[VIDEO] Virat Kohli details his fitness regime and what made him change his lifestyle!

[Slog]

Very interesting

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[Mean&Green]

Screw this fitness ** fitness is very overrated in cricket cause of kohli. I say it time and time again cricket is a skill based game not a fitness based game. You can’t put Ronaldo in a cricket field and ask him to do better than rakheem Cornwall just cause he’s supremely fit and rakheem Cornwall is not.

 

[JaDed]

Screw this fitness ** fitness is very overrated in cricket cause of kohli. I say it time and time again cricket is a skill based game not a fitness based game. You can’t put Ronaldo in a cricket field and ask him to do better than rakheem Cornwall just cause he’s supremely fit and rakheem Cornwall is not.

Aus and Windies team had some of the most fit cricketers during their reign.. so fitness is not overrated, just VIRAT is.

Aus still has most fittest cricketers but also better skill and are mentally above.

 

[Mean&Green]

Aus and Windies team had some of the most fit cricketers during their reign.. so fitness is not overrated, just VIRAT is.

Aus still has most fittest cricketers but also better skill and are mentally above.

Yeah that’s what I actually meant to say the level virat puts fitness on is extreme like has not eaten a samosa in 10 years like seriously. You should be fit but not that you stop living life by not eating what you love at all atleast once in a while. Rohit is fit too and he does that stuff once in a while. Virat is just making it look like there is nothing else other than fitness.

 

[Savak]

And look at our pot bellied yawning cricketers during the world cup

 

[aloo paratha]

Screw this fitness ** fitness is very overrated in cricket cause of kohli. I say it time and time again cricket is a skill based game not a fitness based game. You can’t put Ronaldo in a cricket field and ask him to do better than rakheem Cornwall just cause he’s supremely fit and rakheem Cornwall is not.

Well yes obviously you can't hand the fittest guy in the world a ball and expect him to run through the top order of every team. Nobody is claiming that either. Cricket is a game of skill, but when you're fit, you can be out there showing your skills for longer.

 

[zarar]

What an absolutely incredible athlete and just look at the mentality he has instilled within himself. Nobody said a word to him and he looked at himself and changed to become one of the greatest this sport has ever seen. Not only for himself, But also for his entire team and in this case the team he plays for is his country with a population of over 1 billion people.

Virat Kohli's desire and hunger to be the absolute best is really and truly unmatched. If the next generation of Cricketers let alone Indians aren't inspired by his work ethic, dedication and mental prowess then it'll be a shame.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Yeah that’s what I actually meant to say the level virat puts fitness on is extreme like has not eaten a samosa in 10 years like seriously. You should be fit but not that you stop living life by not eating what you love at all atleast once in a while. Rohit is fit too and he does that stuff once in a while. Virat is just making it look like there is nothing else other than fitness.

He will enjoy samosas and kachoris only after taking retirement from all forms of cricket.

 

[Varun]

Well yes obviously you can't hand the fittest guy in the world a ball and expect him to run through the top order of every team. Nobody is claiming that either. Cricket is a game of skill, but when you're fit, you can be out there showing your skills for longer.

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[Abdul]

Yeah that’s what I actually meant to say the level virat puts fitness on is extreme like has not eaten a samosa in 10 years like seriously. You should be fit but not that you stop living life by not eating what you love at all atleast once in a while. Rohit is fit too and he does that stuff once in a while. Virat is just making it look like there is nothing else other than fitness.

That's called dedication. A concept normies are unaware of.

 

[Savak]

Well. Look at the average speeds of the Indian pace attack. I have to say it's the best in the world at present and best ever in Indian history. Bhumra, shami touching 85-88 mph on average in every spell. In contrast Pakistani pacers stick to 78-83 mph on average in their second spells onwards. Sublime fitness is the difference. Kohli is making a big difference to the Indian with with his fitness culture and the results are now showing

 

[thecrusade911]

Screw this fitness ** fitness is very overrated in cricket cause of kohli. I say it time and time again cricket is a skill based game not a fitness based game. You can’t put Ronaldo in a cricket field and ask him to do better than rakheem Cornwall just cause he’s supremely fit and rakheem Cornwall is not.

And show me one player currently who has skills but no fitness, succeeding at the highest level in all three formats. In this interview he himself says that he isn't greatly skilled, it's just the amount of hard work he can put in, the intensity he can bring and the longer he can play on the field. He even mentions that he can hit the ball 15m far now which eliminates the fear of getting caught at the boundary while trying to clear it.

 

[Mean&Green]

And show me one player currently who has skills but no fitness, succeeding at the highest level in all three formats. In this interview he himself says that he isn't greatly skilled, it's just the amount of hard work he can put in, the intensity he can bring and the longer he can play on the field. He even mentions that he can hit the ball 15m far now which eliminates the fear of getting caught at the boundary while trying to clear it.

