Virat Kohli reveals why he loves IPL

That Virat Kohli is going to stay with RCB till the time he plays cricket is already in the public domain, as revealed by the India captain himself. But now he has made another revelation. Kohli, who appeared on Star Sports’ Cricket Connected, said that he loves playing in the Indian Premier League and the camaraderie among the players in the tournament makes it special.

"You do play all your tournaments, which is one team versus another, ICC tournaments come every now and then, but even in ICC tournaments, you don't really interact with the other team players or you see the other teams so often every now and then," Kohli said.

He continued, "But in the IPL, you are just probably meeting another team every second or third day and that's the beauty of the IPL, you are playing in a different 'mahol' (atmosphere). I absolutely love that tournament and also for the camaraderie which you share with so many new players that you play with, so many players that you have known for a long time now, not from your own country, those who you don't see often, and there is one reason why everyone loves the IPL too, there is a connect, of players and fans and of viewers."

The Indian skipper believes that he has been able to maintain a good frame of mind that gives him the confidence to pick up from where he left as and when the action resumes on the field after the ongoing lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Kohli, who is often credited with initiating a fitness revolution in the Indian dressing room, has not put his guard down and is training at home.

"Well, fortunately, I have all my gym equipment at home, so I am able to train and that's not a problem for me. As far as the game goes, luckily, I am someone who has always been very keen on improving my mental state and not really focus on practicing long hours in the net over a period of time," he said."Well, fortunately, I have all my gym equipment at home, so I am able to train and that's not a problem for me. As far as the game goes, luckily, I am someone who has always been very keen on improving my mental state and not really focus on practicing long hours in the net over a period of time," he said.

But the 31-year-old accepted that it was not easy during the initial days of lockdown.

“It was a bit tough initially but you start looking at things from a different point of view as time goes on more and more because eventually, you realize that nothing is in your control. So, what you can control to an extent is your own mindset and just looking at things with a positive frame of mind and the only good thing is that I have been able to train, the practice was not such a big problem for me even before, so that is what I am doing, I am training, I am keeping fit," the Indian skipper concluded.