Indian Captain Virat Kohli has always been vocal about his Bollywood actress wife Anushka Sharma’s contribution off the field and has time and again admitted her positive influence in his life and career.
Now, the dashing cricketer has yet again lauded Anushka for her support over the years, saying she has been “a pillar of strength” for him while revealing the two have “detailed conversations” on how to tackle negativity and how she helped him in many ways to deal with situations on the professional front.
Kohli said during a conversation with former England cricketer Mark Nicholas on his podcast – “Not Just Cricket”: “From a mental point of view, I have a lot of conversations with my wife. Anushka and I have such great detailed conversations about the complexity of the mind and how it can pull you into negativity and what are the things that matter to put things into perspective.”
The right-hander further added, “She has been a pillar of strength for me in that regard. Because she herself is at a level where she had to deal with a lot of that negativity, so, she understands my situation and I understand her situation. And to be able to have a life partner that understands exactly what you are thinking, feeling, and what you are going through, I do not quite know if I would have had that clarity if she was not in my life.”
He further revealed how he “took on board” Sachin Tendulkar's advice which helped him change his mindset.
Kohli signed off by saying, “I did have a chat with him about the mental side of things as well and the thing that he told me was, in cricket what he experienced was if you are going through a strong negative feeling and if that is coming into your system regularly, it is best to let it pass. If you start fighting that feeling, it grows stronger. So, that is the advice I took on board and my mindset really opened up from then on.”
(With PTI Inputs)
