Dubai: Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli reached Dubai last week for the 13th edition of the IPL along with other members. After successfully finishing their quarantine, the Red Army are back in the field for the first time in nearly five months at the ICC Academy.
Despite having not picked up a bat in so long due to the lockdown in India, Kohli did just fine but said he was scared not picking up the bat for the last five months. “It went much better than expected, to be honest. I was pretty scared. I hadn’t picked up a bat for five months, but yeah it came out better than I thought, to be honest. I’ve trained quite a bit during lockdown, so I’m feeling quite fit and that helps,” Kohli said.
“Because the body is light and you react better, I feel like I have more time on the ball. That’s a big plus. Otherwise, you come heavier into the season, the body isn’t moving as much, and it starts playing on mind but yeah, as I said it went much better than I expected.
“The spinners looked pretty good for day one, they pitched the ball inconsistent areas for long enough,” Kohli said. “Shahbaz was good, Washy was very good, I saw Chahal bowl well too. The seamers went through their motions a little bit. All in all, a decent start to our camp.” Kohli further added.
