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Watching Rahul Dravid & Virat Kohli Bond Over Practice Session Makes Fans Love The Duo
Indian captain for Test cricket, Virat Kohli and could be seen stress free and in the middle of his squad enjoying a day of not-so-intensive workout after landing in South Africa and acclimatising to the surroundings.
In a video recently shared by the official Twitter account of the BCCI, the squad can be seen playing footvolley, going for a run and conducting a stretching session in the resort where they will be spending the next month and a half while participating in three Tests and as many ODIs in December and January.
How did #TeamIndia recharge their batteries ahead of their first training session in Jo’Burg?
On your marks, get set & Footvolley! #SAvIND pic.twitter.com/dIyn8y1wtz
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 18, 2021
According to Soham Desai, the strength and conditioning coach for the Men in Blue, the team had three days of hard quarantining back in Mumbai followed by a 10-hour flight to the land of the Proteas and another hard-quarantine day in South Africa.
Desai suggested that it wasn’t feasible to start rigorous training from the first day as everyone was also feeling fatigued and needed some time before proper workouts sessions could be held. The difference in elevation levels between South Africa and India is also significant. According to the coach, while India was at sea level, the place where they will be residing is 1400 meters above sea level.
— Aditya Saha (@Adityakrsaha) December 18, 2021
In the rather wholesome video, the boys could be seen laughing, sharing hugs and competing with each other. However, according to the fans, the greatest scenes took place between Virat Kohli and his head coach Rahul Dravid.
Despite the two being in different teams during a session of footvolley, the two were seen sharing a genuine bonding that goes a long way behind the success of a team, especially in games like cricket that is heavily based on the relationship between important decision-makers and role players.
— Eminent Socialist (@wnnabesocial) December 18, 2021
Fans were extremely happy after seeing Virat Kohli finally having a good time, especially after the fiery press conference that he had given just a day before leaving for South Africa which could possibly lead him into a lot of trouble with the BCCI and its president, Sourav Ganguly.
Happy #ViratKohli, Happy World..
KOHLI DRAVID https://t.co/XRVvI42x4S
— Ghan Panwar (@GpPanwar) December 18, 2021
Team India is happy around Kohli so stop spreading false rumours.
Golu https://t.co/YvFZBvarOn
— (@Snowflakephill) December 18, 2021
Picture Speaks alot :
Just Fuck Of Outside Sources
We United Always
Coach & Captain of #TeamIndia https://t.co/ivwQ7Skfpy pic.twitter.com/61gvWOAUNr
— JAVID.NtRRR™ (@javidMd111) December 18, 2021
Kohli is such a positive guy , doesn’t give a fvck about outside noise. Trains hard , speaks honestly, plays the game , the way it should be. So much to learn from… https://t.co/RbKe3Z54HO
— Virat Kohli FC™. (@Hacker90726792) December 18, 2021
Dravid Saab with Chiku https://t.co/EqqsXLLkwb
— Atul (@_its_atul) December 18, 2021
Virat Kohli and his boys will be playing their first out of three Test Matches against South Africa from 26th December at the SuperSport Park Cricket Stadium in Gauteng.