Virat Kohli opens up about his ‘Refreshing time-off’, gives a fitness update, saying ‘I’m feeling…’ News24 –

India’s star batter Virat Kohli has opened up about his fitness and staying away from cricket for such a long time. Popularly known as the Run Machine, Virat retired from both Tests and T20Is and will only he playing the ODI Format. He is currently playing the three match ODI series against Australia with the first Test being held at Optus Stadium in Perth.

In conversation with Fox Sports, Kohli mentioned that he has been playing regular cricket since the last 15-20 years and a little time off has been very refreshing for him.

“Well to be honest, the amount of cricket I’ve played over the last 15-20 years, I’ve actually not rested at all if that makes sense. I’ve probably played the most number of games in the last 15 years in international cricket, combining the IPL together as well. So for me, it was a very refreshing time off.

“I’m feeling as fit if not fitter than I’ve ever been before and yeah you can just feel the freshness when you know you can play the game and mentally you know what to do out there it’s just the physical preparation that really needs to be taken care of,” Kohli told in conversation with Ravi Shastri and Adam Gilchrist on Fox Sports. 

“At this stage I realised that if my body is fit, if my reflexes are there then the game awareness is already there, my body has to match up with it and that’s something that I try to keep up with, I live my life like that and yeah no issues at all, I’m feeling fresh here coming into Australia and moving really well in the nets and in the fiddling sessions as well so all good so far,” Kohli remarked.