Where do you stand on the statement “Virat instilled fitness culture in Indian cricket”

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3 hours ago, nevada said:

Laxman was not a model of fitness but he was very good at slip catching. Today's "fit" stars shell catches as frequently as a nariyal wallah shells coconuts!

Again fitness has nothing to do with cricketing skills. Fitness levels of current test cricketers are much higher than they were before. Previously 5 days of test cricket would mean loss of intensity by day 5 especially overseas and more among fast bowlers.  We would hardly last 3-4 test series in terms of intensity overseas when things didn't go our way. Current team keeps coming back when down and out and that's due to high fitness levels, endurance.