He trained like a bodybuilder: Abhishek Nayar reveals Rohit Sharma’s weight loss journey; watch video

India are currently taking on Australia in the first ODI of a three-match series at Optus Stadium in Perth. The fans were eagerly waiting for this game as it marked the return of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli on the field for Men in Blue after seven months. Talking about Rohit, it has been a challenging journey for him as the former captain ended up losing 10 kilos from his body weight ahead of the Australia tour leaving the fans stunned.

Recently, during the ongoing ODI match between Australia and India, former Indian assistant coach Abhishek Nayar opened up on Rohit’s weightloss journey and revealed that he used to train like a bodybuilder to get back in shape. "To sum up, three hours of training every day. We didn't do a lot of cardio. The

first five weeks were about a bodybuilder's mindset where he was trying to train to completely lean down. He trained like a bodybuilder – high repetitions," Abhishek said in his conversation with JioHotstar.

Rohit Sharma did 700-800 reps for every body part: Abhishek Nayar

Speaking further, Abhishek Nayar also revealed that Rohit Sharma used to do around 700 to 800 reps for every body part during his weight loss journey. Talking about his performance in the first ODI against Australia, the opening batter couldn’t do much on his international return after seven months as he got out after scoring eight runs off just 14 balls. However, the fans will be hoping to get a big knock from him in the second ODI.

"It would surprise a lot of people. Even Team India's strength and conditioning coach, Adrian Le Roux, would abuse me! But he (Rohit Sharma) did 700-800 reps for every body part. It was almost an hour-and-a-half session every day. Imagine, if you were doing chest and triceps, you ended up doing 800 reps. With light weights, we did a lot of repetitions, aiming for strength and endurance. Along with that, we finished every session with around 15 to 20 minutes of cross-fit, which is more cardio and movement-based. This was six days a week, three hours a day, for three months. It was non-stop," he added.