Diet is making a lot of difference to the game of cricket for the Indian team. For Kohli they have changed the diet. They have reduced non vegetarian. The results are amazing. For Jadhav they have added chicken. Kohli has stopped chicken and mutton rolls added a lot of home food to his regular diet and reduced the weight. He is doing regular weight training.
Kedar Jadhav is the name that people are taking for Indian cricket. He has become a household name since his super knock in the first One-Day International (ODI) against England.
The pint-sized cricketer smashed a 76-ball 120, which included 12 boundaries and four massive sixes, which guided India to a spectacular three-wicket win vs England while chasing a monumental target of 351 set by England. But do you know how the 1.65-metre tall cricketer gets his power?
An absolute vegetarian like Jadhav added power to his small frame once he started having chicken. The 31-year-old is the son of a former Maharashtra State Electricity Board employee Mahadev Jadhav and they hail from a vegetarian family.
“You can surely give this credit to me. It was me who made him eat chicken,” laughed Bhave, who played 97 first class matches for Maharashta.
“I don’t want to take credit for his stardom. I am like his coach, elder brother, mentor and guide, who meet on an off or exchange a few texts. The last time (in 2010-11) I told him that his backlift looked astray and he immediately corrected it resulting in an amazing transformation,” said Bhave.
The coach recollected the first time he saw a young Kedar during a Cooch Behar Trophy game against Kerala where he blasted 195 from 262 balls at the Nehru Stadium.It is not only the diet but also the regular gym that is keeping the Indian team fit.
