Former BCCI anti-corruption unit chief Neeraj Kumar said that Virat Kohli’s work ethic is “matchless” and he saw this during his tenure with the Indian cricket board. However, the veteran top cop of Delhi worked with the BCCI between 2015 and 2018. His role in the BCCI ACU required him to interact with the cricketers regularly and he found most of them nice and approachable as well.

“Oh there were lots of them. One should be really proud of them. They all gave me a lot of respect. But two people who are not spoken much about are Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ajinkya Rahane, outstanding people, thorough gentlemen,” said Kumar during an exclusive interaction with PTI journalists at its headquarters here.

However, Virat Kohli’s commitment to the game is second to none and Kumar shared that as well.

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“In cricket, Virat Kohli’s work ethic is matchless. The way he goes about his training was exemplary,” he said.

When he was asked if the cricketers resorted to foul language, he added: “yes a few of them are fond of using foul language (in Hindi) but I found out this is how they speak. But all of them gave me so much respect unlike members of BCCI. So there are lots of things to cherish.”

Kumar, a celebrated IPS officer who served for a long 37 years, was in charge of Delhi Police when its Special Cell arrested former India cricketer S Sreesanth and fellow Rajasthan Royals cricketers Ajit Chandila and Ankit Chavan on spot-fixing charges under his guidance. He was also included in the Hansie Cronje match-fixing scandal in 2000 as part of CBI’s investigating team as well.