New Delhi: Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli is known for his batting as well as excellent fitness. Now Indian football captain Sunil Chhetri has also decided to follow in his footsteps. They have stopped consuming meat and milk products. The Indian captain has scored a record 72 international goals. He said in an interview with AIFF, 'I have become vegan, I no longer consume milk products and meat. This has helped me a lot in the recovery process, as well as strengthened digestion.

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Last year, Kohli decided to become a 'vegan', in which only the products from the trees are consumed. Chhetri said that he got this awareness while playing with Sporting Lisbon in 2013. He said, 'When I was in Kansas in the US, there was a slight change in diet, but as I said when I was young, I did not understand the depth of this thing.

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I followed it (vegan diet) but did not follow it vigorously. Then when I went to Sporting Lisbon, I saw that it is common in Europe. Only then did I become a bit strict about it. Chhetri again said that he had also given up sweets for two-and-a-half years, for which his wife Sonam fully supported him, who is a non-vegetarian.

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