Match fitness and off court fitness are both important aspects on Davis Cup weekend," he said.
paramount importance in his reign as captain and he will keep a close watch on them before the April tie.
"I want to make sure that whoever plays is match fit.
Next four weeks they are all playing different parts of the world, we will be tracking how they are doing. Match fitness and off court fitness are both important aspects on Davis Cup weekend," he said.
Saketh Myneni had pulled out of the New Zealand tie in the last minute due to fitness issues and Vishnu Vardhan had to answer an SOS call from AITA to play doubles with Paes.
Bhupathi said it was not this incident that forced him to bring new fitness guidelines for the players as they have to now undergo fitness assessment in Mumbai before making themselves available for Davis Cup.
"Not really. It is a very basic idea which every team in the world follows, unfortunately it was never implemented in our country."
Bhupathi seemed realistic when asked if he thinks with the current set of players, India can cross the final hurdle.
"This team is a little different, at least two times they had (retired) Somdev. We have a lot of depth now. We have different players to choose from and we are definitely going to try," he said.
Under previous captain Anand Amritraj, the Indian team reached the Davis Cup World Group Play-offs stage thrice, falling to big teams such as Serbia, Czech Republic and Spain eventually.
Bhupathi said it was important for Yuki to remain injury-free to get back to top-100.
"We will have to wait see. Yuki is coming from an injury and he has done well at the beginning of the year. Need to keep our fingers crossed, we know he is capable of being a top-100 player, so we have to hope he stays healthy then he automatically gets back to were he belongs." Bhupathi also praised his predecessor.
"I think Anand was a good captain. The players were happy and at the end of the day, if players are happy then Anand was a good captain in my opinion," he signed off.
(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)
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