RCB skipper Kohli finishes quarantine, joins team for first practice session

Royal Challengers Bangalore RCB skipper Virat Kohli joined his teammates for the first practice session here in Dubai early on Saturday morning after spending six days in quarantine on his return from EnglandKohli and pace bowler Mohammed Siraj had reached the United Arab Emirates UAE for the second leg of the Indian Premier League IPL on September 12 on a charter flight from London arranged by the franchise The duo had gone into six days of mandatory quarantine following their arrivalRCB posted a threeminute video on Saturday morning and tweeted Bold Diaries Virat Kohli joins the RCB team after quarantine There were smiles hugs and laughter in the RCB camp as captain Virat Kohli Mohammed Siraj and some of our foreign players had their first hit in the nets PlayBold WeAreChallengers IPL2021The video showed Kohli and several teammates who completed their quarantine on Saturday entering the training ground with their kit bags for an earlymorning session and being greeted by fellow cricketers and the coaching staff including South African stalwart AB de ViliersBold Diaries Virat Kohli joins the RCB team after quarantine There were smiles hugs and laughter in the RCB camp as captain Virat Kohli Mohammed Siraj and some of our foreign players had their first hit in the netsPlayBold WeAreChallengers IPL2021 pictwittercomgxSEVf15rRmdash Royal Challengers Bangalore RCBTweets September 18 2021Kohli was later seen playing a few lofted cover drivesAlso read IPL 2021 RCB to wear blue jerseys to support frontline Covid19 warriorsSiraj said in the video that All the batsmen look in great form Its a good thing for the team that Glenn Maxwell Virat bhai and AB de Villiers sir are all in good formRCBs director of cricket operations New Zealands Mike Hesson said that Its always good to be face to face rather than discussing strategy with the skipper from a distance It six days of quarantine gave him Virat a chance to freshen up Now working on ensuring we are all on the same pageOn Siraj Hesson said He has got more and more confident over the last two seasons Obviously he has done well for India in the Test series against England He is aware of what he wants to do and therefore he shows more confidenceRCB will play their opening match of the second leg in Dubai against Kolkata Knight Riders on September 20This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever