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Never felt better in my life: Virat Kohli

New Delhi, Oct 23: Virat Kohli has been India's batting mainstay ever since he announced himself on the international stage. When he made his international debut in 2008, Kohli was a chubby-faced

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Virat Kohli (IANS)
Saurabh Sharma
By Saurabh Sharma
Oct 23, 2019 • 11:57 AM

New Delhi, Oct 23: Virat Kohli has been India's batting mainstay ever since he announced himself on the international stage. When he made his international debut in 2008, Kohli was a chubby-faced youngster. However, those days are far behind him as his remarkable fitness transformation is there for everyone to see.

Saurabh Sharma
By Saurabh Sharma
October 23, 2019 • 11:57 AM

Not only has he become fitter with advancing age, he has brought a fitness culture within the team itself and has inspired almost every member to become more agile and strong.

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The linchpin of Indian batting, Kohli -- who now leads the side in all the three formats -- turned vegan last year. The 30-year-old believes that turning vegetarian has helped him immensely.

On Wednesday after watching Netflix's documentary Game Changers, Kohli tweeted: "Saw game changers on Netflix. Being a vegetarian athlete has made me realise what I have believed all these years regarding diet was a myth. What an amazing documentary and yes I've never felt better in my life after I turned vegetarian."

Game Changers is a 2018 documentary produced by James Cameron, Jackie Chan and Arnold Schwarzenegger about the benefits of plant-based eating for athletes. The documentary follows former UFC fighter James Wilks who, while recovering from an injury, travels the world and talks with elite athletes who follow plant-based diets.

Kohli, during the just-concluded three-Test series against South Africa, became the first Indian batsman to smash seven double hundreds in red-ball cricket.

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