After a practice, Virat Kohli, a mainstay of Team India, talked to and signed autographs for his supporters at Chennai’s Chepauk Stadium.
Kohli and the Indian team are currently in the capital city of Tamil Nadu, getting ready for their first match of the 2023 ICC ODI World Cup. Their opening game will be against Australia on Sunday (October 8), under floodlights.
Although India hosted the tournament, they were not able to participate in the opening match. The competition kicked off on Thursday, October 5th, featuring a face-off between England and New Zealand, the finalists of the 2019 World Cup.
Virat Kohli has been in excellent form leading up to the World Cup. He delivered an outstanding century against Pakistan in the Asia Cup, helping his team secure victory. The Indian team is also in great shape, having won both the Asia Cup and a three-match ODI series prior to the tournament.
On Saturday, a fan posted a video on X (previously Twitter) showing Virat Kohli interacting with supporters at Chepauk Stadium. You may see it below:
“I’ve hardly seen him eat a cheat meal,” Dinesh Karthik says of Virat Kohli’s fitness routine.
Veteran wicket-keeper Dinesh Karthik recently spoke up about Virat Kohli’s stringent diet and lifestyle. Karthik claimed in a YouTube video for Cricbuzz that Kohli evolved after meeting his wife Anushka Sharma and went on to become a consummate professional. Dinesh Karthik explained:
“I know him (Virat Kohli) on a personal level. We have had so many meals together with our families as well. The one thing I’ve always looked at is how big a personality he has become. And post Anushka Sharma walking into his life, the kind of decisions he has taken and how he has become a consummate professional.”
Dinesh Karthik
Karthik elaborated, saying:
“Yes, he brought a lot to Team India in terms of fitness, and that was his biggest mark. People are going to speak about Kohli’s great records, and in the same breath, they will speak about the consummate professional he is off the field. I have hardly seen him eat a cheat meal in the time that I have spent with him, and he was somebody who loved his biryani and non-veg.”
“Today, he has gone on the other side, where he is all about fitness to the point that he measures his meals. That tells you that he has taken a leaf out of some of the greats in the world.”
Dinesh Karthik