Virat Kohli Biography

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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 batsman, often regarded as one of the best batsmen in the world,^[2] Kohli is ranked as one of world's most famous athletes by ESPN and one of the most valuable athlete brands by Forbes. He plays for the 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-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. 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 and holds the position, as of May 2017.

Kohli was appointed 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. 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.An exceptional limited overs batsman, Kohli is currently the top ranked ODI player and has the second highest number of centuries in ODIs. He also has the highest number of centuries while chasing in ODIs. Kohli is the only batsman in history to average more than 50 across all 3 international formats of cricket and has the highest combined average across all formats. Among the T20I world records held by Kohli are 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 (889 points) and T20Is (897 points) in ICC rankings.

Kohli has been the recipient of many awards such as the ICC ODI Player of the Year in 2012 and the BCCI's international cricketer of the year for the 2011–12 and 2014–15 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.^[11]Alongside his cricket career, Kohli co-owns FC Goa in the ISL, the IPTLfranchise 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.

Personal information
Born	5 November 1988 (age 29) Delhi, India
Nickname	Cheeku[1]
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Batsman
Relations	Anushka Sharma (wife) Karnesh Sharma (brother-in-law)
International information
National side	India
Test debut (cap 269)	20 June 2011 v West Indies
Last Test	2 December 2017 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 175)	18 August 2008 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	29 October 2017 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no.	18
T20I debut (cap 31)	12 June 2010 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I	7 November 2017 v New Zealand
T20I shirt no.	18
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2006–present	Delhi
2008–present	Royal Challengers Bangalore(squad no. 18)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 63 202 55 95 Runs scored 5,268 9,030 1,956 7,517 Batting average 53.76 55.74 52.86 54.07 100s/50s 20/15 32/45 0/18 27/23 Top score 243 183 90* 243 Balls bowled 163 641 146 631 Wickets 0 4 4 3 Bowling average – 166.25 49.50 110.00 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a 0 Best bowling – 1/15 1/13 2/42 Catches/stumpings 60/– 94/– 27/– 91/–

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	63	106	8	5268	243	53.75	9057	58.16	20	15	583	17	60	0
ODIs	202	194	32	9030	183	55.74	9844	91.73	32	45	839	98	94	0
T20Is	55	51	14	1956	90*	52.86	1419	137.84	0	18	208	40	27	0
First-class	95	154	15	7517	243	54.07	12960	58.00	27	23	896	32	91	0
List A	236	227	35	10472	183	54.54	11380	92.02	36	53	1003	122	112	0
T20s	226	213	40	7068	113	40.85	5303	133.28	4	52	660	219	101	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	63	9	163	76	0	-	-	-	2.79	-	0	0	0
ODIs	202	48	641	665	4	1/15	1/15	166.25	6.22	160.2	0	0	0
T20Is	55	12	146	198	4	1/13	1/13	49.50	8.13	36.5	0	0	0
First-class	95	23	631	330	3	1/19	2/42	110.00	3.13	210.3	0	0	0
List A	236	55	705	726	4	1/15	1/15	181.50	6.17	176.2	0	0	0
T20s	226	44	454	661	8	2/25	2/25	82.62	8.73	56.7	0	0	0