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Sunil Chhetri, India's legendary footballer, talked about his long-time friend Virat Kohli and said that the senior cricketer recently sent him the scores of one of the fitness tests that he underwent.

Chhetri believes the chat was addictive and said that it is good to know such people who are so focused on fitness. He expressed his delight and excitement at being bracketed with athletes like Kohli, lauding the cricketer’s ability to keep performing at the highest level and even at the age of 36 and retain his place in the side as "unbelievable."

Earlier, a report in Dainik Jagran claimed that Kohli had given his fitness test in London, while many of his teammates had undertaken the assessment at BCCI’s Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru.

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"A few days back, he (Kohli) was sending me his scores of one of the tests he was doing. It is so addictive, and it is so good to know these kinds of people. On your bad days when you feel a bit lethargic, you see them and think, 'let’s go,' Chhetri said while speaking on The Desi PL Podcast.

"When you are at the top, everyone wants to be a Virat Kohli or Ronaldo, and for these two to keep their place is unbelievable," Chhetri added.

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Kohli's dedication to fitness has long been a talking point in Indian sport. Notably, Chhetri and Kohli are known to be good friends. The duo caught up in the past when Virat was playing the IPL 2025 with RCB in Bengaluru. Chhetri also spoke about the one common aspect of both Kohli and Ronaldo. He felt that both athletes seemed to possess the ability to move on from good days and bad days.

"I don’t know personally (Cristiano) Ronaldo. I have watched him, studied him. I know Virat (Kohli). The one common thing about these two is that they are just not happy with what they have already achieved," Chhetri said.

"I tried in my whatever way to inculcate the same thing because once when you start getting into that circle where you start thinking about what you have done, good or bad, then you are not on the same track that you want to be," Chhetri added.