Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli is an Indian cricketer who plays for India national cricket team. He was born in Delhi, India on November 5, 1988. Virat is the first player in ICC cricket history to win all 3 ICC awards in a single year- ICC ODI player of the year, ICC Test player of the year and ICC Player of the year award in 2018. He is rated as one of the best batsmen in the world.[1][2][3]

Virat Kohli
Kohli in March 2023
Personal information
Born (1988-11-05) 5 November 1988
Delhi India
NicknameThe King
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
BattingRight hand
BowlingRight arm fast-medium bowler
RoleTop-order batsman
Relations
Anushka Sharma (wife) (m. 2017)
Websiteviratkohli.foundation
International information
National side
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2008 - presentRoyal Challengers Bangalore
2006 - presentDelhi
2007/2008Under 19 India Cricket
2007/2008India Blue
2007/2008India Red
2009/2010Oil and Natural Gas Cooperation
Rest of India
2008/2009Indian Board President's XI
2009India Emerging Players

Career
Virat Kohli with then president of India Ram Nath Kovind

Virat Kohli first came into the limelight in 2008, when he led the Indian U-19 cricket team to victory in 2008 U-19 Cricket World Cup He soon made his debut for the Indian team in August 2008. during a ODI match against in Sri Lanka.[4] Virat also became one of the valuable Indian captain in Test cricket with 27 test wins, 12 overseas test wins and highest winning percentage as captain in both Tests and ODIs. Kohli was ranked eighth in ESPN's list of world's most famous sportspeople in 2016.[5] Virat is the only current player to have a stand named after him in Delhi Firoz Shah Kotla stadium to Honour his immaculate contributions to Indian cricket.

Ranking
Virat Kohli plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL in India

Virat Kohli's Batting cricket ICC rankings as of 2023. He is rated as one of India's best cricket captains in terms of wins and winning percentages. He is ranked the 4th best captain for India if all time. He is the highest run scorer in T20 cricket for all time, the 5th best in ODI cricket and 28th best in Test's for all time as of 2023.

ICC Ranking
Ranking ODI Test T20
Rating 719 705 612
Position 8 13 14
Best
Rating 911 937 897
Position 1 1 1
1st
2008 2019
2010
2013
2017
2018
Match records(Win/Losses)
ODI Test T20
153 50 100 apporx
ODI

(caps)

 Test

(caps)

 T20

(caps)

65/30 68/40 30/20
2020 - present
18/14 12/9[6] 7/2

Personal life

He started dating Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma in 2013. They got married on 11 December 2017 in Florence, Italy.[7][8] The couple had their first child, a daughter named Vamika born on 11 January 2021.[9]

References
  1. "ICC World Twenty20: Virat Kohli best batsman in the world, says Sunil Gavaskar". India Today. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  2. "Kohli is world's best batsman: Wasim Akram". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  3. "Kohli the best in the world: Waugh". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  4. "Virat Kohli's debut in International Cricket". www.sportskeeda.com. 2014-06-26. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
  5. "ESPN's World Fame 100". ESPN. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  6. "All-round records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  7. "It's official: Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli are married". The Express Tribune. 11 December 2017. Archived from the original on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  8. "Virat Kohli officially announces marriage to Anushka Sharma, Twitter goes berserk". Hindustan Times. 11 December 2017. Archived from the original on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  9. "Virat Kohli Family: Parents, Siblings, Daughter, Wife – Meet the Kohli Clan". www.kreedon.com. Retrieved 25 June 2023.

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