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In a press release, BCCI secretary Jay Shah stated:
“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.” JUST IN: Virat Kohli will be granted paternal leave after the #AUSvIND Test in Adelaide. He will return to India after the first game. pic.twitter.com/EFQfajppbE
— ICC (@ICC) November 9, 2020
After Rohit Sharma opted for the paternity leave back in the final days of 2018, Kohli’s decision to choose staying with the family sets great precedent for the future generations of cricketers to come.
On the other hand, back in 2015, former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni had made a different decision of serving the Indian cricket team over spending time with the family when he missed the birth of his daughter Ziva as they were playing in Australia at the moment.
Dhoni missed Ziva’s birthday for national duty & Kohli himself didn’t left his team & played on the day his father died, always thought he’ll play the all important BGT especially for the challenge that series brings & for its WTC context but then this got to be his personal call https://t.co/pNUNvAdTpu
— Abhishek Kumar Singh (@cricketesque) November 9, 2020
In a conversation with the reporters at Adelaide, Dhoni had said:
"I have been blessed with a baby daughter. Mum and daughter both are good… but as of now I am on national duties so I think everything else can wait. The World Cup is a very important campaign."Both cricketers took very different measures towards a similar situation but unfortunately social media obviously had to slap their biased opinions on people’s personal choices:
And then there was MS DHONI who didn't even leave his team in the middle of Australia Tour even when his daughter was born. Also world cup was nearing.
"I am on national duty everything else can wait" - MS DHONI'S answer to media when asked about the birth of his 1st child
— ON (@heyoncar) November 9, 2020हर कोई धोनी नही होता
— अनुपम अग्निहोत्री .🇮🇳.TPN (@Im_AnuAgnihotri) November 9, 2020People often use Dhoni’s decision to not go back home as the greatest example of professionalism in Indian cricket and while ‘Captain Cool’ did make a great sacrifice for the country while tending to India’s World Cup campaign instead of spending precious time with his wife and child, questioning Virat Kohli’s choice to do so must not be criticised.
As far as professionalism is concerned, the entire Indian bandwagon for the longest format of the game is built on Kohli’s passion for red-ball cricket. In countless interviews he has talked about his love for Test cricket and how he admires how an athlete’s prowess is truly tested in the particular format.
Kohli’s willingness to choose family over a couple of matches encourages other, smaller names of the roster to also take a step forward and make such decisions without worrying about what the Indian cricket board or the fan base might think of them.
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