Virat Kohli was seen watching a game at the Wimbledon on Monday making his first appearance since winning the IPL title with Royal Challengers Bangalore.
It was also his first appearance since the unfortunate stampede happened at the Chinnaswamy stadium last month. Kohli was at the Wimbledon to watch the Men’s Round of 16 match between Novak Djokovic and Australia’s Alex de Minaur on Monday.
Virat Kohli returned for a Wimbledon match after a decade, along with his wife Anushka Sharma. Previously the two were spotted at the Wimbledon in 2015 along with Sachin Tendulkar.
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Wimbledon As Intimidating As India-Pakistan Game - Virat Kohli
The likes of Joe Root, James Anderson were also seen enjoying themselves, seeing a good match between Djokovic and Alex. Speaking to Star Sports, Virat Kohli spoke about cricket and tennis while adding that cricket is perhaps not as "intimidating" as tennis.
"It's a lot of pressure because there are so many people in the stadium. But I'd say that it's not as intimidating as the Centre Court because of the distance people are sitting from you. When we are batting on the pitch, the fans are too far away, so you can get lost in your space and do your own thing. You don't hear comments, the cheers or the boos straight in your ears, it's only when you are fielding on the boundary but you don't have the pressure of succeeding or failing with your individual skill," Kohli told Star Sports’ Vijay Amritraj.
Kohli further added that the atmosphere at a Wimbledon matches an India-Pakistan game or an India World Cup game.
"The experience can be similar but the intimidation factor, I would say, could only be replicated for us in very peak kind of World Cup games, like an India-Pakistan World Cup game or the semi-final or a final where your legs are shivering because of sheer pressure. These guys must be facing that from the quarter-final onwards till the final, which I think is a lot of pressure onwards," he added.
Kohli To Return In ODIs For India
Kohli retired from T20I cricket after India won the T20 World Cup title. He announced his Test retirement last month just a week ahead of India's Test series against England. Kohli will be playing ODIs and will be seen playing in the format later this year.
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