The Indian skipper, Virat Kohli has asserted that his wife Anushka Sharma has been a “pillar of strength” for him, and they both have “detailed conversations” on how to handle negativity in their lives. The power couple got hitched in 2017 in a private wedding in Tuscany, Italy.
Talking about the same during a conversation with former English cricketer Mark Nicholas on his podcast — ‘Not Just Cricket’, Virat Kohli said, “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. She has been a pillar of strength for me in that regard.”
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Virat further elaborated, “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.”
Kohli also shared the time how he battled with depression saying that he felt like he was the “loneliest guy in the world”.
Describing the same, Virat explained, “It’s not a great feeling when wake up knowing that you won’t be able to score any runs and I think all batsmen have felt that at some stage or the other that you are not in control of anything at all. And you just don’t understand how to get over it. I felt like I was the loneliest guy in the world.”
The Indian skipper also explained, “For me, personally, that was a revelation that you could feel that lonely even though you’re a part of a big group. I think is a huge factor. I think I would like to see it change. Someone that you can go to at any stage, have a conversation around and say ‘Listen this is what I am feeling, I am finding it hard to even go to sleep, I feel like I don’t want to wake up in the morning. I have no confidence in myself, what do I do?'”
Kohli also revealed that it was legendary Indian cricketer, Sachin Tendulkar’s advice to him which he “took on board” and helped him change his mindset.
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ELaborating the same, Virat Kohli said, “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.”
