Published 23:26 IST, September 5th 2019

Virat Kohli on what 'royal jail' means and how he handles trolls

Virat Kohli recently appeared in a candid interview with Graham Bensinger on his show. He spoke about how he deals with fame and explained the term 'royal jail'

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Indian Skipper Virat Kohli recently appeared in an interview with Graham Bensinger for his YouTube channel. In interview, he spoke about his views on fame, recognition and how he deals with social media trolls. cricketer opened up about his struggle with fame and what went through when he and his wife, actor Anushka Sharma were centre of a widespre troll incident in 2015, in aftermath of 2015 World Cup.

'Royal Jail' explained

Cricketer revealed meaning of term 'royal jail'. He explained its meaning saying when y (Indian Cricket team) is on tour in country, y are eir on  field or in hotel and are unable to go out at all. He also said that even though all facilities are available in hotel, y are still trapped in hotel. On or hand, ace cricketer revealed that he loves being on tour overseas because he can freely go for walks and coffees without being ticed. When asked about how he deals with fame in India, cricketer replied, "I don't even expect to le a rmal life in India anymore." Cricketer also said that he misses doing rmal chores like going to supermarket and t being recognized. 

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Virat Kohli also spoke about time his wife Anushka Sharma was trolled during 2015 world cup. actor was labelled as someone who brought "b luck" by trolls who blamed her for Virat Kohli's poor performance, during tournament. Recalling time, cricketer said that "People in our country love to blame women." He said that even a person who has involvement in game and is just watching or supporting country can be blamed. He also ded that he finds it surprising that people find pleasure in pulling or people down.

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On professional front

Virat Kohli recently became only cricketer to score 20,000 international runs in a single dece. Indian Cricket team recently won ODI tournament 3-0 against West Indies. Prior to this test, Kohli h 26 Test wins under his belt. Virat Kohli is regarded as one of most successful captains for Indian Cricket Team. 

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