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While the yo-yo test has become a mandatory hurdle to clear for the Indian players, Pakistani cricketers are also undergoing the fitness test to prove that they are fit enough for selection in the Asia Cup squad.

As per a report in arysports.tv, the members of the Pakistan team underwent the yo-yo test on Monday and it was pacer Hasan Ali who emerged out to be the fittest player in the team as he scored 20 in the test.With a score of 20, he leapfrogged none other than Virat Kohli, the Indian skipper who has a yo-yo test score of 19.

As per reports earlier, Manish Pandey had topped the score with a score of 19.2. This clearly states that Kohli may be one of the fittest cricketers but is not the fittest of all.Not just international, domestic cricketers have also leapfrogged Kohli's yo-yo test score.

Former India U-19 cricketer Mayank Dagar had scored 19.3 in the yo-yo test. Arun Karthik, former Royal Challenger Bangalore player, had also surpassed Kohli as he had scored 19.2 in the test.

https://www.timesnownews.com/sports...eapfrogs-virat-kohlis-yo-yo-test-score/279635
 
Before people(without reading anything) blame Pakistan for being obsessed. Times Now is an Indian news site and they took Hasan Ali's score from ary sport and wrote this article.
 
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Would like to know the scores of Fakhar, Imam and Nawaz. Those three seem to be the fittest non-fast bowlers.
 
Good to hear he is challenging himself.
 
Am Surprised because Hasan Ali's paced dipped badly in his second and third spells onwards on the tour of England which played a key role in England being able to fight back in the first test and dominant in the second test. These tests are not absolute especially when someone like Sarfaraz scores higher than Malik in an official fitness test.
 
Savak said:
Am Surprised because Hasan Ali's paced dipped badly in his second and third spells onwards on the tour of England which played a key role in England being able to fight back in the first test and dominant in the second test. These tests are not absolute especially when someone like Sarfaraz scores higher than Malik in an official fitness test.
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It’s been a while since we saw these players. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that some have used the time off to raise the bar while others have lowered it.
 
omg :facepalm:

this is just ridiculous.

You can't compare yo-yo test scores like that.

TO make comparison, you need to make both players run in the same yo yo test. Not have one having his own yo yo test while the other has his own. There are alot of factors involved like area, indoor, outdoor. Plus the level of competition.

If i'm running on 18 and see another person is running aswell, i will try to compete and try to get a higher score before quiting him.

Stupid stuff by the Indian media, they ended up insulting their own player this way
 
Hasan does appear incredibly fit as well although he is very young. The challenge is to maintain that level as he grows older.
 
Wow, didn't expect Hasan would be that high. That's a big improvement, he was 18 before if i remember correctly.
 
Savak said:
Am Surprised because Hasan Ali's paced dipped badly in his second and third spells onwards on the tour of England which played a key role in England being able to fight back in the first test and dominant in the second test. These tests are not absolute especially when someone like Sarfaraz scores higher than Malik in an official fitness test.
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Maybe the test are fine and we are wrong for judging fitness solely based on looks?
 
I seriously doubt this, I've seen Hassan huffing and puffing in the 2nd test against England, looked really tired. How can he score above Kohli?

Moreover, Sarfraz above Malik, in which world?
 
Savak said:
Am Surprised because Hasan Ali's paced dipped badly in his second and third spells onwards on the tour of England which played a key role in England being able to fight back in the first test and dominant in the second test. These tests are not absolute especially when someone like Sarfaraz scores higher than Malik in an official fitness test.
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Likewise I will believe it when I see Hasan Ali's speeds after his 1st post because I've seen it dip in the low 130s, which would suggest his fitness is comparable to Amir rather than Kohli.
 
Excellent news. Hoping to see some sharp, intense spells from Hasan at the Asia Cup.
 
I have serious doubts over Sarfraz's reading especially when you see it is above Shoaib Malik who for the last few years has held the reputation of being the fittest cricketer in Pakistan.

