Virat Kohli reveals reason behind his transformation from 'cheeku' to 'chiseled'

New Delhi: Virat Kohli's physical fitness has been talked about at great length by cricket observers.

From being a chubby young batsman, Virat is now the benchmark for fitness in world cricket.

On witnessing this drastic change, fans have often wondered as to what is the secret behind the Delhi lad's new avatar.

On Sunday Kohli revealed the name of the person who helped him achieve his new fitness goals.

Taking to social micro-blogging site Twitter, the 27-year-old thanked Shankar Basu for helping bring this transformational change.

The man and the reason behind all the sprints in the ground and responsible for the transformation in my strength. Thank you mr. Shankar basu. You have taught me how to train like a professional and helped me break limits of pushing my body and iam grateful for that . #toptrainer #topman#greatknowledge

A photo posted by Virat Kohli (@virat.kohli) on Apr 16, 2016 at 3:15am PDT

Basu, who is the strength and conditioning coach of Royal Challengers Bangalore, had earlier told the Times of India that Virat is even more fit than tennis World No. 1 Novak Djokovic.