PCB to conduct online fitness test of Pakistan crickets

• As many as 200 players will be tested on April 20 and 21 via video link.

In wake to keep up the fitness level of players on top, Head Coach Misbah ul Haq and his staff have decided to take fitness test of 200 players despite the lockdown due to coronavirus.

The message from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has already been dispatched to the players for their test on April 20 and 21 via video link.

Cricket in Pakistan has been suspended since March 15 due to COVID-19 outbreak. Contracted players were scheduled to undergo fitness test on March 23 and 24, but they were also called off.

The modified test is designed keeping in mind the restrictions on players' movements with all grounds and PCB facilities shut.

Misbah-ul-Haq, Pakistan's coach and chief selector, and the trainer Yasir Malik sent out a message earlier this week reminding players of their fitness obligations.

"To maintain your fitness level you need to be disciplined and keep working hard," the message reads. "With all the limitations and lack of resources at the moment, we have chalked out this new fitness battery with everyone given an equal opportunity. We have to make sure that we are giving our hundred percent. You have been informed well before time to make sure you are mentally and physically ready for it. All the tests will be carried out on video link by your team's trainers."