Don’t be fooled by his lies he was noticed by selectors at a very young age. He always had the skill at u19 level and even before that. It was a matter of time he would take the world by storm fitness did help him obviously but he puts everything upon fitness which is false. Sachin Tendulkar was short and chubby I don’t even need to mention his records now and than our very own mr Aloo inzamam

 

[shah_1]

Don’t be fooled by his lies he was noticed by selectors at a very young age. He always had the skill at u19 level and even before that. It was a matter of time he would take the world by storm fitness did help him obviously but he puts everything upon fitness which is false. Sachin Tendulkar was short and chubby I don’t even need to mention his records now and than our very own mr Aloo inzamam

Sachin was chubby? What rubbish

 

[shah_1]

Fitness is an extension of your game, not your main reason of doing well but to say fitness doesn’t enhance your game is being a fool

 

[Boi]

Don’t be fooled by his lies he was noticed by selectors at a very young age. He always had the skill at u19 level and even before that. It was a matter of time he would take the world by storm fitness did help him obviously but he puts everything upon fitness which is false. Sachin Tendulkar was short and chubby I don’t even need to mention his records now and than our very own mr Aloo inzamam

Inzi could’ve acheived so much more had he improved his fitness. Look at how many run outs he was involved in.

 

[shah_1]

Inzi could’ve acheived so much more had he improved his fitness. Look at how many run outs he was involved in.

Inzamam ul haq has played 212 games at 3 and 4, scored 8 hundreds and 52 fifties. It is one of the worst conversion rate for a top order. It is because of lack of fitness. Kohli has the best conversion rate of 100 in history in ODIs, Kohli doesn't only score hundreds but also has high endurance level to stay till the end and make daddy hundreds

 

[kingusama92]

Kohli was a very good player as a teen but he's transformed into one of the best batsmen in his generation. That's through hard work towards his nutrition and technique.

He deserves praise for his dedication.

It's not everything but being fit can turn a good player into a great one. In this case, it's turned a great one into a legend.

 

[Savak]

Even the fittest athletes allow themselves a cheat meal per week. If Kohli wishes not to have a cheat meal that is his choice but people have the right to live a little and enjoy the spoils of their success within reason Ofcourse

 

[silent ischemia]

Sorry mate. Now we are more interested in Steve Smith's secrets to success

 

[happydavy]

This is excruciating tiring now to listen to Virat's gyaan on fitness every 2nd week. Fine, we give it to him that he's a very fit cricketer, now what ? He's a great player but the fact is that he's yet to play an incredible test inning or WC odi inning that won us something substantial. Without any of that, to me it's a bit of narcissist talk to keep talking about your fitness.

 

[Sunny_majoka]

Screw this fitness ** fitness is very overrated in cricket cause of kohli. I say it time and time again cricket is a skill based game not a fitness based game. You can’t put Ronaldo in a cricket field and ask him to do better than rakheem Cornwall just cause he’s supremely fit and rakheem Cornwall is not.

While fitness is essential in every sport.
Skill is also very important. Virat kohli can't compete with footballers and ronaldo can't play cricket just base on fitness.

Success in any sport needs combination of both. Skill and fitness both are pillars of player's performance. A player can only become no.1 and stay longer there if his both pillars are strong.

That's why ahmad shehzad and umar akmal will never succeed in cricket just because one is fitter and other is skilled.

 

[Mean&Green]

While fitness is essential in every sport.
Skill is also very important. Virat kohli can't compete with footballers and ronaldo can't play cricket just base on fitness.

Success in any sport needs combination of both. Skill and fitness both are pillars of player's performance. A player can only become no.1 and stay longer there if his both pillars are strong.

That's why ahmad shehzad and umar akmal will never succeed in cricket just because one is fitter and other is skilled.

People that think Umar akmal is not fit have not seen him run in the field he is very fit. He was here for the league in Canada and I got to see him in the game warm ups he had a little race with faf and they basically tied and faf is the fittest of cricketers. On top of that his issue is not fitness or skill his issue is his brain and so is shehzads

 

[Mean&Green]

Sachin was chubby? What rubbish

Shah Ji facts don’t lie have a look at this picture the man scored a 200 with that pot belly and I’m sure he eats samosas and kachoris on the regular it’s just he knows how to do his job which is play cricket and make runs which he did even with that belly 6 pack abs don’t help you score runs look at pandya some people will say he is fit but he is not he is a twig very injury prone why do you think he keeps getting injured after every two series he need to put on weight like Shoaib Akhtar said also he can’t endure the stress on that anorexic body of his

 

[jnaveen1980]

Fitness is not only important for sports. Even for ordinary office goers it is very important. Power to him setting an example for his team mates also his fans.

 

[kingusama92]

Do people want him to say "I was born great" instead?

