India’s Test captain Virat Kohli on Friday lashed out at critics, who blamed his girlfriend Anushkha Sharma for the team’s exit from ICC Cricket World Cup, stating that they “should be ashamed of themselves” as “no one has won more matches” than him in the last five years. Kohli, opened up for the first time since the World Cup exit, after which his filmstar girlfriend took a lot of unnecessary flak in various social networking sites.
“At a human level, I would say I was hurt and the people who said those things and the way they said should be ashamed of themselves,” Kohli said at a promotional event of his IPL side Royal Challengers Bangalore, in reference to the abuse that the Bollywood star had to face after Kohli’s poor show in the semi-final
Kohli was unusually open during his interaction with media today as he didn’t forget to mention his performance during the past five years.
Love birds Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli seem to be definitely blinded in love. While initially we had an aligned number of evidences proving their togetherness in hometown, we now hear that the duo has secretly flown down to New Zealand to ring in Valentine’s week together! Don’t believe us then take a look at this picture…Yes that’s Virat and Anushka strolling hand in hand on the streets of New Zealand! Having scheduled his test match there, we learn that Virat flew in first followed by his lady love’s surprise visit to spend some quality time with each other! Isn’t that cute? On lookers reveal that the duo is casually roaming about the place and are leaving no stone unturned to paint the town red! Well, we wonder if this much-in-love couple is soon to make their relationship official….may be on this Valentines itself? You never know!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv4mM-OhWj8
“Personally, I was very disappointed. In last five years, the number of matches I’ve helped India win and the consistently I’ve played is more than anyone else in the team. I don’t think there’s anybody else in the team who has done better than me,” Kohli answered with same swagger that one finds in his batting.
Kohli feels that now he knows “whom to trust” after the public outrage over his poor show against Australia in the semi-final of the World Cup.
“To see those reactions after just one match was very disappointing for me personally. It makes you lose faith in a lot of people. It’s a good thing in a way. You get to know who’s with you and who’s not. It was not in my control. But the reactions were very disappointing,” Kohli said at the function where RCB announced its tie-up with home appliances brand Midea.
Taking a dig at the media, Kohli sarcastically remarked that there are different parameters for different players when it comes to dip in form.
“It’s funny that I never know when my rough patch comes but you make the judgement. In my case, if I don’t do well in two games, it’s dip in form but if some other player performs two games out of 10, they come back in form,” Kohli was at his sarcastic best.
“So I don’t get the balance and I really don’t pay attention to it. It’s about how you hit the ball on that particular day,” Kohli was again in his usual dimissive self.
Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli at Mumbai airport.
VIRAT KOHLI HIT OUT AT CRITICS WHO BLAMED HIS GIRLFRIEND ANUSHKA SHARMA FOR HIS POOR FORM IN THE RECENTLY-CONCLUDED WORLD CUP 2015
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli on April 10 lashed out at people for criticising his girlfriend, Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma for the Indian team’s exit from the recently concluded cricket World Cup.
At the end of the media conference on the eve of RCB’s match against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens here, Virat said he wanted to make the people know how hurt he was by the treatment meted out to the actress.
“I just want to speak about something and I want everyone to take note of it,” Virat said as mediapersons were about to get up from their seats after the conclusion of the media conference.
“The stuff that happened after the World Cup semi-final, the way people reacted towards my personal life and Anushka in particular, was really disrespectful,” added the Indian Test captain.
“I want to put this out in public because at the human level I was really hurt and wanted to express that for quite a long time,” he said.
Taking to social networking sites, people had widely slammed Anushka after Virat scored just one run. Following this, Team India was thrashed by Australia by 95 runs in the second semi-final of the cricket World Cup.
“It is very important for the people to know that we are human at the end of the day. We don’t aim to become successful, that is not our only aim,” the 26-year-old said.
“We are doing what we are doing. For people to react that way and to see whatever they did, blaming her for our loss, blaming her for my failure was absolutely hurtful for me. It is shameful that people can react like that to one loss,” added the right-handed batsman.
“I wanted to express that and get it out there because it is important for the people to know how we feel about these things and people should be respected more than they are in these sorts of time in our country.”
Earlier in the day also Virat had slammed people over the issue.
“In last five years, the number of matches I’ve helped India win and the consistency I’ve played is more than anyone else in the team,” the Indian One-Day International (ODI) side vice-captain had said at a promotional event.
“I don’t think there’s anybody else in the team who has done better than me,” he said.
Related Posts
Satya Brahma’s Vision India
Photo Gallery
