Indian captain Virat Kohli on Thursday (February 4), opened up on the "greatest moment" of his life, which was becoming a father of a baby girl last month. Kohli and his wife Anushka Sharma recently introduced their daughter Vamika to the world with a post on social media.
Just before Virat and Anushka were called in by the doctors, the Team India skipper was busy watching on his mobile Shardul Thakur and Washington Sundar put up a match-turning partnership against Australia in the fourth Test at the Gabba in Brisbane. India went on to win the Test by three wickets and the series by 2-1.
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Kohli though considers that happiness of a young India side creating history in Australia secondary to witnessing his first child being born.
"I don't think the two can be compared. To me, becoming a father has been and will remain the greatest moment in my life, in both our lives, and that is something that has to be experienced to understand what I am saying," Kohli said during a virtual press conference.
Kohli mentioned that the connection with the Indian team does not go away even during a special moment like the birth of his child.
"The connection to the team does not go away in any situation especially when you have given away everything for the team, especially to the Test side for the last six years, on a daily basis. And [when] you have been motivated to take Indian cricket on top of Test cricket. The whole group put in so much effort. You are connected invariably and I was watching all the games," said Kohli.
He added, "Even in the last Test, I really remember when Shardul and Washington were going through a partnership, I was watching it on my phone, just before we had to go in, when the doctor called us. That is how you are connected to the team. That's how much you are looking forward to the guys doing well. So happy and proud to see the whole team come back in the series like we did. Everyone deserves all the credit for what they did in Australia."
Kohli also said that it doesn't matter that he wasn't part of the team during those special moments.
"Whether I was part of it or not, to me it doesn't matter as much as what it matters to the Indian cricket team or the whole country. Yeah, I was very happy, very proud for all the boys, because it was purely out of determination, grit and belief they achieved what they ended up achieving." he concluded.
(With IANS inputs)
