Virat Kohli in awe of Cristiano Ronaldo’s “beast mentality”

The Indian cricket captain is a huge fan of Portuguese football great.

Indian cricket skipper Virat Kohli is a massive fan of Portugal football legend Cristiano Ronaldo, as he has mentioned this quite a few times. In terms of attitude, Kohli and Ronaldo are pretty similar. They have the hunger to win and their work ethic is unparalleled.

On Sunday (May 17), Virat once again expressed his fondness and admiration for the Portuguese talisman.

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Kohli had a long interaction with India’s football captain Sunil Chhetri on Instagram Live, where the latter asked him: "one non-cricket playing athlete who makes your jaw drop when you watch his or her live performance?"

"Cristiano Ronaldo," Kohli replied. "Let me explain. There are many great athletes and there are people who you look up to (and) there are people who play in a manner that is amazing; but to turn up for big matches that regularly, Cristiano stands out."

Virat also recalled Ronaldo's famous hat-trick against Atletico Madrid in Champions League in the 2018-19 season.

"What stood out was he went to Juventus and it was a Champions League match against Atletico Madrid. They lost 2-0 (in the first leg). For a guy to say two days prior to the game, all his friends who come into the game, it is going to be a special night. The conviction for that guy to say that we (Juventus) are going to go through and score a hat-trick and take them through, that to me is a beast mentality," Kohli said.

(With ANI inputs)