Look, you need to respect your body at times: Virat Kohli

TIL Desk Sports/ The last year’s cricket schedule, Virat Kohli revealed in Mumbai on Tuesday, has taken a toll on his body and he will be “very careful” managing his workload in the future. After a long tour of South Africa involving three Tests, six ODIs and three T20Is, Kohli was rested for the T20 tri-series in Sri Lanka.

“Physically, I had a few niggles, I am just getting over those niggles,” the skipper said. “The workload has started to disagree with me a little bit, so I have to be very careful about how I go forward with my body, my mind and my cricket.”

“So times like these are very, very, important going ahead. I am totally enjoying it. I don’t have even an inch of me missing out on anything because my body really needed this,” Virat added.

In South Africa, Virat battled cramps to hit an unbeaten century to guide India to a comprehensive 124 run victory against the Proteas. Virat has totally switched off from cricket and even though he watches games on television, he is not itching to be back on the field.

“I watch the boys play whenever the matches are on. Yesterday, it was a good win for us. Look, I don’t feel like I want to be on the field because I have started to listen to my body,” he said.