Did Virat Kohli-AB de Villiers Have A Mini Breakup? Proteas Legend Makes Big Reveal
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AB de Villiers has revealed that Virat Kohli ignored him for months after he disclosed Anushka Sharma's pregnancy.
Former South Africa cricketer AB de Villiers has revealed that Virat Kohli didn't speak to him for a while after he disclosed that the latter and his wife Anushka Sharma were expecting their second child, while speaking on an YouTube show, which seemingly didn't go down well with Kohli.
De Villiers let things slip in February last year, while on a YouTube live, saying that Anushka was pregnant with her second child with Kohli.
The news came as a massive announcement for fans, as the pregnancy had been kept under wraps by both Kohli and Anushka.
De Villiers has opened up on the matter and said that an angry Kohli had ignored him for multiple months.
'I know we were in the same boat because we spoke about it. He's been in touch with me over the last six months. Thank goodness, because I did have a bit of a footfall not so long ago when they were expecting their second child (De Villiers had publicly announced it before Kohli)," De Villiers said while speaking to Cricket.com.
'So I was very relieved when he started talking to me again. So he was talking about… We all know he went through a bit of a patch and sort of wanted to bounce a few ideas off me, how I get through certain moments of my life," De Villiers added.
The former South Africa cricketer said that he supported Kohli with all his heart and hoped that the latter had a lot more ODIs left in him.
'And I support him 100% with that. He's had a wonderful career and I want him to enjoy his cricket until the very last ball. And if that is the way forward for him, then great, I'm right behind him," De Villiers said.
After RCB's IPL 2025 win, Kohli embraced the former South Africa cricketer, who was in the stands in Ahmedabad to support the franchise.
In the moment of victory, Kohli ensured that two of RCB's biggest stalwarts, De Villiers and Chris Gayle, were in front of the celebrations.
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