The one8 Pitch 18 is the cricket trainer from Virat Kohli's one8 brand — a rubber-sole shoe built for the work that happens before match day. Crystal Sports holds it in UK stock, so you can buy one8 in England without import duty, customs fees or a two-week wait from Bangalore.

Grass pitches, concrete nets, turf, gravel, hard outfields: the Pitch 18 is made to handle all of them on one sole. Perforated monomesh upper, a synthetic toe guard, Sonic Foam underfoot and a Sonic Grip outsole engineered for match-grade traction.

one8 Pitch 18 at a glance

• What it is: a men's rubber-sole cricket trainer from one8, Virat Kohli's brand.
• Sole: Sonic Grip rubber, high abrasion resistant — no spikes.
• Built for: training, nets and multi-surface use, not spiked match play on grass.
• Surfaces: grass pitches, concrete nets, turf, gravel and hard outfields.
• Key technologies: Sonic Foam midsole, Sonic Grip outsole, enhanced heel-lock reinforcement, synthetic toe guard.
• Colourway: Bright White (Jersey White / Sonic Blue).
• Sizes: UK 7 to 12.
• Where to buy in the UK: Crystal Sports, Unit 2, 200 Dunstable Road, Luton LU4 8JL, and online with tracked UK delivery.
• Buying from the UK vs importing: Crystal Sports ships from UK stock with no import duty and UK returns. one8 do not offer returns or exchanges on orders placed outside India.

one8 Pitch 18 specifications

Buying one8 cricket shoes in the UK

This is the reason most people land on this page. one8 is sold primarily in India, and ordering direct from there means international shipping of 7 to 14 days, import duty and handling fees on arrival, and no returns or exchanges — one8 state plainly that their returns policy does not apply to orders placed outside India. On a pair of shoes you have never tried on, that is a real risk.

Buying from Crystal Sports removes all of it. The shoes are already in the UK. You pay the price on the page with nothing to pay on delivery, they ship tracked from Luton in one to two working days, and you have the same consumer rights you would have buying any pair of shoes in England. If you want to try them on first, the shop is open seven days.

Rubber sole, and why that is the point

The Pitch 18 is not a spike and is not trying to be. A metal-spiked shoe is excellent on grass and close to useless everywhere else — it slides on concrete, wrecks sports hall floors and wears out fast on hard ground. Most of a cricketer's time is spent exactly there: in nets, on astro, on gravel car parks and baked summer outfields.

Sonic Grip is a high abrasion resistant rubber compound, which is the specification that matters for that kind of use. It holds on grass when you need it to, and it survives concrete rather than being shredded by it. One sole, every surface you actually train on.

Sonic Foam and long sessions

Sonic Foam is one8's cushioning midsole, tuned for faster takeoffs and high-rebound energy return. The difference from a basic foam is what happens at the end of a session rather than the start — it keeps giving energy back instead of flattening out, which is what you want two hours into a net or a full afternoon in the field.

Upper, toe guard and heel lock

Cricket footwear dies at the toe, and a training shoe dies there faster than a match shoe because it does more mileage. The Pitch 18 answers that with a synthetic overlay toe guard over the area that takes the abuse. Perforated monomesh panelling across the rest of the upper keeps air moving, and enhanced reinforcement through the heel locks the foot down so it is not travelling inside the shoe during run-ups and quick turns.

Pitch 18 or Cover Drive 18 Pro?

Straightforward: the Cover Drive 18 Pro is the metal-spiked batting shoe for match day on grass. The Pitch 18 is the rubber trainer for everything else — nets, training, fielding, hard surfaces. They are not competing products and plenty of players own both. If you are buying one shoe and you train more than you play, buy this one.

one8 size guide

one8 use UK and India sizing. Measure your bare foot from heel to longest toe in centimetres and match it to the chart — it is far more reliable than guessing from another brand.

Looking after them

Wipe them down regularly with a clean dry cloth to lift dust and surface dirt. Do not wash, soak or machine clean them — the mesh upper and the bonded structure will not survive it. Knock mud off before it dries and let them dry naturally rather than on a radiator. On a white shoe, doing this after every session is the difference between a pair that still looks sharp in a year and one that does not.

Who are these for?

• Cricketers who train more than they play and want one shoe for all of it
• Anyone using concrete nets, astro or sports halls where spikes are no use
• Players who want a one8 shoe that works year round, indoors and out
• Anyone who would rather try a pair on than gamble on an international order

Buy one8 cricket shoes in the UK

Crystal Sports is an independent cricket shop in Luton, Bedfordshire, and stocks the Pitch 18 alongside the wider cricket shoe range. Order online with tracked UK delivery, or visit Unit 2, 200 Dunstable Road, Luton LU4 8JL to try a pair on first.