The enduring image of India winning the 50-over World Cup in 2011 is not necessarily the captain holding the trophy aloft, but something that happened minutes earlier. While the India team were walking along the ropes at the Wankhede Stadium, Virat Kohli hoisted Sachin Tendulkar on to his shoulders.
“He has carried the hopes of a nation for so many years,” Kohli said. “This was that gift from all of those people for him because he kept giving, giving, giving for India and I thought what better way at his home ground to realise his dream and then he gets a lap of honour. So, we felt like this is the ideal thing to do for him and we went ahead and did it.”
