With the ODI World Cup and Asia Cup coming up this year, the BCCI decided to introduce DEXA as a part of their selection criteria for the Indian players. Earlier BCCU had held a review meeting on India’s performance in the T20 World Cup 2022. The team was led by Rohit Sharma and coached by Rahul Dravid. The BCCI has announced major changes and shortlisted 20 players for the ODI World Cup in 2023.
The last two years have seen a lot of injuries. Major players like Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma, and Hardik Pandya have been injured. The management has also made the YO-YO Test and Dexa compulsory in order to get selected for the Indian team. IN 2019’s ODI World Cup, the YO-YO Test was used for fitness measurement for the first time.
“The Yo-Yo Test and Dexa will now be part of selection criteria and implemented in the customized roadmaps of the central pool of players,” BCCI said in an official statement.
DEXA is the Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry which can prevent injuries. It measures bone mineral density using spectral imaging. Ramji Srinivasan who has been the former strength and conditioning coach of the Indian team recommended the Dexa scan test to the NCA in 2011 due to the increase in the number of matches played per year.
“It helps you understand where the fat is and whether the training methods are yielding the result. It is all linked to a cycle. It is part of testing protocols that should have become mandatory long back. Some teams have been doing this for 10 years. It is a fool-proof method. Skinfold can be manipulated and each time different results can show up. But with DEXA it will be uniform and the data will be used for the future as well,” Ramji said.
DEXA uses the high-energy and low-energy beans which pass through the bone and the emitted X-rays are used to measure the bone density and mineral content. The scans are also useful. The scans are also useful in determining the body fat percentage and lean muscles. Even a small change can be scanned through this DEXA method.
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