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Sunil Chhetri shares insights on Virat Kohli’s fitness dedication, their friendship and compares Kohli’s mindset to Cristiano Ronaldo’s on The Desi PL Podcast.
Virat Kohli is known to be one of the fittest cricketers across the world
Ace Indian footballer Sunil Chhetri has said that a few days back, Virat Kohli sent him the scores of one of the fitness tests that he underwent, adding that it was addictive to engage in such a conversation and it is good to know such people who are so focused on fitness.
Chhetri expressed his delight at being bracketed with athletes like Kohli, lauding the cricketer’s ability to keep performing at the highest level and retain his place in the side as “unbelievable.”
A Dainik Jagran report had 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.
“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.
The ace Indian footballer and Kohli are known to be good friends and Chhetri has caught up with the latter in the past when he was in Bengaluru to play in IPL 2025.
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.
September 07, 2025, 00:01 IST
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