southampton uk india skipper virat kohli and new zealand captain kane williamson are known to share a great bond and the duo shed light on their friendship on the sidelines of the world test championship final at ageas bowlcant speak enough of virat you know clearly as a player he is not only the best in our game but also a player that changed the game with his appetite and hunger to push the boundaries of the sport and he is at the front of that williamson fondly spoke of virat in a video posted by icc on twitterread alsowtc final virat kohli goes past ms dhoni to lead india for record 61st timeas virat kohli walked out for a toss with new zealands kane williamson at the ageas bowl in the world test championship final he surpassed ms dhonis record of leading the indian team in most test matches the wtc final against new zealand is the 61st match for kohli as indias captain in thethe new zealand captain recognised virats formidable leadership skills who is leading india for a record 61st time in the wtc finalyou know as a leader he is formidable i think he demands a lot from his players and the standards that he sets a gentleman as well and we spent a lot of time over the years playing against one another a great occasion after all this time and walking out together and doing the toss and having a game williamson addedwell i would say that out of very few people i became friends with beyond a certain point of professionalism kane would be one of them kohli saidthe indian captain explained how he connected with williamson beyond cricket as they both look at the larger reason for thingswe connected on different levels and we connected on a lot of things off cricket in life how we look at things and the larger reason for everything and those kinds of things it was interesting to know his personality and his perception to look at things is very similar to mine when it comes to life and we really bonded on that the 32yearold saidwe also have played lots of cricket against each other since agegroup cricket u19 world cup playing for india and new zealand and ipl too we just stayed in touch we connected naturally and thats how our friendship has been organic he is a very nice guy very chilled out guy very respectful a fierce competitor but never disrespectful of your space and of you as a person which i really admire about him