Zaheer should be put through fitness test: Gavaskar

Former captain Sunil Gavaskar said that India pace spearhead Zaheer Khan, who is going through a lean patch, should be put through ‘stringent tests’ to ascertain his fitness in the run up to the first of the four-match Test series against England. ‘I think what they should be doing is because there is still 8 or 9 days to go before the test match begins, they need to have stringent fitness test for him a couple of days before the game. So 13th Nov, they should have a stringent fitness test for him where he bowls full speed and runs, so that selectors know he is 100 per cent fit. If he doesn’t do that on the 13th Nov then they should be looking at someone else,’ Gavaskar said. The new selection panel included Zaheer Khan in the 15-member squad for the first two Tests against England starting November 15. Zaheer Khan and Sachin Tendulkar played for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy match against the Railways.