Team India made a great start in the Asia Cup, crushing arch-rivals Pakistan by five wickets in the first match. The heroes of this match were Hardik Pandya and Bhuvneshwar Kumar. While Pandya put up a double performance with the ball and bat, Bhuvi demolished the Pakistani batting with 4 wickets. In this match, former captain Virat Kohli also played a useful inning of 35 runs, which was important for the team's victory.  

Let me tell you that Kohli is seen in a different style in the Asia Cup. He is seen as more energetic than ever. The reason for this is that, his 45-minute special class that he is taking from mental and conditioning coach Paddy Upton. According to media reports, The Indian team's mental and conditioning coach Paddy Upton has got the responsibility to strengthen Virat Kohli mentally as before. According to sources, Paddy Upton has to do 4 sessions with Kohli and one session will be 45 minutes. In these 45-minute sessions, Kohli will not be taught batting, but it will focus on strengthening his mental state.

According to BCCI sources, the video analyst of the Indian team has prepared a special video for Virat Kohli. Virat has special innings in this video, which he has played in the last few years. Paddy Upton is showing Kohli the montage of his innings, so that old thinking is born back in his mind. This video is being shown to overcome all the dilemmas going on in Kohli's mind. Recently, Virat Kohli, while talking to the media, told that he was very depressed in the past.

Kohli had told that he was depressed to such an extent that he was even disillusioned with cricket. He had not even caught the bat for a month. But now Paddy Upton is assisting Virat Kohli. Virat Kohli is showing them his old videos in every session. He wants Virat Kohli to set new goals for himself. Let us tell you that in the year 2008, Paddy Upton became the mental conditioning coach of the Indian team. He was part of Gary Kirsten's coaching team. During this, the Indian team became number 1 in Tests and also won the World Cup in 2011. After this Paddy Upton joined the South African team and this team also reached the top in all three formats.

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