READ: Virat Kohli's emotional message for his dad on Father's Day will leave you teary-eyed

New Delhi: Indian Test skipper Virat Kohli on Sunday posted an adorable photograph with his father on the occasion of Father's Day.

The Delhi batsman, who turned up to bat for Delhi the day his father passed away in 2006, shared the photograph on social-media.

Kohli also wrote an emotional message for his dad.

Kohli’s father passed away at 3 a.m. on December 19, 2006, but much to the surprise of his teammates, the flamboyant right-hander, who was then a teenager, came back to resume his unbeaten knock and scored 90 valuable runs. His fighting knock helped Delhi save follow-on against Karnataka.

In an exclusive interview to CNN recently, Kohli recalled that incident – which he said was the hardest phase of his life.

“I still remember the night my father passed away as it was the hardest time in my life. But the call to play the morning after my father's death came instinctively to me.

"For me, not completing a cricket game was equivalent to committing a sin. Importance that cricket holds in my life is above everything else.”

The Delhi batsman also said that it was an incident which gave him a chance to stay firm in difficult circumstances.

“My father's death gave me the strength to fulfill my dreams, and that of my father's also,” said Kohli.