Eoin Morgan Discusses Fatherhood, IPL 2020, And The Most Dramatic Match Of All Time

Eoin Morgan is enjoying parenthood with wife Tara during the coronavirus lockdown. The cricketer became parent to baby boy Leo Louis Oliver Morgan on 9th March. In a recent interview Eoin Morgan touched upon a lot of subjects including spending time with his newborn son during the lockdown. The interview was shared through Kolkata Knight Riders’ official twitter handle.

He said, “It’s a very strange time for everybody at the moment. For us (him and his wife Tara Morgan), we have a new-born baby at home. He’s just three weeks old so we’ve been very lucky that we’re getting the best out of this bad situation. I’ve been able to spend a lot of time with him. Everybody’s goal is to hopefully not contract the virus and then come out of the other side healthy, along with the rest of the family.”

He further added, “It’s been amazing! It’s very difficult to describe until you go through it. Everybody says that, and we were waiting on his arrival to know if that was true. I must have changed almost thousands of nappies by now but I am loving it. Thoroughly enjoying it now.”

Eoin Morgan also heaped praises on his IPL team captain Dinesh Karthik.

“I have spoken to DK a lot and I met up with him just before Christmas when I was out in Mumbai. He’s a fantastic guy, a great cricketer and I’m looking forward to helping him in whatever way I can. While I’m here to help, I also want to learn as much as I can from him. There are a lot of dynamics about being a captain when you’re playing in India that I don’t know about, I’ll be picking his brain the whole time.”

In addition, the England Skipper also looked back on the 2019 Ashes.

“Straight after the World Cup win was the Ashes series which was absolutely amazing to watch. Australia thoroughly deserved to win it but again, the dramatic nature in which the whole series unfolded really did attract the whole country and sort of galvanised one of our biggest rivalries in sport. It was fascinating to watch and I thought it was a great year for us, cricket wise.”

It's here! #KnightsUnplugged Ep. 2 feat. @Eoin16 ?

In Part I, The World Cup-winning England captain speaks about life in quarantine, becoming a father, returning to KKR and much more. Tune in!https://t.co/mL2IxxPoaB#KorboLorboJeetbo #KKR #Cricket #Candid

— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 11, 2020

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