Kohli: For the first time in 10 years, I didn't touch my bat for a month
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On the pitch, Virat Kohli is known for his extraordinary intensity and ferocity but Kohli has now made a shocking disclosure concerning his mental health, which led to his decision to take break from cricket last month.
The India great stated that he had not ‘touched’ his bat during his absence from the game, admitting that he was fatigued and had to accept his mental, emotional, and physical limits as a result.
“For the first time in 10 years, I didn't touch my bat for a month. I came to realisation that I was trying to fake my intensity a bit recently. I was convincing myself that no, you had the intensity. But your body was telling you to stop. The mind was telling me to take a break and step back,” Kohli said in a video posted by Star Sports.
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"I'm looked at as a guy who is mentally very strong and I am. But everyone has a limit and you need to recognize that limit, otherwise, things can get unhealthy for you. This period taught me a lot of things that I wasn't allowing to come to surface. When they eventually came up, I embraced it” he added.
India's batting great will make a return to action with the Asia Cup 2022, where the side begins its campaign against arch-rivals Pakistan on August 28 (Sunday).
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