Ever since Sarfraz visibly put a significant amount of weight on, his dot ball % has increased and unsurprisingly his ability to convert ones into twos has decreased. At one point in 2016 (during Eng v Pak ODI series I believe), he along with AB had the lowest dot ball percentage in ODIs of all batsmen post 2015 WC, because they were both excellent running between the wickets.

So it is no surprise he now lingers down the batting the order because it has affected his batting particularly with his strike rate, which is why of late we've seen him slog from the first few balls because he knows he can't build any momentum in his innings the way he used too when he was able to sustain his quick ones and twos with the odd boundary in between.

So I will take these readings with a pinch of salt and won't believe until I see it.
 
There seems to be a lot of confusion about what the Yo-Yo test actually is on this thread.

It does not measure fitness

A single test cannot predict overall fitness. That's ridiculous.

The yo-yo test measure cardiac endurance . Like the Beep test used by cricket teams earlier. Yo-yo score cannot tell us much about overall fitness.
 
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Yo yo test is just one measure and it is just endurance mostly

If you do a thorough test with lot of metrics then I’m sure Kohli will smoke everyone
 
El Generico said:
Before people(without reading anything) blame Pakistan for being obsessed. Times Now is an Indian news site and they took Hasan Ali's score from ary sport and wrote this article.
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Not only that but Pakistan made yo-yo test mandatory couple of years ago whereas India did that just this year.

This article makes it seem like Pakistan followed India LOL
 
Slim said:
Not only that but Pakistan made yo-yo test mandatory couple of years ago whereas India did that just this year.

This article makes it seem like Pakistan followed India LOL
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Yo-yo test is just a fancy name for the Beep Test which most teams, including Pak and India have been using for many years now.
 
the_outsider said:
Yo-yo test is just a fancy name for the Beep Test which most teams, including Pak and India have been using for many years now.
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I am not aware of that but i know for a fact that India made it "mandatory" for selection this year whereas Pakistan made it mandatory since the MA era began.
 
saeed5646 said:
Do you have watch the procedure of pakistan yoyo test ?according to grant luden it is different from beep test

https://youtu.be/ENkpoZlThr0
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I'm sure the Yo-yo test is a complete derivative of the Beep test. You can google it too.

Every team adds some variation to their methodology which is why [MENTION=135038]Major[/MENTION] is right in saying that it's not possible to compare scores across different teams.

But the Yo-Yo test is 90% same as the Beep Test.
 
Slim said:
I am not aware of that but i know for a fact that India made it "mandatory" for selection this year whereas Pakistan made it mandatory since the MA era began.
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That is true. But not just Pak & India, most teams have had Beep Test as mandatory for many years now. And Yo-Yo test has simply replaced Beep Test in recent years. It's 90% the same thing.
 
the_outsider said:
I'm sure the Yo-yo test is a complete derivative of the Beep test. You can google it too.

Every team adds some variation to their methodology which is why [MENTION=135038]Major[/MENTION] is right in saying that it's not possible to compare scores across different teams.

But the Yo-Yo test is 90% same as the Beep Test.
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I would trust Grant luden pakistan fitness trainer more than you if he is saying it is different from beep than it might be so.

This is what i am trying to tell you every team follow different methodolgy so we cannot compare india with pakistan
 
Tests are not 1:1 comparable.

Unless both do exactly the same regimen.

Hasan is fit so is Kohli.
 
Kohli said:
I seriously doubt this, I've seen Hassan huffing and puffing in the 2nd test against England, looked really tired. How can he score above Kohli?

Moreover, Sarfraz above Malik, in which world?
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How many overs of fast bowling does Kohli bowl to be huffing and puffing?
 
Hasan Ali may well have set the benchmark for Pakistani cricketers but it certainly wouldn't surprise me if Kohli was taking it easy giving it just 70-80% of his all.
 
