The Virat Kohli Story||A Cricker's Journey from Domestic Success to International Glory
Virat Kohli is a famous cricketer from India. He was born in Delhi on November 5, 1988. He started playing for the national team in 2008. Kohli has scored over 24,000 runs and has won many awards. He has aslo captained the Indian team to multiple Victories.Anushka Sharma,his wife is a famous actress in Bollywood. They are known as a popular couple in India. Sometimes, Kohli falls in trouble for being too aggressive on the field and for what he says about cricket fans. Moreover,being a cricketer he has aslo invests in several businesses and works with different companies.He is a brand ambassador for various companies. He's set up the Virat Kohli Foundation to help young athletes and improve sports in India.
VIRAT KOHLI BIOGRAPHY
Full Name:Virat Kohli
Nick Name :Chikoo, Run Machine, King Kohli
Place of Birth:Delhi, India
Born:November 5,1988
Height :5 ft 9 in(175cm)
Jersey No:18
Bat Style :Right - Hand Bat
Bowling :Right - Arm Medium
Team:India, Delhi Cricket team
IPL:Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Role :Batter
Wife:Anushka Sharma
Daughter :Vamika
Son: Akaay
Father:Prem Kohli
Mother :Saroj Kohli
Brother :Vikas Kohli
Sister :Bhawna Kohli
Zodiac Sign:Scorpio
School :Vishal Bharti Public School, Delhi', Saviour Convent Senior Secondary School Pachim Bihar Delhi
Virat kohli Instagram:@virat.kohli
Virat kohli Twitter :@Imvkohli
VIRAT KOHLI BIO
Virat kohli is professional cricket. He is the the formar Captain of the Indian national team who was born on November 5, 1988 in Delhi.
Virat Kohli started playing cricket at young age. When he was 18 years old, he made his debut for Delhi in Domestic cricket.
He has scored 24 thousand in all three formats of the game and has won many awards for his performance.
Since then, Virat Kohli has been one of the most successful and we'll-decorated cricketers in the world.
VIRAT KOHLI DEBUT IN INTERNATIONAL
ODI Cricket :August 18,2008 vs Sri lanka in Dambulla
T20I:Jun 12,2010 vs Zimbabwe
Test cricket :Jun 20,2011 vs West indies in Kingston
Virat Kohli And More
IPLFranchise -Royal Challengers Bangaluru
Nature on Field :Aggressive
Like to play :Against Australia and Pakistan
Hobbies :Workout, Travelling, Singing and Dancing.
Kohli's Record
Virat Kohli is one of the most successful and well- decorated Cricketers in the world. We have included some achievements in the following :
In ODI
- Scored over 2000 runs in international cricket in a calendar year for seven times.
- Most test wins as a captain of India(40 out of 68)
- Forth Double hundreds in four consecutive series.
- Most ODI Centuries(50)
- Most Centuries while Chasing(27)
- Most runs in a single World Cup edition(765)
- 8,000 runs in 175 innings, 9,000 runs in 194 innings, 10,000 runs in 205 innings, 11,000 runs in 222 innings 12,000 runs in 242 innings ,13,000 runs in 267 innings.
- Most runs in T20I – 4,008 runs.
- Highest career batting average in T20 International (52.73.)
In T20I
- Most 3 thousands runs in 81 innings, 3500 runs in 96 innings.
- Most Men of the Match(15 times) and Player of the Series (7 times)
- Most Runs in IPL-7,263 runs
- Most runs in a single Edition - 973 runs(2016)
- Most runs against Delhi Capital(1030)
- Most hundreds in a season(four) and in the league (seventh)
Kohli's Awards
National awards:
- Arjuna Award (2013)
- Padma Shri, India's fourth - highest Civilian award (2017)
- Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award, India's highest sporting honor.
ICC :
- Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy(ICC Men's 2011-2020
- Sir Garfield Sobers trophy(ICC Cricketer of the year, 2017,2018
- ICC ODI Player of the year 2012,2017,2018
- ICC Test player of the year:2018
- ICC ODI Player of the year:2023
- ICC World cup 2023 player of the tournament. To get more information click here
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