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Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli born 5 November 1988 is an Indian international cricketer and former captain of the Indian national team who plays as a right-handed batsman for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL and for Delhi in Indian domestic cricket. Widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time, Kohli holds the record for scoring most runs in both T20 internationals and in IPL. In 2020, the International Cricket Council named him as player of decade. Kohli has won Man of the Tournament award twice at the ICC World Twenty20, in 2014 and 2016. Playing for his franchise in IPL, he won the Orange Cap and Most-valuable Player Award in 2016 season. Furthermore has won most player of the match and series awards in T20I. With 40 wins in 68 Test matches, he is India's most successful Test captain.

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Personal information
Name Virat Kohli
Born 5 November 1988 (age 34) Delhi, India
Nickname Cheeku, King Kohli, Run Machine
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Role Top-order batsman
Domestic team information
Years Team
2006/07 Delhi
2008 - present Royal Challengers Bangalore
International information
National Side India
Jersey no. 18
Test debut West Indies vs India at Kingston - June 20 - 23, 2011
Last test West Indies vs India at Port of Spain - July 20 - 24, 2023
ODI debut Sri Lanka vs India at Dambulla - August 18, 2008
Last ODI West Indies vs India at Bridgetown - July 27, 2023
T20I debut Zimbabwe vs India at Harare - June 12, 2010
Last T20I India vs England at Adelaide - November 10, 2022
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20Is
Matches 111 275 115
Runs scored 8676 12898 4008
Batting average 49.29 57.32 52.73
100s/50s 29/29 65/46 37/1
Top score 254* 183 122*
Balls bowled(overs) 29.1 106.5 25.2
Wickets 0 4 4
Catches 110 142 50
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 19 January 2017

Virat Kohli: A timeline

  • 2002 - In October, 13-year-old Virat is called up to the Delhi Under-15 team for the Polly Umrigar Trophy. He finishes the season as Delhi’s top scorer.
  • 2006 - After impressing at the youth level for Delhi, Virat is selected for the India Under-19 team for the first time and has a glorious tour of England, averaging over a hundred in the one-day series.
  • 2008 - Virat captained India to victory in the Under-19 World Cup in Malaysia, finishing the tournament as one of the top three run-getters. His natural leadership skills caught the attention of all the right people.
  • 2008 (June) - Still a teenager, Virat is signed by IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore on a youth contract for just Rs 12.5 lakhs.
  • 2008 (August) - Virat was called up to the Indian ODI squad for the first time, playing all 5 matches in an away series against Sri Lanka. He scored his first half-century, an innings of 54, in game 4 of the series.
  • 2009 - Virat had to wait a while to get back into the national team, but it was worth it when he scored his maiden ODI century against Sri Lanka, 107 off 111.
  • 2011 - Virat played every single match of India’s successful 2011 World Cup campaign, making his only century in the first game of the tournament against Bangladesh. Though he didn’t really light up the tournament with his bat, his quote about Sachin at the end of the tournament has gone down in cricketing folklore: “Sachin Tendulkar has carried the burden of the nation for 21 years. It is time we carried him on our shoulders.”
  • 2012 - Kohli scored his first test hundred in rather spectacular circumstances in the fourth and final test against Australia at Adelaide, narrowly surviving getting run out when batting with Ishant Sharma, almost running out of partners as well. His effort though failed to save India. We lost the series 4-0.
  • Virat was named stand-in ODI skipper for an injured MS Dhoni when India toured the West Indies; earlier that year, he had also been appointed captain of his IPL franchise, the Royal Challengers Bangalore.
  • 2014 - Kohli got his first taste of Test captaincy when he was once again asked to step in for an injured MS in Australia, and celebrated by scoring a century in both innings in Adelaide. In what was a memorable
  • 2015 - Having become a co-owner in ISL football club FC Goa the previous year, Kohli extended his interest to tennis by also picking up stake in the IPTL franchise, UAE Royals.
  • 2016 - He played what was easily the best innings of his burgeoning career as India beat Australia in Mohali to advance to the semi-finals of the ICC World T20. His 82 off 51 balls was a classy effort, etched with timing and precision as opposed to the lappa style of cricket one usually associates with 20 over cricket.

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It's Joy To Watch Virat Kohli Bat.He Can Break My Records.

Sachin Tendulkar