It's commendable that he mentions hard work because it guides youngsters in the right direction. Look at Sarfraz Ahmed to see how your career goes downhill as soon as your fitness does.

 

[Sunny_majoka]

People that think Umar akmal is not fit have not seen him run in the field he is very fit. He was here for the league in Canada and I got to see him in the game warm ups he had a little race with faf and they basically tied and faf is the fittest of cricketers. On top of that his issue is not fitness or skill his issue is his brain and so is shehzads

Umar akmal used to be fit in his early days.
And there is difference between sprint and marathon.
I am sure he will not be able to complete two rounds of the ground.

 

[Boi]

Umar Akmal is very fit ) )

 

[Savak]

Ahmed Shehzad is extremely fit. The question is can he still bat like Kohli? Doubt it.

 

[big_gamer007]

Screw this fitness ** fitness is very overrated in cricket cause of kohli. I say it time and time again cricket is a skill based game not a fitness based game. You can’t put Ronaldo in a cricket field and ask him to do better than rakheem Cornwall just cause he’s supremely fit and rakheem Cornwall is not.

Fitness is the difference between Inzimam and Ponting. Fitness is a mindset which you can't teach, it has to come from within.

Let's consider the legends of game (the absolute elite):
1. Sachin
2. Viv
3. Lara
4. Wasim
5. Ponting
6. McGrath

All of them were fit. They might not be other sport athlete type fit but were fit enough to be the best. So to be the best you need good fitness, hard work and enormous talent.

Now consider the other examples of players who had talent but didn't focus on fitness:
1. Inzi
2. Shoaib (he will argue and convince the world his issues were because of coaches and selectors ruining him)
3. Sehwag

The above three had as much if not more talent than the first 6, but still rank 2 or more tiers below the top 6.

Why?

Because a player like SRT even when going through bad phase can knock the ball around and take singles to get over his bad phase. However a player like Inzi or Sehwag won't do it. Because his mindset (due to being lazy/unfit) is to hit out rather than grind through and get over bad phase.

In current situation take kohli, he isn't the best in the world in terms of power hitting. However he is so quick between the wickets and so fit that you don't realise when he reaches 40(40) by taking singles. Even in death overs if bowling is good or pitch is playing up a bit he takes 8-12 runs an over by just running hard. Granted that a person like Gayle on his day can demolish someone like Kohli but Kohli because of his fitness has evolved his game in such a manner he's more consistent and makes his team compete in most of the matches.

If you have to be the best you should have either good fitness or else you need to be in a team which can hide your fitness (in case of bowlers). For a batsmen you have to have certain fitness level to be 'A+' category batsmen. Pakistan hasn't produced 'A+' category batsmen ever and only reason is the lack of fitness culture which hampered players like Anwar, Inzi to try and reach A+ level.

Others like YK had fitness and work ethic but lacked the talent.
Yousuf lacked work ethic and fitness both. Just couldn't get rid of his short comings.
Miandad was closest in terms of having everything but just fell 1 step short..

 

[barah_admi]

Kohli found a natural home in the ODI side of things but for those who actually follow his career, will remember he was not a test giant straight away, so of course he had to dedicate himself, push himself, improve his technique and gain better fitness. All the very best, work the hardest.

 

[thecrusade911]

Doing workouts to just lower your body fat and doing strength, power and conditioning workouts are two poles apart by the way. As far as we have seen shahzad's videos he is fit as a person not as an athlete. Athletes do snatches, power snatches, cleans etc.and im pretty sure None of them shahzad does.
Just getting fit won't help you. You have to work on your skills day in day out.

 

[Mean&Green]

Ahmed Shehzad is extremely fit. The question is can he still bat like Kohli? Doubt it.

Exactly fitness will not help you score hundreds if you don’t have the skill basically. But like another Indian poster said kohli keeps talking about his fitness saga but he’s yet to play a match winning test and World Cup innings. So all that fitness talk is nice to hear but it’s pretyy useless at the end of it when you can’t even help your team win crucial matches and the ones that matter the most.

 

[Mean&Green]

Umar akmal used to be fit in his early days.
And there is difference between sprint and marathon.
I am sure he will not be able to complete two rounds of the ground.

He’s one of the safest ground fielders I’ve never seen him drop a catch in the deep. I’m not a fan of the guy at all and actually dislike him but I’m not gonna lie about his fitness the man might look like Gol Gappa but he can run on the cricket field

 

[Savak]

Exactly fitness will not help you score hundreds if you don’t have the skill basically. But like another Indian poster said kohli keeps talking about his fitness saga but he’s yet to play a match winning test and World Cup innings. So all that fitness talk is nice to hear but it’s pretyy useless at the end of it when you can’t even help your team win crucial matches and the ones that matter the most.

