Know All About Virat Kohli

The whole stat of Virat Kohli!

Competition	Test	ODI	T20I	FC
Matches	91	251	88	123
Runs scored	7,490	12,040	3,078	9,739
Batting average	52.38	59.31	52.16	52.92
100s/50s	27/25	43/60	0/27	34/33
Top score	254*	183	94*	254*
Balls bowled	163	641	146	631
Wickets	0	4	4	3
Bowling average	—	166.25	49.5	110
5 wickets in innings	—	0	0	0
10 wickets in match	—	0	0	0
Best bowling	—	15-Jan	13-Jan	19-Jan
Catches/stumpings	88/–	126/–	42/–	119/–

There will come and go many cricketers but Virat Kohli is someone whose place in the Indian and International Cricket cannot be taken by anyone else. The fact that differentiates him from other cricketers that rather than being dedicated he is religiously devoted to his one and only passion i.e., Cricket, especially when it comes to playing for his country, India.

Birth and Family

Virat Kohli was born on the 5^th of November 1988, in Delhi, India. Virat Kohli is the son of Prem Kohli (Father) and Saroj Kohli (Mother). We all know Virat had tied knots with the Gorgeous Bollywood Actress Anushka Sharma, and lately, they had welcomed a little angel into their life, their first daughter-child Vamika.

Uttam Nagar, Delhi was the locality of Kohli’s family. On being advised by the neighbors, Virat’s Father got him admitted into a cricket academy and his mentor at that time was Rajkumar Sharma.

Virat’s Domestic Career

Virat had a keen interest in cricket from his childhood and for cherishing his dream he got into the West Delhi Cricket Academy at the age of 10. He then played Polly Umrigar, Vijay Merchant Trophies. He made his List A and U19 debut in 2006. It was in July 2006 for the tour of England Kohli was selected for the Under-19 team. While playing for Delhi with Tamil Nadu as opposition he stepped into First Class Cricket.

 Every Virat fan-follower is a witness of how commendably he took charge of the National Team and paved the way for India to be U19 World Cup Champion in 2008. In 6 matches Virat shot 235 runs and was the third to gather most runs in the Tournament. Kohli was also rewarded with the Border-Gavaskar Scholarship which let him have the opportunity to play and Train in the Center of Excellence in Brisbane, Australia.

His ODI inception against Sri Lanka also took place in the very same year.

Victorious Virat’s Iconic Entry in IPL

The year 2008 was a destiny-changer in Virat’s life, he was offered a contract by Royal Challengers Bangalore after seeing his performances in the former matches. And to the surprise of RCB, his contributions towards his team were tremendous and his runs were increasing exponentially year by year. With the IPL 2011 at hand, the only player who was retained by RCB was Virat Kohli and thereafter he also was made the Vice-Captain of RCB.

Kohli’s display in IPL, as well as the ODI Series with South Africa in 2011, made him a desirable and a must player to be selected in the World Cup, and in place of Cricket Great Suresh Raina, Kohli got the chance to play the 2011 World Cup on the command of MS Dhoni. Even Raina said in an interview in 2020 that Gambhir-Kohli’s partnership was a twist that put the chance of winning in favor of India and the rest is history.  

Rise Of Virat Kohli In The Blues Of India!!

Virat Kohli got the chance to play the first-ever ODI for the nation in 2008 against Sri Lanka. He was selected into the squad as the regular openers weren’t available. He played some satisfying knock as an opener and India managed to win that series but then Sachin Tendulkar and Virendra Sehwag made the vacancy filled and Kohli was out of the eleven.

Little champ then showed fine performances in domestic cricket and the emerging players tournament held in Australia in 2009. The right-hand batsman made 398 runs in the 7 innings including 2 tons and 2 halftones.

Seeing his tremendous form, selectors picked him for an ODI series against Sri Lanka, and Kohli paid back the faith by hitting his first-ever hundred in the ODI format while chasing down the total. He proved his selection vital in the World Cup 2011 as we mentioned earlier.

He carried on his form in the one-day format and becomes the fastest batsman to reach landmarks of 9000 runs, 10,000 runs, 11,000 runs, and 12,000 runs consequently. The right-hand batsman was awarded ICC ODI cricketer of the year in 2012. Currently, Virat Kohli is at the top of the ICC ODI ranking for the batsman.

Here I am presenting some important information you need to know about Virat Kohli!

National side	India (2008–present)
Test debut (cap 270)	20 June 2011 v West Indies
Last Test	4 March 2021 v England
ODI debut (cap 175)	18 August 2008 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	2 December 2020 v Australia
ODI shirt no.	18
T20I debut (cap 31)	12 June 2010 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I	16 March 2021 v England
T20I shirt no.	18

Virat Kohli In The Whites Of India!

Virat got his call from the Indian team for the red-ball cricket in 2011 against West Indies. Though Virat just scored 76 runs in the five innings he played. The start of his Test career was not good. Then he didn’t get chances in the next test series. He got selected for the tour against Australia in late 2011.

The first two matches didn’t go well. In the third match, he scored his first half-ton in his test career. Then the fourth match changes the career of Kohli in the whites of India. He scored 112 runs which were the only century from the Indian side throughout the series. 

He carried his fine form with him and scored a lot of runs across all the formats.

2014, A nightmare for Virat Kohli!

Virat had become a regular player for the Indian side in both blues and whites. He was added to the squad to visit England in 2014 for the five-match test series. That proved a nightmare for the little champ. He just averaged 13.40 in the 10 innings he played. That was the worse of Virat Kohli. 

He was struggling with the outswinger which was bowled at the 3rd and 4th stump. He corrected his technique and then roared with the bat in Australia. He scored 672 runs in that series of 2014 which was the most by any batsman in tests in Australia. He captained for the first time in the same series for the first test match when regular captain MS Dhoni was absent.

Seeing his captaincy skills he was made India’s regular captain after that tour and India created history in his captaincy. First, he made India number one in the test rankings by showing dominance in the home and away series. Virat’s next tour of England in 2018 was a remarkable one as a batsman. He scored two centuries and three half tons in that series. 

Though India lost the series by 3-1 he was the top scorer in that series which showed the world that this is new Virat. The Indian skipper has remained on the top of ICC test rankings for batsman.

India’s and Virat’s new challenge was India’s tour of Australia in 2018. The lion roared again with the bat and captaincy as well. India for the first time defeated Australia at their home under his captaincy. Though Virat is still dreaming of a Test series win in New Zealand, England, and South Africa.