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Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli ( born 5 November 1988) is an Indian international cricketer who currently captains the India national team. A right-handed batsman, often regarded as one of the best batsmen in the world,[4] Kohli is ranked as one of the world's most famous athletes by ESPN[5] and one of the most valuable athlete brands by Forbes[6]. He plays for the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL), and has been the team's captain since 2013.

Personal information
Born5 November 1988 (age 29)
Delhi, India
NicknameCheeku[1]
Chase Master[2]
Run Machine[3]
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBatsman

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-19s to 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.[7] Having reached the number one spot in the ICC rankings for ODI batsmen for the first time in 2013,[8] 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 till 2017 and is currently ranked 3rd in the world, as of February 2018.[9] Since October 2017, he has also been the top-ranked ODI batsman in the world and the 2nd ranked Test batsman in the world.





Kohli was appointed the vice-captain of the ODI team in 2012 and handed over the Test captaincy following Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Test retirement in 2014. In early 2017, he became the limited-overs captain as well after Dhoni stepped down from the position. In ODIs, Kohli has the second highest number of centuries and the highest number of centuries in run-chases in the world. Kohli holds numerous Indian batting records including the fastest ODI century, the fastest batsman to 5,000 ODI runs and the fastest to 10 ODI centuries. He is only the second batsman in the world to have scored 1,000 or more ODI runs for four consecutive calendar years.[10] Among the T20I world records held by Kohli are: the fastest batsman to 1,000 runs, most runs in a calendar year and most fifties in the format. He also holds the records of most runs in a single tournament of both the World Twenty20 and the IPL. He also has the highest historic rating points for an Indian batsman in ODIs (909 points) and T20Is (897 points) in ICC rankings and 2nd highest rating points in Tests (912 points) behind only Sunil Gavaskar. He is the only batsman in history to average over 50 in Test matches, ODIs and T20Is simultaneously.
Kohli has been the recipient of many awards such as the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World in 2016, ICC World Cricketer of the Year in 2017, ICC ODI Player of the Year in 2012 and 2017, and the BCCI's International Cricketer of the Year for the 2011–12, 2014–15 and 2015-16 seasons. In 2013, he was given the Arjuna Award in recognition of his achievements in international cricket. The Padma Shri was conferred upon him in 2017 under the sports category.[13] Alongside his cricket career, Kohli co-owns FC Goa in the ISL, the IPTL franchise UAE Royals and the PWL team Bengaluru Yodhas. He also has other business ventures and over 20 brand endorsements; his brand value in 2016 was estimated to be US$92 million, placing him second on the list of India's most valued celebrity brands.

Early life

Virat Kohli was born on 5 November 1988 in Delhi into a Punjabi Khatri family.[15] His father, Prem Kohli, worked as a criminal lawyer and his mother, Saroj Kohli, is a housewife.[16]He has an elder brother, Vikash, and an elder sister, Bhavna.[17] 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.[18]
Kohli was raised in Uttam Nagar[19] and started his schooling at Vishal Bharti Public School. In 1998, the West Delhi Cricket Academy was created, and Kohli, a nine-year-old, was part of its first intake.[19] Kohli's father took him to the academy after their neighbours suggested that "Virat shouldn't waste his time in gully cricket and instead join a professional club".[16] Kohli trained at the academy under Rajkumar Sharma and also played matches at the Sumeet Dogra Academy at Vasundhara Enclave at the same time.[19] Sharma recounts Kohli's early days at his academy,

Playing style

Kohli playing the flick shot during the 2015 Cricket World Cup
Kohli is a naturally aggressive batsman[36] 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[248][249] and a strong bottom-hand grip,[250][251] and is said to have quick footwork.[252] He is known for his wide range of shots, ability to pace an innings and batting under pressure.[253][254][255] He is strong through the mid-wicket and cover region.[256] He has said that the cover drive is his favourite shot, while also saying that the flick shot comes naturally to him.[18] He does not play the sweep shot often, being called "not a natural sweeper of the cricket ball".[257] His teammates have praised his confidence, commitment, focus and work ethics.[258][259][260] Kohli is also known to be a "sharp" fielder.[261][262]
Kohli is regarded as the best limited-overs batsmen in the world, especially while chasing.[263][264] In ODIs, he averages more than 67 in matches batting second as opposed to around 47 batting first.



Records and achievements
Fastest century
  • Fastest century by an Indian cricketer in ODIs (in 52 balls).[154]
Milestones
  • Fastest Indian to reach 1,000 runs in ODIs.[307]
  • Fastest Indian and third fastest in the world to reach 5,000 runs in ODIs.[308]
  • Fastest Indian and second fastest in the world to reach 6,000 runs in ODIs.[309]
  • Fastest Indian and second fastest in the world to reach 7,000 runs in ODIs.[310]
  • Fastest player to reach 8,000 runs in ODIs.[311]
  • Fastest player to reach 9,000 runs in ODIs.[312]
  • Fastest Indian and second fastest in the world to reach 10 centuries in ODIs.[313]
  • Fastest Indian and second fastest in the world to reach 15 centuries in ODIs.[314]
  • Fastest Indian and second fastest in the world to reach 20 centuries in ODIs.[315]
  • Fastest Indian and second fastest in the world to reach 25 centuries in ODIs.[316]
  • Fastest in the world to reach 30 centuries in ODIs.[317]
  • Fastest in the world to reach 35 centuries in ODIs.[318]
  • Fastest in the world to reach 1,000 runs in T20Is.[205]
  • Fastest in the world to reach 15,000 international runs.[319]
  • Joint fastest batsman with Hashim Amla to reach 50 centuries across all forms of international cricket (348 innings).[320]
  • Only batsman in history to average more than 50 in Test matches, ODIs and T20Is; also possesses the highest combined average across all formats.[321]
  • Highest historic rating points by an Indian batsman in ODIs (909 points), achieved on February 2018, and T20Is (897 points), achieved on September, 2014, in ICC rankings.[322]
  • Fastest player, in terms of innings, to score 17,000 runs in international cricket (363).[323]
  • He holds the rare feat of crossing 900 ratings points in ICC rankings in both Tests and ODIs - one among five batsmen to have done so - and only the second batsman after AB de Villiers to do it simultaneously.[324]
  • First batsman to score 500 runs in a bilateral ODI series.

Awards


Captaincy records
  • Most consecutive Test series win (9) as a captain from 2015–2017 (equal with Ricky Ponting from 2005–2008).[337]
  • First cricketer 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.[199]
  • First Indian Test captain to score a double century overseas.[338]
  • First Indian Test captain to score two or more double centuries.[339]
  • Fastest captain to score 1000 ODI runs.[340]
  • First ever batsman to score double centuries in four consecutive series in Tests.[341]
  • Fastest captain to score 2000 ODI runs.[342]
  • First Indian captain to score a hundred and a duck in the same Test. [343]
  • First captain to score 10 international hundreds in a calendar year.[344]
  • Most Test centuries as a captain of India (12).[345]
  • Most double centuries by a captain in Test cricket (6).[346]
  • Most centuries (11) by a captain in a calendar year (2017). [347] [348]
  • Most runs as captain of India in Tests .[349]
  • Most ODI centuries as a captain of India (13).











































































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