Virat Kohli was born on 5 November 1988. He is an Indian international cricketer and former captain of the India national cricket team. He is often considered one of the best batsmen of his era and is widely regarded as one of the greatest all format batsman of all time[3] Between 2013 and 2022, he captained the India cricket team in 213 matches across all three formats. With 40 wins out of 68 matches, Virat Kohli is one of the most successful Indian Test captains.

Personal information

Born

5 November 1988 (age 33)

New Delhi, India

Nickname

Cheek[1]

Height

5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[2]

Batting

Right-handed

Bowling

Right-arm medium

Role

Top-order batsman

Relations

Anushka Sharma (wife)

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​(m. 2017)​

International information

National side

India (2008–present)

Test debut (cap 269)

20 June 2011 v West Indies

Last Test

1 July 2022 v England

ODI debut (cap 175)

18 August 2008 v Sri Lanka

Last ODI

11 February 2022 v West Indies

ODI shirt no.

18

T20I debut (cap 31)

12 June 2010 v Zimbabwe

Last T20I

10 July 2022 v England

T20I shirt no.

18

Domestic team information

Years

Team

2006–present

Delhi

2008–present

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Career statistics

Competition Test ODI T20I FC

Matches 102 260 99 134

Runs scored 8,074 12,311 3,308 10,323

Batting average 49.53 58.07 50.12 50.60

100s/50s 27/28 43/64 0/30 34/36

Top score 254* 183 94* 254*

Balls bowled 175 641 146 643

Wickets 0 4 4 3

Bowling average – 166.25 49.50 112.66

5 wickets in innings – 0 0 0

10 wickets in match – 0 0 0

Best bowling – 1/15 1/13 1/19

Catches/stumping 102/– 137/–

Virat Kohli made his Test debut in 2011.[6] He reached the number one spot in the ICC rankings for ODI batsmen for the first time in 2013.[7] He has won Man of the Tournament twice at the ICC World Twenty20 (in 2014 and 2016). He also holds the world record of being the fastest to 23,000 international runs.[8]

Virat Kohli has been the recipient of many awards– most notably the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy (ICC Men's Cricketer of the Decade): 2011–2020; Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy (ICC Cricketer of the Year) in 2017 and 2018; ICC Test Player of the Year (2018); ICC ODI Player of the Year (2012, 2017, 2018) and Wis den Leading Cricketer in the World (2016, 2017 and 2018).[9] At the national level, he was awarded the Arjuna Award in 2013, the Parma Sri under the sports category in 2017[10] and the Rajiv Gandhi Keel Patna award, the highest sporting honor in India, in 2018.[11].

 In 2016, he was ranked as one of the world's most famous athletes by ESPN[12] and one of the most valuable athlete brands by Forbes.[14] In 2020, he was ranked 66th in Forbes list of the top 100 highest-paid athletes in the world for the year 2020 with estimated earnings of over $26 million. Virat Kohli was raised in Ut tam Nagar[20] and started his schooling at Vishal Bhatia Public School.[17][21] In 1998, the West Delhi Cricket Academy was created and a nine-year-old Virat Kohli was part of its first intake.[20] Virat Kohli trained at the academy under Rajkumar Sharma[18] and also played matches at the Summit Dogma Academy at Vasundhara Enclave at the same time.[20] In ninth grade, he shifted to Savior Convent in Passim Vicar to help his cricket practice.[17][22] His family lived in Me era Bag until 2015 when they moved to Gurgaon.[23]

Virat Kohli's father died on 18 December 2006 due to a stroke after being bedridden for a month.[17]