Virat Kohli: King of Cricket in India

Virat Kohli born on 5 November 1988 is an Indian international cricketer and former captain of the Indian national team. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time in international cricket. Kohli plays as a right-handed batsman for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL and for Delhi in Indian domestic cricket. He holds the record for scoring most runs in both T20 internationals and in IPL. In 2020, the International Cricket Council named him as player of the decade. Kohli has also contributed to India’s successes, including winning the 2011 World Cup and the 2013 Champions trophy.

Biography

Virat’s native place was New Delhi. He collected his early academic qualification from Vishal Bharti Public School. He was fond of cricket matches from the dawn of time. In 1998, at the age of just 9th, he joined the West Delhi Cricket match Academy where he trained under the control of his coach Rajkumar Sharma. Virat Kohli 1st played for the Delhi Under Five teen team in the Polly Umrigar Trophy in October 2002. He was the leader of the Delhi Under 17 group in the 2004 Polly Umrigar Trophy. Was also included in Delhi Under team 17 in the 2003-04 Vijay Merchant Trophy.

Virat Kohli Biography Details

Age and Height 

Virat Kohli is 33 years as of 2022 and his height is 5 feet 9 inches, which is constant to 175 centimeters. His Figure weight is about 69 kg, he clasps a proper diet to retain his body so that his body evaluation is 41-31-14. His eye color is Brown, & his hair color is also Black. 

Net worth

Virat is a Grade A player and according to the BCCI central contracts, he earns hefty sums as a player alone. As a grade-A player he gets $190,000 (1.25 crore) as his retainer fee on an annual basis and receives Rs 5 lakh, 3 lakh, and 1.50 lakhs for playing a Test match, ODI match, and a T20 match respectively.

Family

Virat Kohli was native in Delhi in the year 1988 & he will be 32 years old in 2020, his parent’s names are Saroj Kohli & Prem Kohli. His father was a criminal agent who died on 18th December 2006. He was 54 when Kohli was playing a Ranji cricket match.

Kohli’s family involves his Big brother Vikas Kohli & his sister-in-law & big sister Bhavna Kohli after his father’s death. Virat Kohli got married to Bollywood performer Anushka Sharma on 11th December 2017, after which she too has flattered a part of Kohli’s family. Kohli & Anushka were congrats with a little baby girl daughter named Vamika Kohli.

Career

Virat Kohli is the leader of the Indian cricket match group who is known as the Run Machine & King Kohli in international level cricket Match. He is an stylish batsman who normally bats on 1st down in the Indian cricket team match. Virat Kohli is popular for cracking some records in international cricket matches. He is at no. 5 in the list of most 100 by a batsman in an international cricket Match.

Virat Kohli is an Indian international batsmen & a former leader of the Indian national cricket team Match. He plays private cricket matches for Delhi & plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL Match. Virat was native on 05th November 1988 in New Delhi. He collected his early academic qualification from Vishal Bharti Public School. He was fond of cricket matches from the dawn of time. In 1998, at the age of just 9th, he joined the West Delhi Cricket match Academy where he trained under the control of his coach Rajkumar Sharma.

He used to play cricket matches at the same time at Sumeet Dogra institute in Vasundhara Enclave. In his 9th section, he transferred to the rescuer Convent in Paschim Vihar for cricket match practice. Virat Kohli 1st played for the Delhi Under Five teen team in the Polly Umrigar Trophy in October 2002. He was the leader of the Delhi Under 17 group in the 2004 Polly Umrigar Trophy. Was also included in Delhi Under team 17 in the 2003-04 Vijay Merchant Trophy.

Playing for the Delhi Under 17 group in the 2004_05 Vijay Merchant Trophy, he was the giant run-scorer in 7th cricket matches with a total of 757 runs with 2 centuries. Kohli created his 1st class launch in the case of Tamil Nadu while playing for Delhi. In his launch cricket match at the age of 18th, he scored only 10 runs. He came into the public eye when he scored 90 runs for his group against Karnataka even after hearing of the dispatch of his father’s death. After getting out, he went to his father’s burial.

Batting Career Summary

Bowling Career Summary

Career Information

Test debut vs West Indies at Sabina Park, June 20, 2011

Last Test vs Bangladesh at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dec 22, 2022

ODI debut vs Sri Lanka at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Aug 18, 2008

Last ODI vs Sri Lanka at Greenfield International Stadium, Jan 15, 2023

T20 debut vs Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club, Jun 12, 2010

Last T20vs England at Adelaide Oval, Nov 10, 2022

IPL debut vs Kolkata Knight Riders at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Apr 18, 2008

Last IPL vs Rajasthan Royals at Narendra Modi Stadium, May 27, 2022. 

Houses and Cars

The flamboyant Delhi lad is known to reside in a gorgeous bungalow that has been purchased in the capital of the country and in his hometown. This has been a dream house for Virat as he has added the quintessence of marvelous interior and exterior as per his taste to give his house a cool and dashing look, much like Kohli himself.There are multiple real estate properties owned by Virat Kohli. However, he stays in two houses. One in Delhi and one in Mumbai.

Some of the car brands owned by Virat Kohli include Mercedes, Audi, BMW and Volkswagen. Few cars were personally purchased by him and few were gifted through Sponsors. Kohli is also a proud owner of – Renault Duster, Audi 8, Toyota Fortuner, and Toyota Liva that would make anyone go crazy.

Salary

Virat is a Grade A player and according to the BCCI central contracts, he earns hefty sums as a player alone. As a grade-A player he gets $190,000 (1.25 crore) as his retainer fee on an annual basis and receives Rs 5 lakh, 3 lakh, and 1.50 lakhs for playing a Test match, ODI match, and a T20 match respectively.

Awards

• Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy (ICC Cricketer of the Year): 2017, 2018
• ICC ODI Player of the Year: 2012, 2017
• ICC Test Team of the Year: 2017 (captain)
• Padma Shri: 2017
• ICC ODI Team of the Year: 2012, 2014, 2016 (captain), 2017 (captain)
• Arjuna Award: 2013
• Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna: 2018
• Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Decade(2010-2020)

Achievements

• Virat Kohli has the best average(500+ runs) as T20 Skipper – 47.6%
• Virat Kohli holds the second-best win(40+ matches) rate – 66%
• Virat won the T20I series in South Africa, England, New Zealand, and Australia
• India’s longest T20I win-streak as Virat as skipper – 10 matches

Conclusion

Having secured a permanent place in all formats amidst many tough competitors, there is no doubt to say that Kohli is one of the best gems of Indian cricket. Virat Kohli is the epitome of passion and dedication. He is a source of inspiration for the youth, he is a disciplined batsman and a successful captain, who has given success to the Indian team under his captaincy and we hope that he continues to give his better performance in the future and make India cricket team the best team in the world.