“I Won’t Say I Have Mastered it” – Virat Kohli on Embracing Parenthood and Learning to Change Diapers
India captain Virat Kohli, who became the father of a baby girl last month, revealed that he is adapting to fatherhood and is learning to change diapers.
India captain Virat Kohli has returned to the National duty after taking parental leave after the Adelaide Test in Australia. The Delhi-lad was blessed with a baby girl in the second week of January. He spent more than a month with his wife Anushka and their baby before joining Team India again.
During an interaction with Star Sports, the 32-year-old shredded light on how he fared in changing diapers. The 32-year-old asserted that as a cricketer, he has over the years become someone who can adapt to situations pretty well. Further, he added that as far as changing diapers is concerned, he was keen to learn so it wasn’t that difficult for him.
“Luckily as a cricketer, I have become someone who adapts pretty well to situations and Ravi Bhai would know that. For me to understand how to change diapers, learning all those things wasn’t tough because I was keen to learn. I wouldn’t say I have mastered it but I am very very comfortable with everything I have learned so far and I wanted to. For me, learning to change diapers is not difficult. I wanted to learn,” Virat Kohli told Star Sports.
India coach Ravi Shastri, who was sitting beside Kohli, lauded the Indian skipper stating that he has handled success and failure nicely and will similarly handle fatherhood.
“The way he has evolved, you knew he was an uncut diamond there. You got to have the ups and downs, and feel the head and have success and failures. He has handled that beautifully and I am sure he will handle fatherhood as well in a similar manner,” said Shastri.
Virat Kohli also revealed that he was jittery before the second Test of the series began in Melbourne. However, the team’s spirited performances against Australia drew rich praise from the captain.
“I’ll be very honest; before the Melbourne Test, I was a bit anxious. But then the way the whole team played in Melbourne… I was cheering every ball, jumping every now and then as well, every time a wicket fell. Probably not as loud as (when) I am on the field; still the cheers were loud enough for the staff to hear everywhere in the house,” Kohli added.
