virat kohli
Kohli first played for Delhi Under-15 team in October 2002 in the 2002–03 Polly Umrigar Trophy. He was the leading run-getter for his team in that tournament with 172 runs at an average of 34.40.
Kohlimade his first-class debut for Delhi against Tamil Nadu in November 2006, at the age of 18, and scored 10 in his debut innings.
In February–March 2008, Kohli captained the victorious Indian team at the 2008 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup held in Malaysia. Batting at number 3, he scored 235 runs in 6 matches at an average of 47 and finished as the tournament's third-highest run-getter and one of the three batsmen to score a hundred in the tournament.
Kohli is a naturally aggressive batsman with strong technical skills. He usually bats in the middle-order, but, on many occasions, has opened the innings as well. He bats with a slightly open-chested stance and a strong bottom-hand grip, and is said to have quick footwork.
Kohli is regarded as the best limited-overs batsmen in the world, especially while chasing. In ODIs, he averages around 69 in matches batting second as opposed to around 49 batting first. 23 of his 38 ODI hundreds have come in run-chases and he holds the record for most hundreds batting second.
Kohli started dating Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma in 2013; the couple soon earned the celebrity couple nickname "Virushka".
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| Born | November 5, 1988 Delhi, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Chikoo[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Top-order batsman, Captain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Anushka Sharma (m. 2017)
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| Test debut (cap 269) | 20 June 2011 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 3 January 2019 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 175) | 18 August 2008 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 18 January 2019 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 31) | 12 June 2010 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 25 November 2018 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2008–present | Royal Challengers Bangalore(squad no. 18, formerly 5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Virat Kohli born 5 November 1988) is an Indian international cricketer who currently captains the India national team. A right-handed top-order batsman, Kohli is regarded as one of the best batsmen in the world. He plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL), and has been the team's captain since 2013.
Born and raised in Delhi, Kohli represented the city's cricket team at various age-group levels before making his first-class debut in 2006.
He captained India Under-19sto victory at the 2008 Under-19 World Cup in Malaysia, and a few months later, made his ODI debut for India against Sri Lanka at the age of 19. Initially having played as a reserve batsman in the Indian team, he soon established himself as a regular in the ODI middle-order and was part of the squad that won the 2011 World Cup.
He made his Test debut in 2011 and shrugged off the tag of "ODI specialist" by 2013 with Test hundreds in Australia and South Africa. Having reached the number one spot in the ICC rankings for ODI batsmen for the first time in 2013, Kohli also found success in the Twenty20 format, winning the Man of the Tournament twice at the ICC World Twenty20 (in 2014 and 2016). In 2014, he became the top-ranked T20I batsman in the ICC rankings, holding the position for three successive years until 2017. Since October 2017, he has been the top-ranked ODI batsman in the world and is currently the leading batsman in the Test rankings.
Among Indian batsmen, Kohli has the best ever Test rating (937 points), ODI rating (911 points) and T20I rating (897 points).
Early life
Virat Kohli was born on 5 November 1988 in Delhi into a Punjabi Hindu family. His father, Prem Kohli, worked as a criminal lawyer and his mother, Saroj Kohli, is a housewife.
He has an older brother, Vikas, and an older sister, Bhavna. According to his family, when he was three-years old, Kohli would pick up a cricket bat, start swinging it and ask his father to bowl at him.
Youth and domestic career
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Kohli first played for Delhi Under-15 team in October 2002 in the 2002–03 Polly Umrigar Trophy. He was the leading run-getter for his team in that tournament with 172 runs at an average of 34.40.
He became the captain of the team for the 2003–04 Polly Umrigar Trophy and scored 390 runs in 5 innings at an average of 78 including two centuries and two fifties. In late 2004, he was selected in the Delhi Under-17 team for the 2003–04 Vijay Merchant Trophy.
He scored 470 runs in four matches at an average of 117.50 with two hundreds and top-score of 251*.
Delhi Under-17s won the 2004–05 Vijay Merchant Trophy in which Kohli finished as the highest run-scorer with 757 runs from 7 matches at an average of 84.11 with two centuries. In February 2006, he made his List A debut for Delhi against Services but did not get to bat.
In July 2006, Kohli was selected in the India Under-19 squad on its tour of England. He averaged 105 in the three-match ODI series against England Under-19s and 49 in the three-match Test series.
India Under-19 went on to win both the series. At the conclusion of the tour, the India Under-19 coach Lalchand Rajput was impressed with Kohli and said, "Kohli showed strong technical skills against both pace and spin". In September, the India Under-19 team toured Pakistan. Kohli averaged 58 in the Test series and 41.66 in the ODI series against Pakistan Under-19s.
