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This is an archive article published on November 1, 2007

To eat or not to eat, the menu card’s out

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has spelt out a strict diet chart for the Indian cricketers...

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The Board of Control for Cricket in India has spelt out a strict diet chart for the Indian cricketers, keeping in mind their fitness concerns for the series against Pakistan.

And Mahendra Singh Dhoni & Co. will have to do without desserts, red meat and deep fried stuff.

No ice-cream, no peanuts, minimum fat content and no deep fried food—that is how the BCCI’s menu for the Indian team for the Pakistan series reads. The Indian Express got hold of the diet chart a day before it is supposed to be circulated among Team India members at the preparatory camp in Kolkata.

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The BCCI has also laid out a special diet for the players just for training days— mostly fresh fruits and fruit juice.

Some pointers from the diet chart

NO visible fat/oil in food preparations (Instruction to caterers)

Minimum fat/oil, ABSOLUTELY NO ghee/vanaspati.

No butter or mayonnaise

All non-veg items MUST be HALAAL.

NO mushrooms

NO red meat

NO ICE-CREAM.

NO Indian desserts.

NO PEANUTS.

Match-day musts

Tea, coffee and green tea must be available all day

Fresh fruit

Assorted dry fruits and nuts (almonds, cashew, Macadamia. NO PEANUTS)Sandwiches and salads

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