‘Virat Kohli enjoys overseas lads who …’: Jacob Bethell jokes about ‘too-soft’ IPL beds during RCB stint | Cricket News

Jacob Bethell and Virat Kohli

Fresh from the high-paced world of the IPL and straight right into a Player-of-the-Match efficiency at Edgbaston, Jacob Bethell’s rise in worldwide cricket continues at velocity. But the 21-year-old all-rounder’s solely light-hearted gripe about his jet-setting life-style? Hotel beds.“A lot of them are way too soft,” Bethell quipped after smashing a blistering 82 in England’s dominant 238-run win over the West Indies within the first ODI. “I’ve got a bad back and I’m only 21, so we need to sort that out. I might have to walk around with some memory foam. But no, I’m enjoying it.”Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Despite lacking England’s latest Test collection in opposition to Zimbabwe to heat the bench at Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Bethell insists the expertise was removed from wasted. He soaked up information within the nets and watched carefully as cricketing icon Virat Kohli went about his enterprise.Who’s that IPL participant?“I definitely feel like I got a lot better,” mentioned Bethell. “Even though I only played two games, the training was intense — facing quality net bowlers and spinners every day. The way those guys think about playing spin — clinical and calculated — it was eye-opening.”

And then there was Kohli. “He’s got whatever you call it these days — ‘aura’. It’s electrifying walking out with him. He’s intense, but chilled off the field. I think he enjoys the overseas lads who don’t fuss around him much,” he added.