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Prem and Saroj Kohli welcomed Virat Kohli <\/a><\/strong>into the world on November 5, 1988, in Delhi, India. His mother is a stay-at-home mom, while his father practiced criminal law. Raised in Uttam Nagar, Delhi, he went to Saviour Convent and Vishal Bharti Public School. On December 18, 2006, Kohli’s father passed away from cardiac arrest after being bedridden for a month.<\/p>

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Virat Kohli Biography<\/strong><\/h2>

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Full Name<\/strong><\/td>Virat Kohli<\/td><\/tr>
Nickname<\/strong><\/td>Chiku<\/td><\/tr>
Parents<\/strong><\/td>Saroj Kohli (Mother)
Prem Kohli (Father)<\/td><\/tr>
Education<\/strong><\/td>Vishal Bharti Public School
Saviour Convent<\/td><\/tr>
Height <\/strong><\/td>5 ft 9 inch<\/td><\/tr>
Profession<\/strong><\/td>Cricketer<\/td><\/tr>
Batting style<\/strong><\/td>Right-handed batter<\/td><\/tr>
Bowling style<\/strong><\/td>Right-arm medium bowler<\/td><\/tr>
Wife<\/strong><\/td>Anushka Sharma<\/td><\/tr>
Daughter<\/strong><\/td>Vamika <\/td><\/tr>
Net Worth<\/strong><\/td>Rs. 980 crore (approx)<\/td><\/tr>
Instagram<\/strong><\/td>@virat.kohli<\/td><\/tr>
Awards<\/strong><\/td>Arjuna Award
Padma Shri
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>

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Virat Kohli Cricket Career<\/strong><\/h2>

Kohli was trained by Rajkumar Sharma as a member of the inaugural class of the 1998 West Delhi Cricket Academy.<\/p>

In the 2002\u201303 Polly Umrigar Trophy, Kohli made his cricket debut in October 2002 with the Delhi Under-15 side. He went on to lead the team to win the following trophy. Later, he was chosen for the Delhi Under-17 squad that competed in the Vijay Merchant Trophy in 2003\u201304, winning the competition with the highest run total. <\/p>

When Kohli made his Delhi first-class debut against Tamil Nadu at the age of 18, he scored 10 runs. He debuted with the Under-19 squad during India’s tour of England in July 2006. India prevailed in the Test and ODI series. The next year, Kohli made his Twenty20 debut and finished first in the Inter-State T20 Championship with 179 runs scored. For Kohli, 2008 was a transformative year. He led the Under-19 Cricket World Cup-winning squad on his debut. Second, RCB paid $30,000 to acquire him on an IPL youth contract. Third, he made his debut abroad. <\/p>

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In the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy, while Yuvraj Singh was recovering from an injury, Kohli batted at number four in place of Gambhir during the tri-series in Sri Lanka after the latter recovered from a minor injury. Tendulkar was rested for the 2010 tri-nation ODI competition in Bangladesh, which allowed Kohli to participate in every game. His outstanding performance in Bangladesh earned him acclaim from MS Dhoni, the captain at the time. <\/p>

As a member of the 2011 World Cup winning squad, Kohli made history by being the first Indian batsman to make a century in his maiden World Cup match.<\/p>

In Kingston, Kohli made his Test debut against the West Indies. He did not fare well in the series, scoring only 76 runs in five innings. He made history in 2015 by becoming the first batsman from India to achieve a century in a World Cup match against Pakistan. <\/p>

He became the world’s fastest batsman to reach 1,000 runs in T20I cricket during South Africa’s tour of India, accomplishing the mark in his 27th innings. Kohli became the world’s fastest batsman to reach the 7000-run threshold in ODIs and to achieve 25 hundreds during the ODI tour of Australia.<\/p>

In 2017, he became the first batter to make six double hundreds while captaining the team during the three-match Test series played at home against Sri Lanka. With 2818 international runs in that year, he became the highest-scoring Indian player of all time and the third-highest in a calendar year. He was the top-ranked player in the ICC Test rankings in August 2018. He became the seventh batter from India to reach this milestone in this way. In October 2018, he became the first skipper, first Indian, and tenth player overall to score three consecutive hundreds in one-day internationals. <\/p>

Captaincy<\/strong> <\/h2>

2010 saw the appointment of Raina as skipper and Kohli as vice-captain for the tri-series in Zimbabwe. He became the first Indian batter to 1,000 ODI runs during this time.
As a result of his outstanding performance in Australia, he was named vice captain for the 2012 Asia Cup.
When Ms Dhoni<\/a><\/strong> hurt himself during the game, Kohli took over as captain of the West Indies tri-series winning team in 2013. Additionally, he led India to victory in a five-match ODI trip of Zimbabwe, which they won 5-0\u2014their first-ever away ODI series. <\/p>

In the 2014 ICC World T20 Competition, when India finished as the runners-up, he was elected vice-captain. After scoring 319 runs in the competition, Kohli was named Man of the Tournament.<\/p>

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In the five-match ODI series that India won 5-0 over Sri Lanka, he captained the team. It was the fourth whitewash in Indian ODI history and the second under his captaincy.<\/p>

He became the fourth Indian to reach a century on his Test captaincy debut when he led India in the opening Test of the Australian tour, scoring 115 runs in the first innings. At the end of the third Test between Australia and India, Dhoni declared his retirement from Test cricket, and ahead of the fourth Test in Sydney, Kohli was named the team’s permanent captain.<\/p>

In Sydney, Kohli became the first batsman in Test cricket history to reach three hundred runs in his first three innings as captain <\/a><\/strong>of the team after scoring 147 in the opening innings. The ICC appointed him captain of the 2016 World Twenty20 “Team of the Tournament. <\/p>

During the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy, he led India as captain. India faced Pakistan in the finals and lost. In the 2019 Cricket World Cup, Kohli captained India as well. However, after losing to New Zealand in the semi-final, India was unable to advance to the finals. India’s 2020 trip of New Zealand was the team’s first rout under Kohli’s leadership.<\/p>

In the 2021 ICC World Test Championship Final, India was defeated by New Zealand, marking Captain Kohli’s third loss in ICC event knockouts and finals. Under Kohli’s leadership, India crashed out of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 semi-finals. <\/p>

Moreover, he captained Royal Challengers Bangalore for eight IPL seasons, however he was unable to bring home a trophy. <\/p>

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Virat Kohli Stats<\/strong><\/h2>

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Batting Summary<\/strong><\/h2>

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Bowling Summary<\/strong><\/h2>

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Virat Kohli Awards and Honour<\/strong><\/h2>

National Honours<\/strong><\/p>

Virat Kohli won Arjuna Award in 2013, Padma Shri in 2017 and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in 2018. <\/p>

Sports Honours<\/strong><\/p>