Indian Captain Virat Kohli, who has moved his game to another level, has also set new heights for other players in terms of fitness. His ability to steal singles or convert singles into doubles has made the world look in shock for Kohli’s hard work. And that led to his childhood coach Rajkumar Sharma praise for Kohli for his amazing efforts. Rajkumar remembered the days when he used to bulge on butter chicken, mutton rolls and all sorts of junk food.
In a recent interview, Rajkumar Sharma said “Kohli once told me, if I don’t set the benchmark as captain, who else will? Even as the world looks on in wonder, I know the boy behind the man. He used to gorge on butter chicken, rolls and all sorts of fast food. But today, it finds no place in his diet.”
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The Delhi Star has transformed himself to another level where the opponents find it extremely difficult to get fight with the Indian captain.
Rajkumar also said“In fact, he is so particular about his diet, that even when he comes over to my place, he won’t have packaged fruit juices. You either give him fresh juice or you don’t. Carbohydrates are a strict no-no and there are no off days in his routine anymore”.
The 27-year old batsmen made his international debut in 2008 in five-match ODI series against Sri Lanka.
“See, it is easy to do these things for a short or particular span of time. But to make it a constant routine and lifestyle is what makes me proud. It takes a lot of devotion and focus to restructure your lifestyle to this extent. He has cut down on carbs and doesn’t even have chapatis. It is either grilled or boiled food for him. Even his coffee is without sugar and definitely no packaged fruit juices for him,” he said.
“I would be lying if I take all the credit for this. Yes, I did suggest working out for a couple of hours and maintaining discipline, but credit also goes to the trainers in the team as they made him further believe the importance of physical fitness and its direct effect on the game.” He gives credits to the other trainers of the Indian team who also helped him grow.
“In the last two or three years, he has taken fitness and his eating habits to a different level. He takes it so seriously that he got a gym built in his new house. He has this belief that fitness is very important if you have to succeed in international cricket. And his only goal in life is to keep raising the bar,” he said.
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Rajkumar believes that discipline is one of the main reasons for the success of the right-handed batsman Virat Kohli. Kohli finished as the top scorer in 2016 with 2580 runs from only 40 innings.
“Talent was never a problem with Kohli, but then, the effect of the grueling fitness regime is that he has more stamina and can keep picking the singles and doubles and turn the singles into doubles. He doesn’t tire down and hence the need to play risky shots go out of the equation. Whatever be his work schedule or travel scene, he always finds time to hit the gym,” he signed off.
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Virat is also on the top of the list of ICC T20 rankings while he is just below Australian captain Steve Smith in Test rankings and AB de Villiers in ODI rankings.
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