“Not As Fit As Virat Kohli”: Ex Pakistan Star’s Unfiltered Dig At Indian Players | Cricket News

Virat Kohli, together with his 76th International ton within the second Test towards West Indies in Trinidad, broke a number of data. It was the previous India captain’s first abroad Test ton since December, 2018. It was additionally his twenty ninth Test ton, as he equalled the good Don Bradman’s tally. That the century in his five hundredth worldwide match made the event extra particular. He now has probably the most variety of tons in 500 worldwide matches, surpassing the earlier document of 75 tons, held by Sachin Tendulkar. While lauding Kohli, former Pakistan captain Salman Butt made an fascinating remark.

“Virat Kohli is not only fit, he is the fittest. When you talk about top three fittest persons in cricket he will be there. In fact, he might be right there at the top when it comes to fitness,” Salman Butt mentioned on his YouTube channel.

“This commitment and self-discipline depends on that particular individual. You can’t force anyone to do this. Kohli has got incredible commitment with himself. It is not that he is doing it at the insistence of the coach. Because if the coach does it, he would have been telling it to everybody. The full Indian team is not as fit as Virat. Some of the players are visibly not as fit. Ravindra Jadeja is fit, even MS Dhoni is fit. though some other players are not that fit. It’s about managing yourself. See Babar Azam. I have seen him practise alone.”

Following his 76th worldwide century in his five hundredth worldwide match, star India batter Virat Kohli mentioned that his century was satisfying as he needed to “do the hard yards” and added that he needed to be affected person because the wicket was sluggish.

“I really enjoyed myself out there. I was in the rhythm I wanted to be in. Started off in challenging times. I switch on during these times. When I have something to overcome, I get charged up. I had to be patient as the outfield was slow. It was very satisfying as I had to do the hard yards,” mentioned Virat after the day’s play.

Now, after his 500 video games, Virat has a document that everybody within the cricketing world would envy little question, scoring 25,582 runs at a mean of 53.63. He has scored 76 centuries and 131 half-centuries in 559 innings, with the perfect rating of 254*. He turned the primary participant ever to smash a century in his five hundredth worldwide match.

Among the ‘Fab Four’ of contemporary batting, he’s at third, with Australia’s Steve Smith (32), England’s Joe Root (30) above him and New Zealand’s Kane Williamson (28) beneath him with regards to Test tons of.

With ANI inputs