. “In this test, a batsman, wicketkeeper, or a spinner has to complete the two-kilometre distance in eight minutes and 30 seconds, while for a fast bowler, the benchmark is eight minutes and 15 seconds. Six of the players failed to clear these tests. Some players barely managed to complete the run,” the source added. View this post on Instagram The shocking outcome of test led to the fans of Men in Blue raising an interesting question about a few of the active members of the current roster which is in the middle of the four-match Test series against a touring England side at Chennai’s Chepauk stadium - How many of the current Team India players will be able to run two kilometers straight? What about rishabh pant. He can run 2 kimoleters??? — sajith jayadevan (@1289sajithj) February 12, 2021Is aswin cleared? — stanly louis (@stanly_louis) February 12, 2021Fear that our test specialists puji ash might fail Anyway you see 35+ players playing test Don't think need fitness test for this format — ℙ𝕣𝕒𝕜𝕩 (@prakx_tweetz) February 12, 2021 View the full article