Virat Kohli’s remarkable training regimen was praised by former Indian strength and conditioning coach Shanker Basu. After a remarkable 14-year career in the game’s longest format, Virat Kohli announced his retirement from Test cricket on Monday, May 12.
Kohli was a wonderful learner who would ask questions and always look to improve, according to Basu, who also worked with Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Additionally, according to the former, Virat Kohli trained with the commitment of an Olympian.
The first cricket player who choose to train like an Olympic athlete is him. He wanted to try something new instead of training with the same old techniques. He does exceptionally well in school. He will have a lot of questions at first, and he will proceed in that path after he is persuaded. First and foremost, a good leader sets an example, which Virat accomplished with skill, Basu told The Times of India (TOI).
“The team as a whole then began adopting that culture, one member at a time. For a while, the Indian squad was the epitome of fitness. One of the foreign coaches once questioned one of our team members what the team was doing. I recall that. Virat and the rest of the group are incredibly agile and move like athletes. However, I think Virat deserves all the praise,” he continued.
After Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, and Sunil Gavaskar, Virat Kohli was India’s fourth-highest run scorer in Test cricket when he retired. At an average of 46.85, he scored 9230 runs in 123 Test matches. After retiring from T20Is last year, Kohli, who is still regarded as one of the best athletes in the sport, will only play in the ODI format.
Throughout RCB’s IPL 2025 campaign, he has been in outstanding form. With 505 runs from 11 innings at an average of 63.13, the 36-year-old is fourth among the season’s top run scorers. In order to assist RCB capture an elusive maiden IPL trophy, Kohli will want to maintain his impressive run of form.
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