One of the finest batsmen of the modern-era, Virat Kohli seems to be enjoying the recent success of his Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) success in the first half of the ongoing edition. With the team winning five games out of the seven games, the Bangalore-based franchise is standing at the third position in the points table, just behind Mumbai Indians (MI) and Delhi Capitals (DC) due to the low net run rate.
Virat has also been going through a purple patch after having a quiet start to the tournament as he has registered the scores of 72*, 43, 90*, and 33* in the last four outings. On Wednesday, the skipper gave a sneak peek of the things he generally carries in his kit bag in a video shared by the office social media handle of the RCB.
It was quite evident from the video that just like every other cricketer, Virat loves to take care of his cricket kit himself in a neat manner. The batsman revealed that he loves the smell of his new kit and it’s a ‘calming effect’ for him while packing his bag. The 31-year-old likes to be prepared for every situation beforehand, thus, he carries an extra pair of gloves, bats, stickers, thigh pad, and all the other gears required in every training session.
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Giving a glimpse of his thigh pads, Kohli revealed that the pads are quite close to him as they have his Test kit number written on them. There is no denying the fact that Virat loves Test cricket and has often emphasized the importance of playing Test cricket. He said he gets new gears for almost every tour and makes it a point to get fresh ones for the IPL 2020. Kohli gave a glimpse of his thigh pads, wrist bands, gloves among other things.
While Virat was diligently highlighting the importance of everything present in his cricket gear, RCB’s wicketkeeper-batsman, and Kohli’s closest friend, AB de Villiers was seen gatecrashing the video and joked that the former purposely hides his bats in a secret pocket.
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Seeing the place where the bats were placed in the cricket kit, AB said that as now he is aware of their location, he is going to steal them from the captain. To this, Kohli accepted that he loves to keep his bat in a secret compartment to prevent them from getting stolen. He further added that the players in the team are always behind his bats. Virat said that he had entered the tournament with 10 bats but has only three now as the rest of them are taken by his teammates.
