Tigers reluctant to follow Shakib’s diet chart
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|| CF Correspondent ||
While banned all-rounder Shakib al Hasan is having some relaxation on his diet chart it is not the case with national team mates as they are following their own special diet chart to be fit and make a comeback into the cricket.
Bangladesh national team players along with some other nationally contracted players are following their own special diet chart along with BCB's guidelines to maintain their fitness and not gain extra weight while being at home.
However, countries top-most all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan still seems not to be working on his fitness as he has just left about four months to mark his return to the cricket after a one-year suspension from the ICC, for not reporting a corrupt approach.
Earlier, in an interview, Shakib was quoted saying that he is not giving any head-on about fitness so much as he likes to do full-time work not little by little and will start his work on fitness and training when he will think the time is suitable for him.
"When you have focus ahead then you will try hard for that, as I don't have any target ahead so the room for doing hard work hasn't created yet or might not be prepared through mentally," Shakib was quoted saying in an interview to a Bengali media.
"Another big thing corona taught me that who knows what will happen tomorrow. So by doing hard work without eating, let's just eat and stay comfortable. After getting rid of corona I don't think that it will take a long time to be fit again. So my current target is to eat my favourite dishes, stay safe and sound, relax and stay calm through mentally," he added.
However, due to the house arrest cricketers are not able to go out and do their fitness work, as the coronavirus situation is still at large in the country. So, players started to their fitness work at their home and following diet rules to be fit and not gain overweight.
National team ODI skipper Tamim Iqbal is following ketogenic or keto diet a method of losing weight. In this keto diet meal plan; there were boiled eggs, grilled chicken, little pasta, small packets of biscuits, fruits like guava or apple etc which kept him active restrain him to be fat.
"My diet now is kind of Keto I would say. There is a company named Lean Nation who sends my meals at home four times a day. The meal is less than 1,500 calories a day and I try to eat only that,’ Tamim told an English daily.
"I train for one hour every day. Normally when we go out, we burn a lot of calories. I’m doing one hour of exercise on the treadmill but in normal time we walk a lot and burn a lot of calories. But that’s not happening now as we are sitting in one place for a long time due to this pandemic," he added.
Another all-rounder Mohammad Saifuddin doesn't have a strict diet like Tamim but he is also maintaining a healthy diet by minimizing carbohydrates and fat.
"Honestly speaking, during the month of Ramadan I actually did not maintain the diet and work-out plan properly as I was fasting. But after the Ramadan, I am working hard every day," Saifuddin said.
Saifuddin is taking home-cooked food with lots of fruits and vegetables as his meal plan.
"I eat two handmade ruti, egg and vegetables in breakfast. As a mid-day meal before lunch, I eat fruits so I don’t crave for more rice which I used to have," he said.
"I also eat fruits as an evening snacks, avoid sweet and deep-fried foods. At dinner, again I eat ruti. I always try to eat less portion of rice, more of vegetables and protein," Saifuddin added.
Debashis Chowdhury BCB's chief physician is hoping that the nationally contracted players are maintaining a proper diet and said that the board will soon give them instruction to take calcium and vitamin-D supplements.
"I believe national cricketers are maintaining their meal plan properly. They all attended classes, workshops earlier about food, many of them are well experienced. BCB at the beginning of this crisis gave them some guidelines regarding food to boost immunity. Hopefully they are following it," he said.
"Sunlight is the biggest source of vitamin-D. As the cricketers are not going out, they might grow deficiency of vitamin-D. Therefore, they will be instructed to take calcium and vitamin-D supplements," Debashis Chowdhury added.
