Virat Kohli (L) and Rohit Sharma© AFP
Hyderabad:
Virat Kohli has rarely set foot on the Bengaluru-based National Cricket Academy for any fitness-related rehabilitation work, stated Indian skipper Rohit Sharma, who needs aspiring cricketers to comply with the ace batter’s exemplary work-ethic. “Virat Kohli has never been to NCA in his entire career. I would say that all the younger players should look up to the passion that he has,” Rohit informed former India wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik on JioCinema. “Leave alone how he plays the cover drive, flick, cut but first things first you have to understand what is the quality of the players that makes him where he is today.” Kohli has opted out of the primary two Tests of the continued five-match sequence towards England for “personal reasons”.
“I have watched Kohli enough. He can easily be satisfied with what he has achieved. He can say that I will take it easy in these 2-3 series, I will come later, but he is always there for the team,” stated Rohit.
Staying hungry
The Indian skipper additional emphasised the invaluable high quality of starvation and the shortage of complacency in Kohli’s mindset, expressing that such attributes can’t be imparted via instructing.
He burdened the necessity for aspiring cricketers to study this inner drive by observing others.
“That mindset of being hungry and not complacent cannot be taught. You have to learn that from by looking at the others. It has to come from within. I cannot teach you that,” Rohit added.
“That is the very first thing that I’d say quite than taking a look at Virat Kohli or others technically. You have to remain hungry on a regular basis, carry the eagerness and the delight to every part, being on the market within the solar, enjoying for the crew and getting the job performed. This is what I wish to the fellows to have first,” the Indian skipper concluded.
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