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‘Test series me dekhenge kitni kaam aati hai fitness’ – Fans react as Virat Kohli shares picture while sweating at gym ahead of West Indies series
Star Indian batter Virat Kohli is sweating hard ahead of the Test series against West Indies starting on July 12th. The former India skipper will be looking to get his form back at the longest format and go big against the Caribbean bowlers. Ahead of the first Test in Dominica, Kohli shared a picture while sweating at the gym with his trainer. The picture got viral as soon as it was shared on Social Media.
Team India is scheduled to play two Tests, three ODIs, and five T20Is in West Indies. The Test series will also mark the beginning of the World Championship 2023-25 cycle for both teams. Meanwhile, the ODI series will be a good practice ahead of the 2023 ODI World Cup which will be hosted by them.
Kohli got tricked by Jaydev Unadkat in the practice session
As all the players from the Indian team have reached West Indies a few days before the first Test. they had an ideal opportunity to test their skills before taking on the hosts. They practiced a matchlike situation in Barbados with top-order batters like Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, and frontline bowlers likeJaydev Unadkat, Mohammed Siraj, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja getting divided into two different teams.
The batters came out in pairs before they were dismissed. Skipper Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal played decent knocks in the first session, After that, Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill came out to bat in the post-lunch session. However, Kohli couldn’t spend much time on the crease as he was dismissed early by the pacer Jaydev Unadkat.
The 34-year-old started off his innings comfortably against Jadeja and seemed to have full control of the innings even against Unadkat. When Unadkat tried to bring the ball back in or angle it away from over the wicket, the former India captain played a delightful flick shot for a couple off Unadkat.
However, Kohli was flattered when Unadkat changed the angle and went around the wicket. The left-arm pacer pitched one around the fourth stump and got it to just hold its line. After that, Kohli ended up pushing at the ball with no assertive foot movement and ended up giving a catch to the second slip fielder.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Everyday should be a leg day 🦵. 8 years and counting. 🙌 @imVkohli ❤🏏 pic.twitter.com/5JrVDlM22J
— Vivek Kumar Mishra (@vivek23mishra) July 9, 2023
shikhar dhawan v joined him.. 👌
— Gupta Anna (@annabhai2019) July 9, 2023
Feeling sad for Shikhar dhawan now he's just a gym trainer 💔
— Kabir Khan (@kabirk948) July 9, 2023
See how Jim Roasted him 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/cuwk2M9sWB
— Nikhil Pujari (@nikhilsp27) July 9, 2023
No use of this fitness and drinking water worth lakhs if you can't score a single boundary in Semi final
— Akhilesh Verma (@ve76559) July 9, 2023
doing loads of gym will help you score runs, fair enough
— Name is blank (@Skipfornowagain) July 9, 2023
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— S (@cr1cryan) July 9, 2023
Gym chod k Thora outside off stump bowl ka practice krlo sir. Seriously that will help more
— Jaise ko taisa 🤷 (@candidtruth12) July 9, 2023
It's a very tough exercise .. Very few can do
— Adi Mayand (@MayandAditya) July 9, 2023
