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The purpose of the study was to investigate the impact of plyometric and core training combined with specific training on selected physiological variables among college men's cricket players. 45 male Cricket players were randomly selected as the subjects for this study from the age group 18- 25 years in the Erode district. The participants were trained in the plyometric group I (PG), the Core training group II (CG), and the control group. Each group consisted of 15 subjects. Separate linear regression models were used to evaluate the pre-post change in variables. All the subjects were informed about the nature of the study and were asked to cooperate till the end of the experiment and testing period. The experimental treatment, namely plyometric training and core training, was administered for a duration of 8 weeks, and the number of sessions per week was confined to three alternative days. Each session lasted 60 minutes, in addition to the regular schedule of the Cricket training, and both the training packages are presented in Appendices I and II, respectively. Statistically significant improvements in baseline scores in resting heart rate were comparable between the three groups of college Cricket players. resting heart rate improved by 76.46 in the plyometric training group, 77.40 in the core training group, and 80.06 in the control group. Additional research on long-duration intervention in elite players may help to establish the role of plyometric training and core training in conventional Cricket skills for training.