The Indian skipper Virat Kohli, who had left the Australian tour for the birth of his first child, said that becoming a parent has been the greatest moment of his life and for his wife Anushka Sharma as well. Asked about the emotions he went through when the Indian team registered an epic series win, Kohli said that he watched all the matches and was “so happy and proud” of what the team managed to achieve against all odds.

Elaborating his emotions on both the situations, during a virtual press conference, Virat Kohli said, “Firstly, 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 under what I am saying.”

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Kohli said that the connection to the team “doesn’t go away” just like that especially when the entire squad has done the hard work to achieve their goals, especially in Test cricket.

Elaborating the same, Virat said, “The connection to the team doesn’t go away in any situation, especially when you have given everything for the team. I was watching all the games especially the Sydney Test and the last Test. I clearly remember when Shardul and Washington were going through a partnership… I was watching it on my phone just moments before we had to go in when the doctors called us.”

Eulogizing the grit and determination shown by Team India, Kohli said it doesn’t matter to him whether he was there with the team or not all that matters is that this series win will be etched forever in the minds of Indian cricket fans.

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The Indian skipper concluded, “Everyone deserves all the credit for what they did in Australia. I won’t say what happened because it was purely out of determination, grit, and belief that they achieved what they ended up achieving that is something that is going in the hearts and minds of Indian cricket fans forever. Whether I was a part of it or not, to me that doesn’t matter as much as what it matters to the Indian cricket team and the whole country.”