Joshi on newly formed ICC medical panel

Mumbai: The Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) chief sports medical consultant, doctor Anant Joshi, has been appointed as a member of the newly constituted International Cricket Council (ICC) medical committee.

Dr Joshi, who has been heading BCCI's medical committee for almost two decades, is the first Indian to be appointed on the ICC medical committee, BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah said in a release on Saturday.

The BCCI’s medical chief has a Master of Surgery (Orthopedic) from University of Bombay and Master in Sports Sciences in Sports Mechanic & Fitness from United States Sports Academy, Alabama, U.S.A, the release added.