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The Moment When Virat Kohli First Met The 'Love of his Life' Anushka Sharma

Aashay Chopade

image-lkz3gspcVirat Anushka have been together since 2013 (Twitter)

Virushka, as Virat and Anushka are fondly called together are one of the most loved celebrities all over India. Every step taken by them is followed closely by people around the country and their love story has just flowered beautifully over the years. Both are very independent and successful individuals as well. Anushka is a big move star while Virat is one of the greatest to play the game of the cricket.

The duo first met in 2013 and soon started dating. They eventually tied the knot in 2017 in a beautiful short and sweet ceremony at Tuscany in Italy.  The couple has a beautiful baby daughter named Vamika who was born in 2021 and it seems that the love story between Virat and Anushka has just got stronger with each passing day.

Virat Kohli has also been pretty open on his bond with Anushka Sharma and in a recent interview with his close friend and cricket legend, Ab de  Villiers, Virat Kohli revealed the moment when he first met Anushka Sharma in 2013.  Virat admitted that he was pretty nervous when they first met at an ad shoot in 2013 and even cracked a stupid joke to broke the ice.

This is what Virat Kohli said in 'the 360 show'  -

“I remember this was 2013, I was just named captain for the Zimbabwe tour. My manager came to me and told me that I was going to shoot with Anushka Sharma. As soon as I heard this, I was so nervous. Like how the hell am I gonna do this. I was really nervous,”

Kohli, however, added that they gelled organically soon after and became good friends soon and later started dating.

“Out of nervousness, I didn’t realise how tall she was. So the first thing I told her when I saw her heels was, ‘Didn’t you get anything higher to wear?’ and she was like ‘Excuse me?’ It was so bad, I was so nervous. But then I figured out that she was a normal person and when we got talking I realized our background was so similar. From there on we became friends and then gradually we started dating, it didn’t happen instantly.”

There have been times when Anushka have been trolled and abused after Virat's failures on the cricket field. However, Virat Kohli has always said that Anushka has made him a better person and cricketer and let's hope that their bond just continues to get stronger and stronger and both of them achieve greater things in life.