BENGALURU: He is certainly disappointed at missing out on the limited overs leg of the England tour after failing Yo-Yo test but Ambati Rayudu has nothing against strict fitness benchmark laid out by the Indian team management.
“I was disappointed with myself that I could not clear the test. Nothing against the test at all as everybody has to attain a certain fitness level playing for India. To be honest, I believe in it,” Rayudu told reporters in post-match press conference here.
“I was disappointed with myself as to why I could not clear the test so I worked towards it and cleared it,” Rayudu added. He made an unbeaten 62 runs, which was instrumental in India A’s five wicket win over Australia A in a quadrangular one-day series encounter at the Chinnaswamy stadium here.
Asked what went wrong two months back during the fitness test, Rayudu said he does not think anything went wrong as such.
“I cleared it a few days back and I also got a call up and am happy to be back in the scheme of things,” he said. Fitness is definitely important for cricket, he said, adding obviously one has to be absolutely fit to play cricket. “I am happy that there is a certain kind of a benchmark.” He added. (PTI)
