New York, Jun 1 (PTI) Suryakumar Yadav is looking leaner and fitter than ever since his comeback to competitive cricket and much of it could be attributed to a regimented diet plan along with rigorous strength training to cut at least 12-14 kg he had gained after sports hernia surgery.

World’s No. 1 T20 batter Suryakumar was out of competitive cricket for close to four months after undergoing an ankle operation in December last, followed by a sports hernia surgery.

For an elite sportsperson, coming back to peak fitness is always a challenge and a strict diet plan is foundation to that. “If you look at him, he is looking much leaner and stronger and little muscular, and diet was planned with supplementation to achieve that goal. Coordination between recovery rate and muscle gain rate, so we adjusted to achieve that in record time,” dietitian Shwetha Bhatia, founder of ‘Mind Your Fitness’, who has worked on Suryakumar’s nutrition for some time, told

Source: PTI News