Marriage has improved my captaincy and me as a human being: Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli is in the spotlight ever since he has left India with the other 14 men for the World Cup in England. The Men in Blue are one of the strong contenders to lift the title for the third time and Kohli’s captaincy will be tested to the hilt. Though he has been criticised a lot for his decision making in the IPL, the Indian skipper hasn’t done a bad job in the blue jersey and he credits the improvement in his leadership for his marriage.

Kohli got married to the Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma on December 11 in 2017 at a scenic venue in Italy. The event was one of the most talked about of the year and the lovely couple has managed to sort out their professional lives with their personal life perfectly. Rather, they are one of the best couples going around in the world at the moment.

Virat Kohli, to an extent, has also credited Anushka for his improvement as a cricketer and a person. Now he believes that the marriage has also changed his captaincy thanks to the responsibility which comes with it.

You become more responsible

“You become more responsible (after marriage). It’s very different from the responsibility you had in your life. You start understanding things much better and you start putting things into perspective a lot more. I have become a lot more responsible. That helps you in captaincy as well. It’s only improved my captaincy and me as a human being and as a player,” he said while speaking at the captain’s media day in London.

Moreover, when asked one player whom he would pick from the past in the current World Cup, Virat Kohli was quick to name the Australian spin legend Shane Warne. “One guy that I would love to have from the past would be Shane Warne. I would have loved to watch him bowl if I was in the same team being on the field, just watching him bowl and what he did to the batsmen would have been amazing,” he further said in praise of Warne.