India batter Virat Kohli is by far one of the fittest cricketers in the world today. During his tenure as the Indian captain, he made prime fitness the focus of the Indian team and made sure the players attained a certain level of physical ability.
He himself led from the front as recently a report had suggested that Kohli had not visited the NCA for injury-related issues for the last three years, while more than 20 Indian cricketers had visited the facility for one reason or the other.
In a chat with the ICC during the T20 World Cup 2022, Kohli spoke about how important fitness it to him.
“Fitness for me is, is probably more important than cricket practice. I honestly feel that having a fit body makes you think better as well. So it could help people in their work, sport, anything that they do when you when you’re fit,” Kohli said while sharing his fitness mantra.
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The 33-year-old cricket maestro also added, “If you just want to start your day off well and you look forward to actually doing a lot more on an everyday basis rather than just dragging yourself through the day which I think is not an ideal place to be in. I try to stay fit because if I have a moment where I can make a difference. When there’s pressure and I don’t have the bat in hand, it doesn’t mean my job is over. So you can always change the game with your feeling with your energy with your enthusiasm.
If you’re not physically ready, then you won’t be able to capitalize on those moments. so that’s something that I constantly look to do and work for that in the gym or on the training ground.”
Virat Kohli has scored 144 runs in 2 matches he has played in T20 World Cup 2022 thus far, scoring 82* against Pakistan in MCG and 62* against Netherlands in SCG.
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