"The way I approached the game changed that day. I just had one thing in my mind - that I have to play for my country and live that dream for my dad."
— Kohli on his innings against Karnataka.[40]
Kohlimade his first-class debut for Delhi against Tamil Nadu in November 2006, at the age of 18, and scored 10 in his debut innings.
He came into the spotlight in December when he decided to play for his team against Karnataka on the day after his father's death and went on to score 90.
He went directly to the funeral after he was dismissed. Delhi captain Mithun Manhas said, "That is an act of great commitment to the team and his innings turned out to be crucial," while coach Chetan Chauhan lauded Kohli's "attitude and determination."His mother noted that "Virat changed a bit after that day.
Overnight he became a much more matured person. He took every match seriously. He hated being on the bench. It's as if his life hinged totally on cricket after that day. Now, he looked like he was chasing his father's dream which was his own too." He scored a total of 257 runs from 6 matches at an average of 36.71 in that season.
In April 2007, he made his Twenty20 debut and finished as the highest run-getter for his team in the Inter-State T20 Championship with 179 runs at an average of 35.80.
In July–August 2007, the India Under-19 team toured Sri Lanka. In the triangular series against Sri Lanka Under-19s and Bangladesh Under-19s, Kohli was the second highest run-getter with 146 runs from 5 matches. In the two-match Test series that followed, he scored 244 runs at an average of 122 including a hundred and a fifty.
"He is a very physical type of player. He likes to impose himself on the game, backs it up with his skill."
— India's coach at the 2008 Under-19 World Cup Dav Whatmore on Kohli.
In February–March 2008, Kohli captained the victorious Indian team at the 2008 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup held in Malaysia. Batting at number 3, he scored 235 runs in 6 matches at an average of 47 and finished as the tournament's third-highest run-getter and one of the three batsmen to score a hundred in the tournament.
His century (100 runs from 74 balls) against the West Indies Under-19s in the group stage, which was called "the innings of the tournament" by ESPNcricinfo,gave India a 50-run victory and earned Kohli the man of the match. Kohli picked up a leg injury during the match, but recovered in time to play the quarterfinal match against England Under-19s.
He was instrumental in India's three-wicket semifinal win over New Zealand Under-19s in which he took 2/27 and scored 43 in the tense run-chase and was awarded the man of the match.
He scored 19 against South Africa Under-19s in the final which India won by 12 runs (D/L method). ESPNcricinfo commended him for making several tactical bowling changes during the tournament.
International career
Early years
In August 2008, Kohli was included in the Indian ODI squad for tour of Sri Lanka and the Champions Trophy in Pakistan. Prior to the Sri Lankan tour, Kohli had played only eight List A matches, and his selection was called a "surprise call-up".
During the Sri Lankan tour, as both first-choice openers Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag were injured, Kohli batted as a makeshift opener throughout the series. He made his international debut, at the age of 19, in the first ODI of the tour and was dismissed for 12.
He made his first ODI half century, a score of 54, in the fourth match which helped India win the series.He had scores of 37, 25 and 31 in the other three matches.
India won the series 3–2 which was India's first ODI series win against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka.
Setting records
Kohli stood-in as the captain for the first ODI of the triangular series in the West Indies after Dhoni injured himself during the match. India lost the match by one wicket, and Dhoni was subsequently ruled out of the series with Kohli being named the captain for the remaining matches.
In his second match as captain, Kohli scored his first hundred as captain, making 102 off 83 balls against the West Indies at Port of Spain in a bonus point win for India. Many senior players including Dhoni were rested for the five-match ODI tour of Zimbabwe in July 2013, with Kohli being appointed captain for an entire series for the first time.
In the first game of the series at Harare, he struck 115 runs from 108 balls, helping India chase down the target of 229 and winning the man of the match award. He batted on two more occasions in the series in which he had scores of 14 and 58 not out.
India completed a 5–0 sweep of the series; their first in an away ODI series.
10,000 runs in ODIs before age of 30
He followed it up with ODI centuries against the West Indies and Sri Lanka in consecutive series, equalling Ricky Ponting's tally of 30 ODI centuries. In October 2017, he was adjourned the ODI player of the series against New Zealand for scoring two ODI centuries, during the course of which he made a new record for the most runs (8,888), best average (55.55) and highest number of centuries (31) for any batsman when completing 200 ODIs.
