During a press conference, Virat said, ‘I just want to speak about something and I want everyone to take note of it. The stuff that happened after the World Cup semi-final, the way people reacted towards my personal life and Anushka in particular, was really disrespectful. I want to put this out in public because at a human level I was really hurt and wanted to express that for quite a long time."

Adding further, the cricketer said, ‘We are doing what we are doing. For people to react that way and to see whatever they did, blaming her for our loss, blaming her for my failure was absolutely hurtful for me. It is shameful that people can react like that to one’s loss.’