Top 5 fittest Indian Cricketers 

With cricketing skill being the most basic requirement for a successful cricketer, physical fitness is also a must. With a completely new era of the sport, players have driven themselves towards fitness. Sweating it out in the gym and backing the workout with a strict diet plan has benefited the players a lot. The availability of a physical trainer 24*7 with the team is a cherry on a cake. One can say that Indian cricket at present is by far the fittest in its history ever.

Let's look at the top 5 Indian Cricketers who are currently the best in the business:

---

5. Ajinkya Rahane

Ajinkya Rahane is probably one of the underrated players in the Indian cricket team today. He not only holds a great track record in sub-continent but also in overseas conditions.

A first slip fielder of the team, Jinks has astonished everyone with his great catching abilities. He has improved leaps and bounds and some have also compared his slip fielding to Rahul Dravid, his idol and one of India's finest in that position.

Rahane has worked on his fitness and that reflects in his fielding as well. The diving catches he takes at the long-on surely amazes the viewers. The list would be incomplete without his name on it.

4. Umesh Yadav

For a long time, the Indian team had been hunting for a pacer who would be real quick at any phase of the match. Umesh Yadav has been one such find. Session after session, day after day, match after match, the speedster does not relent as he continuously keeps crossing the 140 kph mark.

Not only with the bowl in hand, Yadav also contributes to the team with his strong throws from the deep as well as great efforts in ground fielding. It wouldn't be wrong to say that, among the bowlers, Yadav may be the best fielder India has ever seen. He has worked really hard to achieve this feat and continues to do so.

3. Hardik Pandya

A new face of an exciting new breed of players in the Indian cricket team is this gentleman by the name of Hardik Pandya.

Pandya has emerged out as a fine all-rounder across all the formats of the sport. He has been able to earn his spot in the test team very early in his career with the hitting abilities he has shown in the other two formats.

This has been largely possible as he has worked on his fitness. He spends a significant amount of time in the gym daily and looks to maintain his lean shape by following a well-planned diet. The results are there to be seen on the field as the man from Baroda consistently puts 100% effort in every facet of the game without breaking a sweat.

2. MS Dhoni

No introduction needed for this man. One of the best cricketing minds ever in the history of the game, MS Dhoni is fastest between the wickets right from the beginning of his career as he is in the mind. He converts the ones into twos, and the twos into threes quite regularly. The fielders also resist throwing the ball at his end, knowing he is going to make it.

Even at this age, he dominates the running between the wickets. Everyone is aware of his wicket-keeping abilities, his wicked fast and has superhuman reflexes. Keeping for 50 overs and then coming out to bat is surely a proof of the fitness he possesses.

1. Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli has changed the way this sport is played. Over the years, he has made himself into an unbeatable athlete with his dedicated efforts off the pitch.

In an interview, he confessed that he had a lot of belly fat and it was affecting his game. So, he changed his fitness regime and diet completely. The India skipper has made fitness his absolute priority, and when you are fit you get the confidence of going out there and perform. He always pushes his limits.

The time he spends in the gym, and the kind of diet he follows is splendid. He is full of explosive energy and gradually everyone has started following the path to prime fitness. He will surely inspire more over the coming years.