Kohli made several more records during the 3 match Test series against Sri Lanka at home in November. After scoring a century and a double century in the first two Tests, he ended up scoring yet another double century in the third Test, during which he became the eleventh Indian batsman to surpass 5000 runs in Test cricket while scoring his 20th Test century and 6th double century.
] During this match he also became the first batsman to score six double hundreds as a captain. With 610 runs in the series, Kohli also became the highest run-scorer by an Indian in a three-match Test series and the fourth-highest overall.
India comfortably won the three-match series 1–0 and Kohli was adjudged man of the match for the second and third Test matches and player of the series. With this win, India equalled Australia for the record streak of nine consecutive series wins in Test cricket.
He ended the year with 2818 international runs, which is recorded as the third-highest tally ever in a calendar year and the highest tally ever by an Indian player.
Indian Premier League
In March 2008, Kohli was bought on a youth contract by the Indian Premier League franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore for $30,000. He had an indifferent 2008 season, with a total of 165 runs in 12 innings at an average of 15.00 and a strike rate of 105.09.
He fared slightly better in the second season in which he made a total of 246 runs at 22.36, striking at over 112, while his team made it as far as the final. In the 2010 season, Kohli was the third highest run-getter for his team with 307 runs, averaging 27.90 and improving his strike rate to 144.81.
Ahead of the 2011 season, Kohli was the only player retained by the Royal Challengers franchise. Kohli was made vice-captain of the team that year and also captained the team in a few matches when the regular skipper Daniel Vettori was injured.
The Royal Challengers coach Ray Jennings opined that the 22-year-old would become the future captain of not only the franchise but also the Indian team. Kohli was the second-highest run-getter of the season, only behind teammate Chris Gayle, and his team finished as runners-up of the IPL. Kohli accumulated a total of 557 runs at an average of 46.41 and a strike rate of over 121 including four fifties.
In the 2012 IPL, he was moderately successful, averaging 28 for his 364 runs.
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After Vettori's retirement, Kohli was appointed as the team's captain for the 2013 season.
The Royal Challengers finished fifth on the league table that year, but Kohli found success with the bat. Averaging 45.28, he hit a total of 634 runs at a strike rate of over 138 including six fifties and a top-score of 99 and finished as the season's third-highest run-scorer.
Bangalore finished seventh in the next season in which Kohli made 359 runs at 27.61. He found success with the bat in the 2015 IPL in which he led his team to the playoffs. He finished fifth on the season's leading run-getters list with 505 runs at an average of 45.90 and a strike rate of more than 130.
Playing style
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He is known for his wide range of shots, ability to pace an innings and batting under pressure.He is strong through the mid-wicket and cover region.
He has said that the cover drive is his favourite shot, while also saying that the flick shot comes naturally to him. He does not play the sweep shot often, being called "not a natural sweeper of the cricket ball".
His teammates have praised his confidence, commitment, focus and work ethics. Kohli is also known to be a "sharp" fielder.
"He is a consummate surgeon at the crease, intensely focused, working hard, playing the ball into gaps in the field and staying calm under pressure. He is always judging the right time to consolidate and the right time to seize a game by the scruff of the neck."
— Former South Africa captain AB de Villiers on Kohli.
Kohli is regarded as the best limited-overs batsmen in the world, especially while chasing. In ODIs, he averages around 69 in matches batting second as opposed to around 49 batting first. 23 of his 38 ODI hundreds have come in run-chases and he holds the record for most hundreds batting second.
Regarding his impressive record batting second, Kohli has said "I love the whole situation that comes with chasing. I like the challenge of testing myself, figuring out how to rotate strike, when to hit a boundary."
International centuries
As of January 2019, Kohli has scored 25 Test and 39 ODI centuries which makes him the second most successful centurion in ODI cricket after Sachin Tendulkar.
Records and achievements
- Fastest century
- Fastest century by an Indian cricketer in ODIs (52 balls).
- Milestones
- Fastest Indian to reach 1,000 runs in ODIs.
- Fastest Indian and third fastest in the world to reach 5,000 runs in ODIs.
- Fastest Indian and second fastest in the world to reach 6,000 runs in ODIs.
- Fastest Indian and second fastest in the world to reach 7,000 runs in ODIs.
- Fastest player in the world to reach 8,000 runs in ODIs.
- Fastest player in the world to reach 9,000 runs in ODIs.
- Fastest player in the world to reach 10,000 runs in ODIs.
- Fastest Indian and second fastest in the world to reach 10 centuries in ODIs.
- Fastest Indian and second fastest in the world to reach 15 centuries in ODIs.
