“This is the first time in 15 years…”: Virat Kohli on an emotional Rohit Sharma

Virat Kohli had never seen an ’emotional’ Rohit Sharma in their decade and a half old association till the Indian captain hugged him with teary eyes after the T20 World Cup triumph.

“This is the first time in 15 years that I have seen Rohit show so much emotion. When we were climbing those steps (at Kensington Oval) he was crying and I was crying,” Kohli said during the ceremony after a memorable open bus victory parade. 

Kohli, who announced his retirement from the shortest format after the trophy was sealed last week, “hoped” that he and the skipper had done well enough to carry the burden for 15 years and bring the ‘Cup’ home.

“I hope we (Rohit and I) have carried the burden and no better to bring it (trophy) back here (Wankhede),” said Kohli.

As the youngest member of the class of 2011, he didn’t understand the emotions of the senior players who cried on the night when India lifted the World Cup in 2011, but now he does.

“I couldn’t connect with the emotions of the senior players who cried that night but now I do,” he added.

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