Former Indian power and conditioning coach Shanker Basu lauded Virat Kohli for his distinctive coaching routine. On Monday, Could 12, Kohli introduced his retirement from Take a look at cricket, drawing curtains on a legendary 14-year profession within the longest format of the sport.
Basu, who additionally labored with Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) within the Indian Premier League (IPL), described Kohli as a terrific scholar who would ask questions and at all times look to enhance. The previous additionally famous that Kohli skilled with the dedication of an Olympic athlete.
“He’s the primary cricketer who determined to coach like an Olympic athlete. He did not need to practice with oft-repeated strategies, he wished to do one thing totally different. He’s an excellent scholar. He could have a number of questions initially, and as soon as he was satisfied he’ll go in that path. The signal of a great chief is that first he’ll flip into a job mannequin, which Virat did with aplomb,” Basu instructed The Occasions of India (TOI).
“From there, one after the other, your entire group began embracing that tradition. The Indian group was an embodiment of health over a interval. I keep in mind a time when one of many overseas coaches got here and requested one in all our group members what our group was doing? Virat and the entire bunch are shifting like athletes and their agility is unbelievable. However I’d say all of the credit score goes to Virat,” he added.
Kohli stepped away from Take a look at cricket as India’s fourth-highest run-scorer within the format after Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sunil Gavaskar. He amassed 9230 runs from 123 Exams at a median of 46.85. Kohli, who continues to be one of many most interesting athletes within the sport, will play solely the ODI format, having retired from T20Is final 12 months.
He has been in stellar kind in RCB’s IPL 2025 marketing campaign. The 36-year-old is fourth within the record of main run-getters this season, having scored 505 runs from 11 innings at a median of 63.13. Kohli will look to proceed his wealthy vein of kind and assist RCB to win an elusive first IPL title.
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