It’s Hard for Me When Virat Doesn’t Do Well: Anushka Sharma

Anushka Sharma opens up about her relationship with Virat Kohli to Anupama Chopra.

Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma have stuck by each other through thick and thin. (Photo: PTI)

Indian cricket star Virat Kohli and actress Anushka Sharma have been quite open about their relationship. They are not worried about the shutterbugs when they take a trip to Goa and Anushka has also attended many cricket matches to watch Virat play.

In an interview to Anupama Chopra for the show Film Companion, Anushka opened up a little more about her relationship with India’s cricket captain.

She spoke about normalcy, who is more emotional active and the fact that it hurts when Virat fails in front of her eyes.

We both have that sense of normalcy. We both are same people except that I don’t have so much aggression as him. Virat is emotionally active. Other than that we both are same people and need same things from life. We are in a relationship that is ‘normal’. We both don’t want to become pawns. Our lives go on in our ways. It is hard for me when I stand at the stadium and Virat doesn’t do well. I feel ‘Oh shit, Have I done something wrong? I tell myself that if I start listening to these people and allow them to decide how I behave, then it is their life and not mine. I can’t give the power to them to decide my life.

Anushka Sharma

(This story has been republished from The Quint's archives on the occasion of Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma's wedding. This story was originally published on 1 December 2015.)