Great to see Hassan Ali doing well
Many fans claimed he was a 1 tournament wonder and would turn out like Shehzad or Umar Akmal

This undoubtedly shows his commitment to the game and hunger to improve himself
 
Well Kohli is now 30 where Hasan Ali and others mentioned in the original article are a few years younger. In this sort of test age really do count and every year matters. In short if all are working towards a goal of say mark 20 in yo yo test the youngest will have the best chance given roughly same fitness regime.

For Hasan Ali and I think one Indian athlete mentioned in the article is a hockey player it would be easier to get better marks in yo yo test than Kohli as both of them run a lot as part of their profession where Kohli is a batman and must spend significant amount of time practicing his batting which doesn't require cardio fitness.
 
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Amazing from Hassan Ali. He is a brilliant athlete and has a fantastic mindset.
 
Hasan was asked today about this and he replied

"As far as comparison with Virat Kohli [in terms of fitness] this is not necessary as he is a legend and our senior but my focus is on my fitness as when you are fit, you can perform better"
 
Madplayer said:
How many overs of fast bowling does Kohli bowl to be huffing and puffing?
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Kohli didnt bowl fast but Shami is doing right now who had low score in yo-yo than Kohli. Shami is still bowling in 140s in his fifth straight test whereas Hassan was trundling by his second.Clearly unfit by a mile.
Even in Indian team, folks like Ashwin and Nehra has passed yo-yo who were not exactly guys with great fitness but kids like Samson who is a live-wire in the field failed. So not exactly a pointer to match fitness.
 
Dingolfy said:
Kohli didnt bowl fast but Shami is doing right now who had low score in yo-yo than Kohli. Shami is still bowling in 140s in his fifth straight test whereas Hassan was trundling by his second.Clearly unfit by a mile.
Even in Indian team, folks like Ashwin and Nehra has passed yo-yo who were not exactly guys with great fitness but kids like Samson who is a live-wire in the field failed. So not exactly a pointer to match fitness.
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Man you must straight out of a comic strip . Your team isn't fit and their overrated oh and I forgot to say they can't bowl either
 
Dingolfy said:
Kohli didnt bowl fast but Shami is doing right now who had low score in yo-yo than Kohli. Shami is still bowling in 140s in his fifth straight test whereas Hassan was trundling by his second.Clearly unfit by a mile.
Even in Indian team, folks like Ashwin and Nehra has passed yo-yo who were not exactly guys with great fitness but kids like Samson who is a live-wire in the field failed. So not exactly a pointer to match fitness.
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I know you want some attention but be my guest when hasan ali bowls to india in asia cup and watch his speed he will above 140 regularly
 
MenInG said:
While the yo-yo test has become a mandatory hurdle to clear for the Indian players, Pakistani cricketers are also undergoing the fitness test to prove that they are fit enough for selection in the Asia Cup squad.

As per a report in arysports.tv, the members of the Pakistan team underwent the yo-yo test on Monday and it was pacer Hasan Ali who emerged out to be the fittest player in the team as he scored 20 in the test.With a score of 20, he leapfrogged none other than Virat Kohli, the Indian skipper who has a yo-yo test score of 19.

As per reports earlier, Manish Pandey had topped the score with a score of 19.2. This clearly states that Kohli may be one of the fittest cricketers but is not the fittest of all.Not just international, domestic cricketers have also leapfrogged Kohli's yo-yo test score.

Former India U-19 cricketer Mayank Dagar had scored 19.3 in the yo-yo test. Arun Karthik, former Royal Challenger Bangalore player, had also surpassed Kohli as he had scored 19.2 in the test.

https://www.timesnownews.com/sports...eapfrogs-virat-kohlis-yo-yo-test-score/279635
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I seriously doubt a yo-yo test score that has Sarfraz more fitter than Shoaib Malik
 
waleed88 said:
I seriously doubt a yo-yo test score that has Sarfraz more fitter than Shoaib Malik
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Lol What Sarfraz is wicket keeper which more difficuilt job than bowler or batsmen .he may be working hard on his fitness so it is not surprising to see result .
 
