We wish to get to the bottom of why players are suffering injuries frequently: Roger Binny

Sourav Ganguly as the new BCCI president, India's 1983 World Cup winner Roger Binny spelled out his top priority for now: investigating why India's premier pacers are breaking down frequently. Just before the T20 World Cup, India suffered a big blow when they lost key pacers, Jasprit Bumrah and Deepak Chahar, to injuries. Being a seamer himself, Binny knows how fragile fast bowlers' bodies are, and what can be done to ensure they remain injury-free. "We will look to improve on what we can do to reduce the injuries to players. Bumrah got injured just before the World Cup, which affects the whole plan," Binny said after being elected unopposed as the new BCCI chief, with the new set of office-bearers by his side post the Annual General Meeting of the Board at a five-star hotel on Tuesday.

"Players getting frequently injured is a concern and we wish to get to the bottom of it all and see how it can be changed for the better. We have to sit down and discuss what's going wrong. We have excellent trainers, physios and other experts. But we need to talk to them and figure out why so many players are getting injured," Binny said," said the 67-year-old, who played 27 Tests and 72 ODIs between 1979-87, in which he took 124 international wickets.

A few days back, former India coach Ravi Shastri too had voiced his concern at India's premier pacers breaking down frequently despite rehabilitating for long periods at NCA. "It was the most frustrating thing for me as (India coach), when you lose key players to injuries. We toured England and New Zealand twice. On all those tours, Bhuvneshwar Kumar was injured, where he'd have got a bagful of wickets with his skills. Now, you see Chahar has hardly played, and he's injured. I was