Born on 5 November 1988, in Delhi, Virat Kohli is an Indian
cricketer at both an international and national level and a former captain of
the national team. Right-handed batsman, occasionally medium-fast bowler, he
plays for Royal Challengers Bengaluru Super Kings in the IPL and plays for
Delhi at domestic level. Kohli is widely regarded as one of the greatest
batters in all formats. He holds the record for scoring the most centuries in
ODI cricket and ranks second for the most international centuries of all time.
He is also the highest run-getter in IPL. He was part of the Indian squad that
won the Cricket World Cup in 2011, ICC Champions Trophy in 2013, and T20 and
Champions Trophy in 2024 and 2025 respectively. He has also captained India to
win the ICC Test mace three times in 2017, 2018, and 2019.
In 2013, Kohli was ranked No. 1 in ICC ODI batsmen rankings.
He made it to the top of T20I rankings in 2015 and was subsequently ranked the
best Test batsman in 2018, making him the only Indian cricketer to have
achieved the No. 1 ranking in all three formats of the game. He is the first
player to have scored 20,000 runs within a decade. The International Cricket
Council declared him the male cricketer of the decade in 2020.
Kohli has received a number of awards for his achievements
in cricket. He has been declared ICC ODI player of the year four times in 2012,
2017, 2018, and 2023. He has also received the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for
ICC Cricketer of the Year twice in 2017 and 2018. In 2018, Kohli became the
first player ever to win ICC ODI and Test Player of the Year in the same year.
He was also named Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for three consecutive
years, 2016-2018. Countrywide, Kohli was conferred with the Arjuna Award in
2013, the Padma Shri in 2017, and Khel Ratna award in 2018, the highest
sporting honour in India.
In 2018, he was included on the Time magazine list of 100
most influential people in the world. He is considered to be one of the most
commercially viable athletes, with earnings estimated at ₹634 crores (US$75
million) in 2022.
Early life
Born on 5 November 1988 in Delhi, Kohli belongs to a Punjabi
Hindu family. His mother, Saroj Kohli, is a housewife, while his father, Prem
Nath Kohli, was a criminal lawyer. Kohli has an elder brother, Vikas Sharma
Kohli, and an elder sister, Bhawna. Kohli spent most of his early years in
Uttam Nagar. He completed his early schooling at Vishal Bharti Public School. He
had shown an early inclination towards cricket from the age of 3, as stated by
his family. He would pick up a bat and would tell his father to bowl to him.
West Delhi Cricket Academy was created in 1998. In May, his father got him
introduced to Rajkumar Sharma. Kohli's father thought about sending him to a
professional cricket academy based on the recommendations of their neighbours,
who felt that his talent was deserving of more than gully cricket. Owing to
certain unfavourable considerations, he could not secure a position in the U-14
Delhi team. As per reports, Kohli's father had received offers to move his son
to some influential clubs, which could have ensured his selection, but he
turned down the proposals. Kohli finally made his way to the U-15 team,8 after
being coached at the academy and playing matches at the Sumeet Dogra Academy at
Vasundhara Enclave. He changed to Saviour Convent School for the betterment of
his cricketing career in ninth grade. On December 18, 2006, he was declared
dead due to a cerebral attack. Kohli's mother stated that his attitude changed
quite a lot after his father passed away. Cricket was taken very seriously by
him, as he just seemed to be able to concentrate on time to play cricket now.
Kohli's family was living in Meera Bagh, Paschim Vihar, until 2015, when they
shifted to Gurgaon.
International Career: Part 2
India had a complete clean sweep against Australia in a home
Test series in early 2013. After a couple of months, India emerged as the ICCChampions Trophy winners for the first time against England. Kohli then
captained the team as it headed into the triangular series in the West Indies,
which, incidentally, went on to defeat Zimbabwe 5-0 in the next five-match ODI
tour in Zimbabwe. India's winning streak continued with a victory in the
seven-match ODI series against Australia. Kohli was named Test captain for the
first time in December of 2014, when he went to Australia. On the tour of
Bangladesh in the summer of 2015, Kohli became the first Test captain to win a
series in that endeavor. The next year, he significantly contributed to India's
triumph in the Asia Cup. In 2017, Kohli scored 2818 international runs, making
him the third-highest in a single year and of course, the highest ever for an
Indian.
In that tour of South Africa in 2018, India won the ODI
series 5-1. The side went on to win the tour of England and then completed the
Test series in Australia. In 2019, Kohli was appointed captain of the Indian
squad for the Cricket World Cup. Later, he captained the national team in the
2021 ICC World Test Championship Final and 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. After
the latest tournament, Kohli declared his retirement as ODI captain. In early
2022, he stepped down from his Test captaincy.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Equally, Kohli has played with the Royal Challengers
Bangalore in Indian Premier League. He led the team as captain for eight
seasons. Having started out pretty poorly, Kohli gradually emerged as one of
the top run scorers on behalf of the team. He took the Challengers to playoffs
in IPL 2015 and helped the team end second in IPL 2016. In addition, he scored
the most runs in a season of the IPL ever in 2016, at 973, and later became, in
2021, the only player to ever achieve 6,000 IPL runs.
Personal Life
In 2013, Kohli began his romantic involvement with Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma. The couple wed in late 2017 and welcomed their daughter named Vamika in early 2021. Kohli opened his charity foundation, which supports underprivileged children, in 2013. Apart from this, he co-owns Indian Super League club FC Goa, International Premier Tennis League franchise UAE Royals, and Pro Wrestling League franchise Bengaluru Yodhas.
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Screen Name | King Of Cricket |
| Real Name | Virat Kohli |
| Date of Birth | 5 November 1988 |
| Age | 36 |
| Birth Place | Delhi, India |
| Residence | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Country | India |
| Compare | Anushka Sharma |
| Profession | Cricketer |
| Nationality | Indian |
| 266 million followers | |
| Facebook Page | 51 million followers |
| Twitter (X) | 64.9 million followers |
| TikTok | 2.8 million followers |
| YouTube | 1.2 million subscribers |
| Mother | Saroj Kohli |
| Father | Prem Kohli |
| Siblings | Vikas Kohli (Brother), Bhawna Kohli Dhingra (Sister) |
| Spouse | Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma have been married for 7 years since 11th Dec 2017 |
| Girlfriends |
Virat Kohli has been in relationships with:
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| Number of Relationships | 5 |
| Net Worth | $70 Million USD |
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