IND vs AUS: Virat Kohli Reflects Playing 'Almost' Every Game For India In Last 15-20 Years, Says 'I Am Feeling As Fit...'

India vs Australia: Indian talismanic batter Virat Kohli made his much-awaited return to international Cricket against Australia in the first of the three-match series at the Optus Stadium in Perth. As Australia won the toss and elected to bowl first, Kohli reflected upon his Cricketing journey in conversation with former India head coach Ravi Shastri and former Australia captain Adam Gilchrist just before the toss.

Kohli acknowledged the time off he got before the series as he called it refreshing after 'consistent' Cricket for last 15-20 years.

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“Well to be honest, the amount of cricket I’ve played over the last 15-20 years, I’ve actually not rested at all if that makes sense. I’ve probably played the most number of games in the last 15 years in international cricket, combining the IPL together as well. So for me, it was a very refreshing time off.

“I’m feeling as fit if not fitter than I’ve ever been before and yeah you can just feel the freshness when you know you can play the game and mentally you know what to do out there it’s just the physical preparation that really needs to be taken care of,” Kohli told in a chat with Ravi Shastri and Adam Gilchrist on Fox Sports.

“At this stage I realised that if my body is fit, if my reflexes are there then the game awareness is already there, my body has to match up with it and that’s something that I try to keep up with, I live my life like that and yeah no issues at all, I’m feeling fresh here coming into Australia and moving really well in the nets and in the fiddling sessions as well so all good so far,” Kohli remarked.

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India Three Down

The 36-year-old Cricketer got off to a disappointing start as he fell to Mitchell Starc on an 8-ball duck after Australia won the toss and elected to bowl first.

Nitish Kumar Reddy has been handed his ODI debut, which he received from former captain Rohit Sharma.

India National Cricket Team vs Australia National Cricket Team Players:

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill(c), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh

Australia (Playing XI): Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh(c), Matthew Short, Josh Philippe(w), Matt Renshaw, Cooper Connolly, Mitchell Owen, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Ellis, Matthew Kuhnemann, Josh Hazlewood