IPL 2020: RCB captain Virat Kohli wants more intensity from teammates in practice

XtraTime Web Desk: Indian Premier League (IPL) outfit Royal Challengers has already begun its training in Sharjah ahead of IPL 2020 and during the session, skipper Virat Kohli conveyed an important message to his teammates. The run machine wants more “intensity” from his teammates during their training session.

As per Kohli, the cricketers can reduce workload during training but full efficiency is needed from all the players.

“If we feel like that the workload is being high initially, we can communicate; but I want quality when we do lesser work. I don’t want guys running around for 2-2.5 hours and then feeling tired.

Let’s reduce the workload but let’s do it with efficiency. I want to see the intensity in our practice sessions,” Kohli can be heard saying to his team-mates in a video posted by the official Twitter handle of RCB.

RCB were earlier training in Dubai, but after following the protocols, the side has now begun training in Sharjah.

Speaking about the session in Sharjah, pacer Navdeep Saini said: “It was a good session, the intensity has picked up in the nets since the last few days. It feels good that the seniors are guiding us through this. They have been telling us how to build the intensity gradually after such a long gap.”

The IPL 2020 is slated to be played from September 19 to November 10 in the UAE across three venues –Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah.

The much-awaited schedule for the season will be released today, as chairman Brijesh Patel had told media on Saturday.

The fans have been eagerly waiting for the schedule to find out the dates on which their favourite teams will be seen in action.

All the teams have already reached UAE to take part in the tournament and are currently undergoing training. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) was the last team to begin training as they finally stepped on the field on Friday after their third round of Covid-19 tests.

With inputs from ANI.