Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli has established himself as a modern-day great and took Indian cricket to greater heights with his performance. he was born on 5 November 1988 in Delhi. Regarded as one of the greatest batters to have ever graced the game, Kohli holds the records for scoring most runs in T20 internationals and in the IPL. He is the second most successful batter in international format after Sachin Tendulkar, in terms of most centuries slammed. In 2020, the International Cricket Council named him the male cricketer of the decade. Kohli has also been a part of numerous Indian successes, including winning the World Cup in 2011 and the Champions Trophy in 2013.

Kohli made his international debut in 2008 and quickly became a key player in the ODI team. The talented batter who won the ICC U19 World Cup 2008 for India made his Test debut in 2011. Kohli reached the number-one spot in the ICC rankings for ODI batsmen for the first time In 2013 and He became the world's top-ranked Test batsman In 2018, making him the only Indian cricketer to hold the number-one spot in all three formats of the game.

In 2019, he became the first player to score 20,000 international runs in a single decade. Virat Kohli is married to famous Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma and the two have a daughter named Vamika.

Virat Kohli was born into a Punjabi Hindu family. His father, Prem Kohli, worked as a criminal lawyer, and his mother, Saroj Kohli, served as a housewife. He has an older brother, Vikas, and an older sister, Bhawna. Kohli's formative years were spent in Uttam Nagar and commenced his early education at Vishal Bharti Public School.

Virat Kohli Career

In his Test cricket career, Virat Kohli has played 111 matches, scoring a total of 8,676 runs with an average of 49. He's hit 966 fours and 24 sixes. His most recent Test match was in July 2023 against the West Indies, where he scored 121 runs from 206 balls.

In One Day Internationals (ODIs), Virat has played 284 matches, amassing 13,239 runs with an incredible average of 58. He's struck 1,241 fours and 142 sixes. One of his recent ODI games occurred in October 2023 at Narendra Modi Stadium, where he contributed 16 runs from 18 balls.

In his T20 career, Virat Kohli has participated in 115 matches, scoring 4,008 runs with an average of 53. He's hit 356 fours and 117 sixes. His most recent T20 match was against England in November 2022 at Adelaide Oval, where he contributed 50 runs from 40 balls to his team's total.

As of now, Virat Kohli's ICC rankings are as follows: he is ranked 14th in Test batting with 733 points, holds the 9th position in ODI batting with 711 points, and is ranked 26th in T20 batting with 553 points.