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Virat Kohli, a fitness freak, also said that he himself felt good from the first training session after landing in the UAE.
Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers during a training session in Dubai recently
"We don't want to be a maniac like doing 6 sessions in six days. We gave ample off time to the boys which we will continue to do along the course of the these next few training sessions also," Kohli said. Kohli said after the long break, the need of the hour was to start slowly and increase the intensity of training sessions gradually, which the RCB has now managed to attain. "First few days we are just getting our eye in, getting back in thick of things after 5 months, it's a bit different, try and get into the frame of mind which you usually want to be. It takes a bit of time, in these session now we are mostly batting in the middle, trying to figure out hitting angles, understanding the pace of wicket and all these .
"I am very very happy with how the team is shaping up," said the talismanic batsman. "Few shoulders were sore initially because we threw after months, suddenly you realise a few muscles were asleep. But I think the guys are now getting back into the intensity level we want," the skipper added. RCB will open their IPL campaign against Sunrisers Hyderabad on September 21 in Dubai.
The IPL will be played across three UAE venues this season -- Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi. The tournament has been moved out of India due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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