Virat Kohli says it was absence of fear or respect for him in opposition's eye that has forced him to change his work ethic and become "impact player" that he is today. While most aspects of his life is well-documented, an interview of him with Emmy winning journalist Graham Bensinger is aimed at providing a peek into life of India's most popular and active sportsperson to a more global audience. Virat Kohli, who is world's premier batsman, spoke about how he worked on his fitness that lifted his game after coming back from Australian tour in 2012. batsman is kwn to be most fearless batsman in modern-day era of game. 

"(re was a time) When I walked in to bat, re wasn't any fear or respect in opposition corner," Kohli said in a sports web-show, 'In Depth with Graham Bensinger'. "I didn't want to walk into ground thinking that opposition feels that this guy is a pushover, who is going to do dam. Just didn't want to be ar player as I wanted to make an impact. I wanted that when I walk in, teams should think that we need to get this guy out or else we will lose game. And if I don't want to be that guy, n re is something wrong in my he," Indian captain said.

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Virat Kohli explains how fitness became an integral part of himself

He spoke about how fitness has become an integral part of his life and how it helped him recover quickly, even as Indian team crisscrossed United Kingdom during a six-week World Cup campaign. "During World Cup, every game my energy level was 120 percent. My recovery was so fast that aver distance I covered in a game was 15 kms. I would come back, do my recovery treatments and travel to ar city and soon I was rey to train again. re was so much energy that I could do gym sessions and play 10 games in such a short span of time (35 days). Played each game at high intensity and never felt like this before. re was stiffness in my body," said Kohli.

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Virat Kohli believes in hard work 

While he considers his idol Sachin Tendulkar's skills as a cricketer in a different league, his is a case of pure hard work. "I knew I wasn't most skilled sportsperson when I came in but only constant thing has been working on myself. If Indian team has to be best in world, it needs to go about in a certain manner." "When we came back from Australia in 2012, I saw a gap (between us and Australia). I realized, if we don't change way we are playing, training or eating, we can't compete with best in world. " point in competing if you don't want to be best. I wanted to be best version of myself and n based everything around that vision, my approach to game changed," he said. 

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