Getting Ready to Battle

Kapil Dev gives tips to Irfan Pathan during the second day of the conditioning camp at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Monday.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has appointed Kapil as a bowling consultant, but he will not accompany the team to Pakistan.

The legend was concerned over the fitness of India's seamers and urged them not to overtrain. "These players are in there twenties. They should take care of their food habits and lifestyle and not get carried away. Twenty is a very dangerous age. At this age people feel they can conquer the world and climb the highest mountains. In doing so they overwork and hurt their fragile bodies," he said.

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