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.

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