IPL 2020: Virat Kohli reveals WHY he was 'scared' ahead of Royal Challengers Bangalore's first net session

The 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) just a few days away from its official kickoff date and Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli has experienced his thoughts on his very first practice session after spending 5 months away from the field amid COVID-19 lockdown all across the globe. After making the trip over to Abu Dhabi, all IPL sides also had to undergo a quarantine period before they were allowed to head for the nets. One of those teams who completed their quarantine upon arriving in UAE is RCB, who underwent a full net session just a day ago.

Speaking about his first experience of facing bowlers in the nets after months, Kohli told RCB in a video: "(It went) much better than expected, to be honest. I was pretty scared. I hadn’t picked up a bat for five months, but yeah it came out better than I thought, to be honest. I’ve trained quite a bit during the lockdown, so I’m feeling quite fit and that helps."

"Because the body is light and you react better, I feel like I have more time on the ball. That’s a big plus. Otherwise, you come heavier into the season, the body isn’t moving as much, and it starts playing on the mind, but yeah, as I said it went much better than I expected," he added.

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"The spinners looked pretty good on day one, Shahbaz Nadeem, Washington Sundar were landing the ball in the right areas, Chahal bowled well too, the seamers went through the motions little bit today, all in well decent start to our camp," Kohli further claimed.