Fans Question Kohli on Taking Paternity Leave During Australia Series

Indian skipper Virat Kohli will be absent from the last three Test matches against Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The news was confirmed by BCCI’s press release that stated that Kohli would be back in the country in time of his and Bollywood actress and wife Anushka Sharma’s first child.

“Mr Virat Kohli had informed the BCCI about his plans to return to India after the first Test in Adelaide. The BCCI has granted paternity leave to the Indian captain. He will return after the first Test against Australia in Adelaide,” the BCCI press release read.

The news came as a pleasant surprise to cricket fans who backed the athlete for prioritising his family in the very personal development in his life.

Sharing the news, commentator Harsha Bhogle on Twitter lauded the cricketer while maintaining that the tour would get tougher in Kohli’s absence.

here was, however, a section of social media who criticised the player for choosing his family over ‘national duty’– something Mahendra Singh Dhoni chose not to do back in 2015 while leading India in a World Cup in Australia when his wife Sakshi was expecting their first child.

Ziva was born on 6th February 2015, two days ahead of India’s final warm-up game against Australia.