Virat Kohli,
Virat Kohli, Image Credit: Twitter.

Virat Kohli got his first net session since March, on Friday, in Dubai ahead of the IPL 2020 commencing from 19th of September. The break of five months from cricket would have affected any player’s rhythm but the RCB skipper amazed his teammates with his emphatic shots during the practice session. Kohli, taking to Twitter, shared his experience of the first training session with his teammates.

RCB squad landed in Dubai last week. They went under a six-day quarantine period and after clearing the COVID-19 test, the squad began training sessions. Virat Kohli and co. had, earlier, a team-bonding session where the captain was seen enjoying with his teammates.

Virat Kohli hits a brilliant shot:

On Friday, the Royals on their official account uploaded a video clip from their first practice session. In the video, Kohli can be seen middling a pull of a short one from a left-arm fast bowler.

Kohli shares his experience of first practice session:

Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli with his RCB teammates. Image Credit: Getty Images.

Virat Kohli also shared a couple of pictures from the camp on his official account. The flamboyant batsman expressed that he didn’t step onto the field for the past five months but after first timing hitting in the nets he felt like it has been only six days.

“Been 5 months since the last time I stepped onto the field. Felt like 6 days when I got into the nets. Great first session with the boys,” Virat Kohli wrote. 

A big challenge awaits for Virat Kohli because he is still to lead the franchise to their maiden IPL title. The franchise has three times, two times under Virat’s captaincy, reached the grand finale of the tournament but is still to grab hands on the trophy. In the past three seasons, they have ended at the bottom of the points table.

But with the admission of new players, experts have said that this time RCB looks in a good position and are favourites to lift the trophy.