Virat Kohli

Host: So let's take your mind further away from cricket. We have fun, little bit of a rapid fire for you. Some of your fans might actually already know the answers or think they know the answers.

So surprise us, Virat. Favorite holiday destination? Virat Kohli: Favorite holiday destination would be somewhere in Europe.

Nobody owes you? Yeah, somewhere in Europe. Is that possible? Yeah. But if I'm playing cricket and I want to have some downtime, I think Australia is a great place.

But if I want to be on a holiday where no one recognizes us, then, definitely somewhere in Europe or one of the Arctic countries, Arctic countries, you know, where there's so much snow that Have you been? Yeah, I have. Yeah. I have been, and it's a wonderful experience.

No one knows you at all, and just to be able to walk on the streets, going unnoticed is a great feeling. Host: You like I introduced you as someone who's kind of transformed India's sporting culture, is mainly because of what you eat. So what's your favorite cuisine?

Now, Japanese. Earlier it For a couple of years, I think that you like the Japanese 'cause it's the most healthy, isn't it? Virat Kohli: Yeah. Yeah. For about three years now, I can eat Japanese food at any time of the day. I totally love the cuisine.

I've developed a taste for it. But earlier it was Mughlai butter chicken, all that. But I'm far from it now.

Host: I tell you what, if rumors are to be believed, Virat Kohli has not touched carbs in six years. If rumors are to be believed. That's, that's not true.

Now, that, why I wanna ask you that is because for us, that's like comfort food, like cheat day food. So do you have comfort food? Do you have a cheat day?

Do you give yourself that time? Virat Kohli: Cheat day for me would be, some gluten-No, Host: it has to have gluten, Virat, come on. Food. No, you see, that'It's not a cheat day without something fried and without something gluten.

Virat Kohli: That's what I'm saying. You know, it's, it's, it's not only black or white. It's, it's. You know, it's a mixture of everything.

You have to understand that, you can't live without carbs, you know. As a human being, you have to eat carbs, but what kind of carbs you eat is what is important, and that's what I keep a check on. So when I have people come and tell me, "Oh, you haven't eaten carbs in six years," and I tell them, "You gotta be joking, man.

I would be on the hospital bed, you know." So I'm very smart about what I eat, and that's been the main factor for me. So indulging in, I would probably have a gluten-free dessert, which is, you know, made of natural sugar and all that stuff.

So that, once in a while I do, but I don't, I don't get those cravings anymore. Host: And that's what I was gonna ask. Do you have a craving, but you've trained yourself so well, you don't have it?

So when you have this off time, like, what's a habit of yours at home? A favorite thing that you like to do when you just have nothing else on your mind. Virat Kohli: Oh, I can sit, and not move from one place for hours.

You know, that's how lazy I can be. As much energy as I show on the field, but when I get time at home, I can just be a total vegetable, and you know, I can be very annoying because I don't move at all. Host: And spending time with your dog, I'm guessing, with the dogs.

I'm living in Mumbai now. Yeah. Virat Kohli: So the pet is in, Gurgaon. I haven't seen him in a few days, so I don't have any dogs at home in Mumbai at the moment, but we'll think about it in the future.

We both love dogs and you know, but in Mumbai right now, we don't have any. Host: We're looking forward to that. Okay, so what's on your playlist right now?

What's a current favorite song, or maybe a song that's just, like, stuck in your head? Virat Kohli: Current favorite song would be, Say Something by Justin Timberlake. That's the latest favorite of mine on my playlist.

Host: And like a current favorite movie or a book or something? Virat Kohli: Book, the last book I read was, I read Nadal's, autobiography, which I think was really cool. Before that I read Autobiography of a Yogi, which was an eye-opener in many ways.

So yeah, those two have to be the recent favorite books. Host: You know, what's become really popular these days is movies on sports people because they're so inspiring. Their journeys are inspiring.

So if there was to be a biopic made on you who do you think should play you? Just a fantasy. Virat Kohli: I don't think there'll be a biopic made on me. I think it'll be just, a real account of what my life has been like.

So I don't know. I mean, there are many talented people out there. I mean, I'm still quite a few years from that.

Quite a few years. So I don't Host: know, I'm talking like 20 years in the future. Virat Kohli: Yeah, some new talented actor would come along and you know, he might fit the role perfectly if, something like that happens, but that's far down the line, you know.

I can't even think about that right now. Host: And apart from cricket, obviously, this is the game that has given you everything. This is the game that has given the country everything.

Do you have, like, a favorite sports person or a sports woman apart from cricket that you really look up to these days? Virat Kohli: Yes, Roger Federer, is my ultimate favorite, just because of the way, you know, that belief shows when he plays, and it's so beautiful. He has, he has a family now.

He has his priorities set, and he takes time off the game without worrying about opinions and you know, criticism of people, and then he comes in and wins Grand Slams at 36. So he's defying all the logics, and that's something that I totally love. You know, I hate following the norm, and you know, he's someone that's breaking all those barriers on a daily basis, so I have huge respect for him.

Host: Before we move on to IPL, I just gotta say, just going back to what happened in South Africa, so many personal milestones for you as well. You know, you carry that form forward. You're scoring centuries, nothing new.

Picking up the test mace yet again, and now back into the cricket. Looking forward to the IPL, physically fit, mentally ready? Virat Kohli: Yeah, physically I had a few niggles.

I'm just getting over, those niggles. You know, it's, the workload, has started to, disagree with me a little bit, so I have to be very careful about how I go forward with, my body, my mind, and my cricket. So, you know, times like these are very important going ahead, and I'm totally enjoying it.

You know, I don't even, have an inch of me, missing out on anything because my body really needed this. Although I'm keeping a track on the games, I watch the boys play, you know, whenever the matches are on. And yesterday, again, it was a really good win for us.

But look, I don't watch, matches right now and feel like I wanna be on the field, because I've started to listen to my body and yeah, when I'm, when I'm done with this period, obviously IPL I'll be coming out fresh. I'll be mentally in a better place to want to be out there on the field, because I've been on the road for a long time.

You know, I've hardly missed any games. And yeah, look, you need to pay respect to your body as well at times. And as I said, this phase is very important for me.

Host: So if you had to give someone a Tissot watch, who's it gonna be? And which watch would you give them? Well, depends of, Just pick someone.

Pick anyone. Doesn't even have to be a teammate. Virat Kohli: I would give Chahal a watch because he's always late. So I'll give him any watch just to keep a check on time.

Host: It's gonna be a little tricky to find a watch that doesn't fall off his wrist. Let's be a little honest about that. Virat Kohli: I know. It'll have to be a rubber band strap or something, because all the other straps will be loose for him.

Host: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much for joining us today. I really appreciate the time that all of you have taken. I wanna thank you on the behalf of Tissot and on Virat's behalf as well.

Thank you so much.