Virat Kohli was at his hilarious best on Friday as the Indian men’s cricket team trained hard at the Vadodara International Cricket Stadium in Vadodara.
One particular video has gone viral on social media, which shows the former India captain mimicking the running style of young pacer Arshdeep Singh during Team India’s training session.
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Virat Kohli is mimicking Arshdeep Singh’s running style 😂❤️ pic.twitter.com/RbobLlmn5S
— Virat Kohli Fan Club (@Trend_VKohli) January 9, 2026
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Senior batters Kohli and Rohit Sharma showcased promising form during India’s intensive training session on Friday, ahead of their three-match ODI series against New Zealand.
The ODI series, starting on Sunday, will precede a lengthy T20 season that includes a five-match series against
New Zealand, the T20 World Cup, and the Indian Premier League.
Kohli and Rohit spent almost one-and-a-half hours facing Indian pacers, spinners, and throwdown specialists after playing two matches each in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Having scored 77 and 131 in the premier domestic competition, Kohli aggressively tackled the Indian spinners and pacers. He faced some challenging variable bounce from the throwdown specialists in one of the nets.
However, India’s middle-order anchors Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant, along with pacer Mohammed Siraj, were absent from the three-hour training session as they had played for their respective state teams in the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Thursday.
The trio is expected to join the team later on Friday evening.
India captain Shubman Gill also completed his training drills and batting practice comfortably, having missed the last two T20Is against South Africa in late December due to a toe injury.
India’s ODI squad for New Zealand series: Shubman Gill (C), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (WK), Shreyas Iyer (VC)*, Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohd Siraj, Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav, Rishabh Pant (WK), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal
(With inputs from Agencies)