Kohli was performing at a world class level even before he started his fitness crusade in 2013. He always had the ability. Only difference is he is ruthlessly passionate, patriotic and doesn't want to stop performing till his career is over. He is an exception rather than the norm because vast majority of players take it easy after they have reached a certain level

 

[Slog]

Ahmed Shehzad is extremely fit. The question is can he still bat like Kohli? Doubt it.

Ahmed Shehzad is not extremely fit by any definition. His recent fitness is primarily aesthetic fitness and limited to power lifting. Do you think he run as much as Kohli or does the power snatches and other type of advanced lifts that Kohli does?

Shehzads fitness is what you and I can achieve if we put enough time and hire a desi trainer.

 

[sweep_shot]

Kohli has amazing self-discipline and that is why he is #1 batsman in ODI.

He needs to fix his on-field behavior and he can be a great role model.

 

[Savak]

Ahmed Shehzad is not extremely fit by any definition. His recent fitness is primarily aesthetic fitness and limited to power lifting. Do you think he run as much as Kohli or does the power snatches and other type of advanced lifts that Kohli does?

Shehzads fitness is what you and I can achieve if we put enough time and hire a desi trainer.

Ahmed Shehzad has always cleared the fitness tests with flying colors and at one point scored the highest in the yoyo tests in the team. If you watch his Instagram and Twitter accounts he does some of the same exercises that Kohli does, heck even Shan Masood for that matter. Lol, but they can never bat like him

 

[ManFan]

I have been fat and fit.

There is HUGE difference between the two and it effects almost every part of your life.

A tried-and-tested stratagem of dieting is, “No food tastes as good as being skinny”.

 

[Slog]

Kohli was performing at a world class level even before he started his fitness crusade in 2013. He always had the ability. Only difference is he is ruthlessly passionate, patriotic and doesn't want to stop performing till his career is over. He is an exception rather than the norm because vast majority of players take it easy after they have reached a certain level

No. He has clearly gone a level above. His power game has gone another level and he is easily adding 10-15 runs through quick singles every 100 runs which he previously wouldn't. Additionally his fielding and movement within the circle has increased tremendously. Most importantly a lot of it has rubbed onto his Indian teammates, who while not at his fitness level, have helped take Indian efficiency on the field to another level and making India a stronger unit overall.

Also his fitness thing started in 2012 as he mentions in the video. In ODIs he has obv gone to another level but prior to that he was mediocre in Tests and now he is the best batsman after Smith in that format

 

[Savak]

No. He has clearly gone a level above. His power game has gone another level and he is easily adding 10-15 runs through quick singles every 100 runs which he previously wouldn't. Additionally his fielding and movement within the circle has increased tremendously. Most importantly a lot of it has rubbed onto his Indian teammates, who while not at his fitness level, have helped take Indian efficiency on the field to another level and making India a stronger unit overall.

Also his fitness thing started in 2012 as he mentions in the video. In ODIs he has obv gone to another level but prior to that he was mediocre in Tests and now he is the best batsman after Smith in that format

I am not denying these things. But even if Azhar Ali adopted this fitness crusade, the difference in his game would be marginal and he will not be able to mimic even half the impact of Kohli with his batting.

 

[Slog]

I am not denying these things. But even if Azhar Ali adopted this fitness crusade, the difference in his game would be marginal and he will not be able to mimic even half the impact of Kohli with his batting.

It’s also about positive intent. If Azhar Ali has that then he would be able to put pressure on the fielders and play longer innings at a good clip without tiring.

But for someone like babar this can help him go to next level

Also... Sarfaraz with his risky singles and stuff bats like someone with this kinda of fitness

 

[Hasan123]

The best batter on the planet is telling us the importance of fitness and how taking it seriously changed his career, he tells us this every few months and PP experts tell us fitness isn’t important. )

Think I know who I will trust on this issue.

 

[shaz619]

Very interesting

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His biggest strength to me has always been an awareness of his own flaws, only way you can begin to improve.

 

[Savak]

Kohli will aggressively whip Sharjeel into shape if Sharjeel was in his team. He has dropped some gun players from his IPL team purely on the basis of fitness.

 

[shaz619]

[MENTION=43583]KingKhanWC[/MENTION] Great shape

 

[shaz619]

Kohli will aggressively whip Sharjeel into shape if Sharjeel was in his team. He has dropped some gun players from his IPL team purely on the basis of fitness.

Did he win the IPL ?

 

[Savak]

Did he win the IPL ?

Nope. But like Mickey Arther would say, it's about giving yourself the best possible chance

 

[PakLFC]

As a youngster he was a rather chubby lad. Being a professional sportsman today demands making sacrifices. He has reached the level of greatness due to understanding the need to adjust. Said in one interview how he's even given up his favourite dish to further improve his stamina levels. Now compare this dedication to the likes of our Sarfaraz Ahmed and Umar Akmal. Virat is still young enough to represent Pak in 2025 after Ghazwa-e-Hind