KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin Speak About Virat Kohli's Impact On Indian Cricket

Former Indian skipper Virat Kohli is one of the most popular cricketers across the globe in all formats. He is India’s most-followed cricketer at the moment and since he gave up captaincy is enjoying his game a bit more than he was as a captain.

Kohli has not scored a century for over two years now and his fans are waiting for the elusive 71st ton with bated breath. However, he is constantly churning out scores of fifty-plus in all three formats.

Virat Kohli is rested from the upcoming series against Sri Lanka. He along with Rishabh Pant and have been rested with a few other cricketers being given an opportunity. Kohli is expected to be back for the Test series later this month.

Meanwhile, his Indian teammates KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin recently spoke about Virat Kohli’s impact on Indian cricket. They spoke about various facets about Kohli’s game from his batting, his fielding to his fitness standards.

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KL Rahul spoke about the energy and passion that Kohli brings to his game and which runs off to the other players in the team as well.

“Virat Kohli brings in great energy and passion, and there has been no other cricketer in our country who has won as many games as him. So, to play with him, to understand how he thinks and reads the game has been great learning for me,” said Rahul in a video shared by Star Sports.

Next up was Ashwin, who spoke about how Kohli maintains his fitness standards. He said that Kohli has worked hard to bring the fitness culture into the team which the off-spinner says is something very important for all the players to understand.

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Ravindra Jadeja spoke at the end about the intensity with which Virat Kohli plays every game.

“I have been playing with Virat since our Under-19 days and as I have mentioned earlier, he treats all matches with the same seriousness and intensity. So, his energy and hard work boosts the morale of the entire side,” said Jadeja.

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