Virat Kohli, the Indian cricketer is followed by many youngsters not just for his cricketing abilities but also because of his high fitness levels. It won’t be wrong to say that Virat Kohli has revolutionised the Indian cricket world in terms of fitness and his love for fitness has also made him one of the fittest sportspersons of the world.
Virat Kohli is quite active on the social media platforms and he keeps sharing videos and posts in which he challenges his fitness levels and recently he took to his Instagram story in which he revealed that he took yo-yo test and passed it comfortably.
Virat Kohli posted a photo of himself from the field and wrote, “The happiness of finishing the yo-yo test between the dreaded cones, 17.2 Done”
Yo-yo test was introduced in the Indian team in 2017; it was a parameter for selection in team India and it was also added in order to encourage the Indian cricketers to improve their fitness levels. While Virat Kohli obtained the score of 17.2 this time, his best score was 19 in the yo-yo test.
Yo-yo test is not compulsory for the Indian cricketers in the present times but still Virat Kohli decided to take this test.
Yo-yo test is a running aerobic fitness test which is a variation of a beep test in which a player has to run between two cones which are kept apart at a distance of 20 metres. As the beep sounds, the player starts running from one cone and he has to reach the other cone before the second beep sounds. A shuttle gets completed once the player returns to the starting point.
As far as India is concerned, the qualifying speed level for this test is 16:1 and it covers 1120 metres.
Many experts feel that yo-yo test should not be the final criteria for selecting a player as it may tell about the fitness level of a cricketer but it won’t reveal the cricketing skills of the player.
Virat Kohli is certainly an inspiration, especially in terms of fitness, isn’t he?
