Average fielding and catches being dropped are nothing new in Indian cricket. But when it happens despite the high fielding and fitness standards set by the current Indian team, it is bound to leave many surprised. As unbelievable as it is, irrespective of how good a physical shape the Indian players are in, the standard of fielding doesn’t do justice to it.
India captain Virat Kohli himself admitted that he wasn’t too pleased with the body language of the team in the second-half of the third T20I against England. Even when Rahul Tewatia and Varun Chakravarty failed their fitness tests ahead of the T20I series, Kohli had emphasised that there is no compromise on that ground. Safe to say the India captain feels there is no room for complacency in this Indian team as far as fitness is concerned.
Kohli’s obsession with fitness is one that is talked about all around the world over, but what exactly led to this? Former India captain Virender Sehwag might just have just answered the big question. Sehwag narrated an incident from 2011, when the Indian team had toured England and a young Kohli was part of India’s Test and limited-overs squads. ( HT )
