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Virat Kohli opens up about his back injury

Virat Kohli

In the last Test match, Indian skipper was seen suffering from a back injury and that gave the Indian fans something to worry about. However, the right-hander himself has played down the fears of back injury as he said that he has been having this issue since 2011 and it is not something that came all of a sudden.

While speaking to the media, Kohli said, "I've had this issue since 2011, it's nothing new. I've been able to manage it because of the physical effort I've put in over the past few years. And when you have a back that has these issues you can only maintain it that way."

He also said that it is impossible to play without niggles and it is fine to have some here and there. "If the workload gets high it can get into a spasm, I mean you don't necessarily get serious issues, you get fine in two or three days I'm not too concerned with it, you just have to manage it physically and stay ahead of the injury and I have been able to do it for now," he concluded.