Cricketing sensation Virat Kohli may have flown off to Australia with Team India for the eagerly anticipated ODI series, but not before shutting a smart family loop back home.
Balancing trust with convenience… the former skipper has handed his elder brother, Vikas Kohli, General Power of Attorney (GPA) for all his sprawling real estate in Gurugram worth over Rs 100 crore.
By it, the documents were signed and sealed on October 14, a day prior to King Kohli’s departure here, at the Gurugram Tehsil Office. In between the flurry of signatures, it was impossible for local staff not to be seduced by the star power along with clacking selfies and photos posed up against a batsman that continues turning heads – on and off the field. Vikas now legally has full control over decision-making regarding these assets – from their sales to even maintenance.
Why the handover?
Add in travel through the pandemic to, well, pretty much everywhere on earth as an elite athlete and celebrity with wife Anushka Sharma and their young children (primarily centred in London), and it quickly becomes clear that regular shuttles back home are clearly impractical. “It’s all about his family: giving them the tools and life lessons they need to keep things running smoothly,” sources close to the family say has been their message, alluding to that unrivalled bond between the brothers.
At the heart of this empire is Kohli’s swanky bungalow in DLF City Phase-1, which was reported to have been bought for a cool Rs 80 crore-plus in 2021 (as per media estimates). Add in a fancy apartment in the same city, and it’s easy to tip past Rs 100 crore for your portfolio. Vikas would now take care of both and make sure that the properties – facsimiles of Kohli’s rapid rise – remain in their prime.
As Kohli prepares to tease fans Down Under, this unheralded act of delegation shines a light beyond the maestro on the man: a family man and champion now securing his roots while hunting glory continents away. Will it release him to hit those boundary-clearing sixes? Only time — and the scoreboard — will tell.
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