Indian captain and RCB skipper Virat Kohli and his wife Anushka Sharma announced her pregnancy a few days back, giving their collective fans a big new to cheer about. The couple got married in 2017 after a long courtship and have been in limelight ever since.
Anushka is seen supporting Kohli in the stadium as well, be it international matches or IPL ties. The couple also spent the entire Coronavirus forced lockdown together in Mumbai and their social media presence kept their fans abreast of their funny nature as well.
Meanwhile, the couple is expecting their first child in January next year and Kohli said he has been over the moon ever since he got to know about it.
"It is an incredible feeling. It puts things in perspective for you. It is difficult to describe how you feel," he said.
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Meanwhile, both Kohli and Anushka have traveled to the UAE for the IPL 2020 and the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) team began their outdoor practice after finishing the mandatory 6-day quarantine period.
Speaking on RCB's YouTube show 'Bold Diaries', skipper Virat Kohli revealed he didn't exactly miss the game during the coronavirus lockdown, which brought sporting action to a halt.
"Maybe because I was going on day and night for the last 10 years...It was a revelation for me in the sense that my focus was not solely on missing the game all the time,” he said.
"We are all here to play cricket...The bio-bubble needs to be respected at all times for the tournament to happen eventually. We are not here to have fun and roam around and you know say that 'I want to hang out in Dubai'," Kohli asserted that the BCCI's Standard Operating Procedure and the bio-bubble restrictions should be non-negotiable for all participants.
"That is not the time we are living in. Accept the phase that we are going through and understand the privilege that we have, just to be a part of the IPL. Everyone should accept that and not behave in a manner which situation doesn't require them to," he said.
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"A couple of months back you couldn't imagine that you will have IPL firstly... When we had our practice session yesterday, I realized how long it has been. When I was heading to the practice session, I felt nervous," Kohli conceded.
"I felt a bit jittery but things were okay. I didn't miss the game as much as I thought I might...just carrying on with life was also important," Kohli said.
Kohli admitted that playing in empty stadiums will be odd at first, but said that players will adapt to it eventually.
"I would not say it won't be difficult, strange. The echo of the bat hitting the ball, I haven't experienced it for the last 10 years. The Ranji Trophy was the last time. But we have done this at some stage of our lives," he said referring to the domestic games which are played in near-empty venues. The crowd factor will definitely play a part but the instincts will kick in and it will diminish quite quickly,” Kohli signed off.
