“If Virat Kohli Has Decided To Sit At Home…”: On India Star Prioritising Family Over Cricket, South Africa Great Says This | Cricket News

Voicing his help for Indian star batter Virat Kohli amid the chatter round his absence from the Test sequence towards England, South African tempo nice Dale Steyn mentioned “family should come first and that should be the end of the story.” Virat Kohli has missed the primary two Tests attributable to private causes and his comeback to the Indian workforce is anticipated to be delayed additional as he’s set to skip the third and fourth Tests too whereas remaining unsure for the ultimate match.

“I think family is your most important priority. I’m sorry, like, that’s it, you know. That’s the end of the story. Like right there,” Steyn remarked in the course of the digital interplay.

He added, “I’ve got three dogs, and if one dog got sick, and I was in the IPL, I’m jumping on the first plane out of there to come back to see my dog.” 

Addressing Kohli’s resolution to prioritise his household, Steyn expressed, “So if Virat Kohli has decided to sit at home, I don’t see any problem with that at all.” 

He lauded Kohli’s contributions to Indian cricket, acknowledging his position as a World Cup winner and captain. “The man has been a servant for India for many, many, many years. He’s won World Cup. He’s captained. I don’t know what more the man can actually do to prove himself in the cricketing world.

“But I feel, on the finish of the day, it actually does not matter about cricket. It actually issues about why you play and who helped you get to the place you have been and the way you’re there.” Kohli withdrew three days from the start of the England series citing “private causes”. He had landed in Hyderabad the same morning to join the Indian squad, but flew out the same day.

Steyn added, “I feel that the folks behind you, the folks behind the scenes, are what the general public do not see. So your spouse, your accomplice, your mom, your mother, your brother, your sister, your father, your cousin, it does not actually matter; these individuals are those continually choosing you up and protecting you at the place you’re.”