Virat Kohli vegetarian diet: Indian captain reveals why he stopped eating meat

Dixit Bhargav | 03/04/2020
Virat Kohli vegetarian diet: Indian captain reveals why he stopped eating meat

Indian captain reveals why he stopped eating meat: Virat Kohli opened up on a massive change in his diet two years ago.

India captain Virat Kohli has become the latest cricketer who made his presence felt during an Instagram live session in these times of novel COVID-19 pandemic. With cricket not being played at any level due to the global crisis, Kohli was interviewed by former England captain Kevin Pietersen on Instagram last night.

Kohli, 31, already has plentiful batting records to his name in international cricket. Despite ruling the sport across formats, Kohli experienced a brief lean patch which he touched upon during the live session.

“The England tour in 2014 [lowest point in career]. There is a time as a batsman when you know you will fail and you will not get runs. I used to wake up and know I would fail. It was the worst I have ever felt. It was tough. I promised myself that I will never allow me to let that happen to myself.

“It happened because I was so consumed about doing well from a personal point of view. I just felt I was in England and this was Test cricket and if I score runs here then I will establish myself. I was consumed by all that crap and that led to my downward spiral,” Kohli was quoted as saying.

Indian captain reveals why he stopped eating meat

Kohli, who would have been captaining Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 13th season of the Indian Premier League had it not been for coronavirus scare, had gained limelight for a lifestyle change which he made in 2018.

Being asked about turning vegan by Pietersen, Kohli answered what made him quit eating meat and how the move has aided him in becoming a better athlete.

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“Left eating meat just before the 2018 England Test series. When we went to South Africa in 2018, I got a cervical spine issue. Gave me a tingling sensation, hurting like mad. Could not sleep at night.

“My body was too acidic, creating too much uric acid. Bones got weaker, hence, stopped eating meat in the middle of England tour, have not felt better before. Never felt better waking up, never felt better recovering between Test matches.being vegetarian has completely changed. You feel lighter,your body changes,” Kohli said.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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