"If you honestly ask me, I have never thought of these. Sometimes I sit in my room all by myself and just think everything that happened in the past seven years it feels surreal," Kohli said.
"The people that I have been able to play with, the moments I have been able to share with the team and now getting the Test captaincy, something that I never imagined.
Asked whether he is nervous about leading the Test side in the the upcoming series against South Africa, Kohli said: "Not at all. It's not different from anything that I did in the past. We will prepare the same way and approach the series in the same kind of mindset."
Kohli also refused to pinpoint any particular player from the South African team that the hosts are giving special emphasis on.