Going incognito: Virat Kohli’s dream vacay with Anushka is in the Arctic zone

Going on incognito holidays, watching Federer play and reading inspirational books are a few of them.

He is one of the most-sought after sports icons in the world. But there are times when India’s skipper Virat Kohli needs to go off the grid.

His favourite holiday destination, he revealed, is somewhere he and wife Anushka Sharma can be incognito. “Somewhere in Europe would be my ideal holiday spot,” Kohli said at a recent event. “But if I am playing cricket and I need some downtime, then I think Australia is a great place. If I want to go on a holiday where no one recognises us, then somewhere in Europe or one of the Arctic countries where there is so much snow. I have been there, it is fantastic. No one knows you there and you can walk on the streets unnoticed.”


Thinking Federer, reading Nadal
Kohli’s soft spot for Swiss tennis legend Roger Federer is common knowledge. “When he plays, it’s beautiful. He has a family now, priorities set, he takes time out of the game without worrying about opinions and criticism of people and then he comes in and wins Grand Slams. At 36, he is defying logic and that is something that I love,” Kohli said on the sidelines of the event.



But it seems another tennis star is occupying his thoughts these days. “The last book I read was Rafael Nadal’s autobiography [Rafa: My Story], which was cool. Before that I read Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda, which was a real eye opener. So, these two have to be my recent favourites,” he said.

Pet peeve
The cricketer, who shifted base to Mumbai (he recently cancelled a Rs 34-crore luxury apartment booking in Worli) after his wedding, had to leave his dog Bruno behind in Gurugram.

“I haven’t seen him in a few days,” Kohli said when asked about his pet. “I don’t have any dogs at home in Mumbai at the moment. We both [Anushka and Kohli] love dogs, but we don’t have any.”