Virat Kohli

About Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli (born 5 November 1988) is an Indian cricketer. He is the captain of the Indian Test cricket team.A middle-order batsman, who can also bowl right-arm medium pace,Kohli captained the victorious Indian team at the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup held in Malaysia, and is the captain of the Royal Challengers Bangalore franchise in the Indian Premier League.He also represents Delhi in first-class cricket and played for the West Delhi Cricket Academy.

ODI Debut:

Kohli made his ODI debut in 2008 and was part of the Indian team which won the 2011 World Cup. Despite being a regular in the ODI side, Kohli only played his first Test in 2011 against West Indies in Kingston. But on the disastrous 2011/12 India tour of Australia, in which India's senior batsmen struggled throughout, Kohli stood out, scoring his first Test hundred in Adelaide

In One Day International (ODI) cricket, Kohli holds multiple records including the record for the fastest century by an Indian batsman,and the fastest to 17 hundreds in ODI by any batsman.He is the fourth batsman in ODIs after Sourav Ganguly (1997–2000), Sachin Tendulkar (1996–98) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (2007–09) to hit 1000 or more ODI runs in three or more consecutive calendar years.He also holds the record for most centuries in chases, with 11 centuries, behind only Sachin Tendulkar. He is the first batsman to make five successive scores of 50 or more in ODIs on two separate occasions.Kohli was the recipient of the ICC ODI Player of the Year award in 2012.SportsPro has rated him the 2nd most marketable athlete in the world. In October 2013, against Australia, Kohli smashed the fastest ODI century by an Indian, the seventh fastest ever.In November 2013, he became the top ranked ODI batsman for the first time.Kohli, also received the Man of the Tournament during the 2014 T20 World Cup in Bangladesh

Early and personal life:

Virat Kohli was born on 5 November 1988 in Delhi to Prem and Saroj Kohli.He has an elder brother, Vikash, and an elder sister, Bhavna.Kohli attended school at Vishal Bharti and Savier Convent. His father, Prem, worked as a lawyer and died in December 2006.He loves the Aston Martin, Ed Hardy shirts and is the only Indian cricketer with heavily tattooed arms (a Golden Dragon on his forearm is apparently for luck)

IPL career:

2008 Season

Kohli played for Royal Challengers Bangalore at the 2008 Indian Premier League.He was bought for $30,000 before the first season in 2008.He scored 165 runs in 13 innings at an average of 15 and took 2 wickets with his bowls.He scored a total of four 6's and an 18 4's in that season.His highest score was 38.He had an average 15.00

2009 Season

He scored 246 runs in 16 innings with an average of 22.36 and took 9 catches and effected 2 run outs.He scored a total of eight 6's and twenty-two 4's .His highest score was a 50

2010 Season

In the third season, he scored 307 runs, including two half centuries, in 16 innings at an average of 27.90. In the fourth season of the IPL, he was the only player that Royal Challengers Bangalore retained, preferred over the likes of Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis and Ross Taylor.His highest score was 58.He scored a total of twenty-six 4's and 12 6's.

2011 Season

He scored 557 runs with an average of 46.61.He took two wickets that season.His highest score was 71.He scored a total of 55 4's and 16 6's. His highest score was 71 . He had 4 half centuries that season.He was top run scorer behind Chris Gayle.

2012 Season

The 2012 Indian Premier League followed in April and May and Kohli scored 364 runs fron 16 matches, with two half-centuries.He scored 33 4's and 10 6's.His highest score was 73 not out.His average was 28.00

2013 Season

He was named the captain of the Royal Challengers Bangalore team for the sixth season.He led his team to fifth position in the league table. He scored 634 runs at an average of 45.28. He hit sixty-four 4's and 22 6's.

Virat Kohli Achievements

People's Choice Awards India:

The People's Choice Awards India is the Indian version of the American awards show recognizing Indian Film, TV, Music and Sports. An adaptation of the US version, the Indian edition is licensed and produced by Bulldog Media & Entertainment,sponsored by Procter & Gamble and the Nominees will be voted on by the general public.

Records and Achievements:

Fastest Century:

Fastest Century (in 52 balls) by an Indian batsmen in ODI's against Australia in Jaipur on 16 October 2013

Milestones

Fastest Indian cricketer to reach 1000 runs in ODIs

Fastest Indian cricketer to reach 3000 runs in ODIs

Fastest Indian cricketer to reach 4000 runs in ODIs

Fastest cricketer to reach 5000 runs in ODIs in 114 inns level with Viv Richards.

Fastest cricketer to reach 6,000 runs in ODIs, bettering legendary West Indian Vivian Richards’ record.

Fastest Indian cricketer to reach 10 centuries in ODIs and 2nd fastest overall.

Fastest cricketer to reach 15 centuries in ODIs

Fastest cricketer to reach 20 centuries in ODIs

Most runs in a calendar year

Most ODI runs by an Indian cricketer in 2010

Most ODI runs by an Indian cricketer in 2011

Most ODI runs by an Indian cricketer in 2012

Most ODI runs by an Indian cricketer in 2013

Most ODI runs in the calendar year 2011

Most Test runs by an Indian cricketer in 2012

Most centuries

Most ODI centuries in 2010 by an Indian cricketer

Most ODI centuries in 2011 by an Indian cricketer

Most ODI centuries in 2012

Captaincy records

First Test captain in cricket history to score three centuries in first three innings. He bettered Greg Chappell's record of scoring a century each in his first two innings as skipper.

Awards

2014 ICC World Twenty20 Player of the Tournament.

ICC ODI Player of the Year 2012

Ceat International Cricketer of the Year 2013-14

Peoples Choice Awards for Favorite Sportsperson of the Year 2012

Arjuna Award 2013:

The Arjuna Awards are given by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. Instituted in 1961, the award carries a cash prize of INR 500,000, a bronze statuette of Arjuna and a scroll.

Over the years the scope of the award has been expanded and a large number of sports persons who belonged to the pre-Arjun Award era were also included in the list. Further, the number of disciplines for which the award is given was increased to include indigenous games and the physically handicapped category.