India, Aug. 6 -- The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has initiated a major overhaul of the Bengaluru Centre of Excellence (CoE) fitness programme after a spate of injuries left the Indian team thin, with Harshit Rana being flagged as overweight, Mohammed Siraj caught off guard by revised fitness benchmarks, and Jasprit Bumrah's latest injury once again highlighting concerns over India's player-management system.

According to a report in The Times of India, internal reviews found that the absence of standardised fitness benchmarks and the reliance on customised testing had contributed to a decline in overall fitness standards, prompting the CoE to standardise base fitness parameters. The development comes after a difficult ye...