- Fastest Indian and second fastest in the world to reach 20 centuries in ODIs.
- Fastest Indian and second fastest in the world to reach 25 centuries in ODIs.
- Fastest in the world to reach 30 centuries in ODIs.
- Fastest in the world to reach 35 centuries in ODIs.
- Second fastest in the world to reach 1,000 runs in T20Is.
- Fastest in the world to reach 15,000 international runs.[
- Joint fastest batsman with Hashim Amla to reach 50 centuries across all forms of international cricket (348 innings).
- Only batsman in history to average more than 50 in Tests, ODIs and T20Is simultaneously; also possesses the highest combined average across all formats among Test players who have played in at least two formats.
- Highest historic rating points in the ICC rankings by an Indian batsman in Tests (937 points), ODIs (911 points) and T20Is (897 points) – achieved on 23 August 2018, 16 February 2018 and 7 September 2014 respectively.
- Fastest batsman, in terms of innings, to score 17,000 runs in international cricket (363).
- Crossed 900 ratings points in the ICC rankings in both Tests and ODIs – one amongst five batsmen to have done so and only the second batsman after AB de Villiers to do it simultaneously.
- First batsman to score 500 runs in a bilateral ODI series.
- Fastest in the world to score 2,000 runs in terms of innings in T20Is (56).
- First Indian cricketer to score three successive centuries in ODIs.
- Most runs in a calendar year/series
- Most ODI runs in 2010 by an Indian cricketer.
- Most ODI runs in 2011 by any cricketer.
- Most ODI runs in 2012 by an Indian cricketer.
- Most ODI runs in 2013 by an Indian cricketer.
- Most ODI runs in 2014 by an Indian cricketer.
- Most ODI runs in 2016 by an Indian cricketer.
- Most Test runs in 2012 by an Indian cricketer.
- Most Test runs in 2015 by an Indian cricketer.
- Most Test runs in 2016 by an Indian cricketer.
- Most combined international runs scored in a year by an Indian cricketer – 2818 international runs in 2017.
- Most runs scored by an Indian cricketer in a three-match Test series – 610 runs against Sri Lanka in 2017.
- Most ODI runs in 2017 by any cricketer.
- Most runs in a bilateral ODI series by any cricketer – 558 runs against South Africa in 2018.
- Most runs by an Indian batsman in a calendar year in overseas Tests – 1138 in 2018.
- Most Test runs in 2018 by any cricketer.
- Most ODI runs in 2018 by any cricketer.
- Captaincy records
- Most consecutive wins in Test series (9) as a captain from 2015–2017 (equal with Ricky Ponting from 2005–2008).
- First batsman to score three centuries in his first three innings as Test captain. He is also the second Test captain to score centuries in his first two Test innings after Greg Chappell.
- First Indian Test captain to score a double century overseas.
- First Indian Test captain to score two or more double centuries.
- Fastest captain to score 1000 ODI runs.
- First ever batsman to score double centuries in four consecutive Test series.
- Fastest captain to score 2000 ODI runs.
- First Indian captain to score a hundred and a duck in the same Test.
- First captain to score 10 international hundreds in a calendar year.
- Most Test centuries as a captain of India (12).
- Most double centuries by a captain in Tests (6).
- Most centuries (11) by a captain in a calendar year (2017).
- Most runs as captain of India in Tests.
- Most ODI centuries as a captain of India (13).
- First Test captain to score centuries in each game of a three-match Test series.
- Fastest captain to score 3000 ODI runs.
- First captain to score three successive centuries in ODIs.
- First Indian and Asian captain to win at least one Test in South Africa, England and Australia.
Awards
- Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy (ICC Cricketer of the Year): 2017
- ICC ODI Player of the Year: 2012,2017
- ICC ODI Team of the Year: 2012, 2014, 2016 (captain), 2017 (captain)
- ICC Test Team of the Year: 2017 (captain)
- Polly Umrigar Award for International Cricketer of the Year: 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
- Padma Shri: 2017
- Arjuna Award: 2013
- Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World: 2016, 2017
- CEAT International Cricketer of the Year: 2011–12, 2013–14
- Barmy Army - International Player of Year: 2017, 2018
- Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna: 2018
Outside cricket
Personal life
Kohli started dating Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma in 2013; the couple soon earned the celebrity couple nickname "Virushka".
Their relationship attracted substantial media attention, with persistent rumours and speculations in the media, as neither of the two publicly talked about it.
The couple married on 11 December 2017 in a private ceremony in Florence, Italy.
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