The shock that a fast bowler has eclipsed a batsman in a physical test designed to test your running endurance. :dw
 
saeed5646 said:
I know you want some attention but be my guest when hasan ali bowls to india in asia cup and watch his speed he will above 140 regularly
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We are talking about Tests here, Bhaijan. The toughest format for a bowler. Even Sreesanth used to bowl 140 in ODI.
And if you claim as one of the fittest in the business, you cannot trundle by the second test in a cold country for heavens sake.
 
YO-yo test me kitna bhi score kiya ho per iska generator to start ni ho paya is baar
 
navin said:
YO-yo test me kitna bhi score kiya ho per iska generator to start ni ho paya is baar
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aaj kal aap logo ke "acche din" chal rhe hain aur humaare bure din. But when you lose all hope from pakistan, thats when it delivers. there is still hope.
 
Zakaz said:
aaj kal aap logo ke "acche din" chal rhe hain aur humaare bure din. But when you lose all hope from pakistan, thats when it delivers. there is still hope.
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So if there is "still hope" that means Pak will still not deliver. :ashwin
 
Bowled the worst lengths this Asia Cup. Shaheen,Bumrah,Bhuvi,Junaid(only 1 match) and even Mashrafe Mortaza bowled better i thought. What is the point of scoring high on this test if you are bowling too short or overpitching and not bowling enough deliveries in the good length area?
 
Kohli said:
I seriously doubt this, I've seen Hassan huffing and puffing in the 2nd test against England, looked really tired. How can he score above Kohli?

Moreover, Sarfraz above Malik, in which world?
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Yes, because Kohli regularly bowls 20 over spells in the third session of tests. :))

Fast bowlers are generally the fittest cricketers and spinners are usually the least fit. This has always been the case. People don't realize the how difficult bowling fast actually is.
 
Posts have been deleted as people keep on getting personal with others
 
I have done this endurance test and scored 20 as well. Its good to know that I am fit enough to be in Pakistan team.
 
Bilal7 said:
Yes, because Kohli regularly bowls 20 over spells in the third session of tests. :))

Fast bowlers are generally the fittest cricketers and spinners are usually the least fit. This has always been the case. People don't realize the how difficult bowling fast actually is.
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Wrong. Fast bowlers r generally the least fittest cricketers. Being strong and bowling at a very hight speed is completely different that being fit. This is also why most of the fast bowlers r extremely slow movers and poor fielders.
 
ON an aside Cricket is one sports that accommodates very poor athletes, poorly shaped people. Fast bowling is only one thing where you need some level of athleticism, stamina. Kohli, Dhoni all have cricketing fitness.
 
Looking forward to re-test scores :-)


Hasan mostly bowled medium fast stuff in Asia Cup.
 
RainMan_ said:
Wrong. Fast bowlers r generally the least fittest cricketers. Being strong and bowling at a very hight speed is completely different that being fit. This is also why most of the fast bowlers r extremely slow movers and poor fielders.
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Being strong, having great endurance and low body-fat are actually excellent indicators of fitness. It's hilarious that you think fast bowlers are less fit than guys who stand around for hours and/or roll their arms over from a three-step "run-up".

Fast bowling does take its toll however which is why you don't see them jumping around after their spells. Someone said that fast bowlers are always playing with niggles. They are not poor fielders or slow movers.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
ON an aside Cricket is one sports that accommodates very poor athletes, poorly shaped people. Fast bowling is only one thing where you need some level of athleticism, stamina. Kohli, Dhoni all have cricketing fitness.
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An average soccer player would be fitter than the vast majority of batsmen and spinners. Fast bowlers are the only cricketers that can cross-over and still be considered quite atheletic.
 
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