"I'll marry a heroine": Virat Kohli's childhood dream recalled by his friend's mother

Eventually, The Indian cricketer, Virat Kohli married to an actress, Anushka Sharma.

Indian cricket superstar Virat Kohli and his Bollywood actress wife, Anushka Sharma, celebrated their 5th wedding anniversary in December 2022. The couple, who are often spotted at various events, have a massive following on social media. Interestingly, Virat Kohli had predicted many years ago that he would marry an actress. In a recent video released by the Royal Challengers Bangalore ahead of their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match against Delhi Capitals, Virat Kohli's childhood friend's mother, Neha Sondhi, shared an intriguing story about the cricketing legend's childhood.

During a video released by Royal Challengers Bangalore before their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match against Delhi Capitals, Virat Kohli's first coach Rajkumar Sharma, childhood friend Shalaj, and his mother shared interesting anecdotes from the star cricketer's early days in Delhi.

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“One day near the Madan Lal Academy, there was a big poster of a movie or an ad. He saw that and said, ‘One day I'll become a very big person and I'll marry a heroine.' Now you see, as per destiny that happened. Now, when I think of it, it feels great,” she told the RCB social media team in the video.

Virat Kohli's determination to become an international cricketer

Kohli and Shalaj were part of a cricket coaching academy under Rajkumar Sharma, who revealed that the former RCB captain was always determined to become an international cricketer. In the video, Sharma fondly reminisced about Kohli's formative years.

“On May 30, 1998, he came to me with his brother and his father. Within a few days we could see that he was very different from others, very active, very hyper and very naughty guy. He was very determined and dedicated, he wanted to dominate from Day 1. He had tremendous self-belief that I can do anything. Shalaj and Virat were very thick friends from my academy,” Rajkumar Sharma said.