'What's wrong with you?' When vegan Virat Kohli surprised Chhetri by ordering idli

Mumbai: Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli and football captain Sunil Chhetri are well-known for their successes on the sports field.

While Kohli guided the Men in Blue to an ODI series win against New Zealand recently, Sunil Chhetri played an important part in the Blue Tigers’ Asian Cup campaign, where they crashed out of the group stages after just one win.

The 34-year-old Chhetri recently spoke on why he turned vegan and said he was in touch with Kohli about the diet.

“Yes (when asked if Virat is in touch with him regularly). Most of our chats are about football, diet — I don’t know whether he has announced it, but he is vegan now. I am also vegan now. It is great, it is a good feeling. I didn’t start because of love for animals. Because after eating 2000 lambs I can’t say that. (But at my age) It helps in recovery,” the Bengaluru FC striker said to the Times of India.

He also revealed an incident where he made fun of the Delhi cricketer for ordering idli.

“I did chat with him about that. He turned one almost six months back. I used to make fun of him. One of the things we did for Star Sports, he ordered for some idli and I asked him what was wrong with him. His wife is also a vegetarian,” he added.

Chhetri spoke more on Kohli’s fitness, adding that he trains like a footballer.

“It is not easy to do what he is doing. What Virat is doing is unbelievable. He is also different from others in person. What he eats, how he trains, he is different from others. He actually trains like a footballer, he talks about body fat, he talks about sprints.

“I think I heard some controversy about sacking some players because of beep tests, and that time I was talking with him and he was asking me about my scores, and how he wants to improve. He actually puts a lot of energy and time on being a better player and it is great because it is something which I learnt from,” said Chhetri.