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Virat Kohli

Kohli in 2023

Personal information

Born

5 November 1988 (age 36)
Delhi, India

Nickname

Cheeku ^[a]
King Kohli ^[2]

Height

5 ft 9 in (175 cm)^[3]

Batting

Right-handed

Bowling

Right-arm medium

Role

Top-order batter

Relations

Anushka Sharma

(m. 2017)

Website

VK Foundation

International information\n

National side

India (2008\u2013present)

Test debut (cap 269)

20 June 2011 v West Indies

Last Test

30 December 2024 v Australia

ODI debut (cap 175)

18 August 2008 v Sri Lanka

Last ODI

7 August 2024 v Sri Lanka

ODI shirt no.

T20I debut (cap 31)

12 June 2010 v Zimbabwe

Last T20I

29 June 2024 v South Africa

T20I shirt no.

Domestic team information\n

Years

Team

2006\u2013present

Delhi

2008\u2013present

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Career statistics

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Competition	Test	ODI	T20I	FC
Matches	123	295	125	145
Runs scored	9,230	13,906	4,188	11097
Batting average	46.85	58.18	48.69	50.21
100s/50s	30/31	50/72	1/38	36/38
Top score	254\"	183	122\"	254\"
Balls bowled	175	662	152	643
Wickets	0	5	4	3
Bowling average	\u2013	136.00	51.00	112.66
5 wickets in innings	\u2013	0	0	0
10 wickets in match	\u2013	0	0	0
Best bowling	\u2013	1/13	1/13	1/19
Catches/stumpings	120/\u2013	152/\u2013	54/\u2013	142/\u2013

Medal record

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Men's cricket \n
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Representing $\"\"$ India\n
ODI World Cup\n
$\"First$	2011 India / Bangladesh / Sri Lanka	\n
$\"Second$	2023 India	\n
T20 World Cup\n
$\"First$	2024 West Indies / United States	\n
$\"Second$	2014 Bangladesh	\n
World Test Championship\n
$\"Second$	2021 England	\n
$\"Second$	2023 England	\n
Champions Trophy\n
$\"First$	2013 England / Wales	\n
$\"Second$	2017 England / Wales	\n
Asia Cup\n
$\"First$	2010 Sri Lanka	\n
$\"First$	2016 Bangladesh	\n
$\"First$	2023 Pakistan / Sri Lanka	\n
U19 World Cup\n
$\"First$	2008 Malaysia	\n

Source: ESPN Cric Info, 8 August 2024

Virat Kohli (Hindi pronunciation: [\u028b\u026a\u02c8\u027e\u0251\u02d0\u0288 \u02c8ko\u02d0\u0266li] ^\u24d8; born 5 November 1988) is an Indian international cricketer who plays Test and ODI cricket for the Indian national team. A former captain in all formats of the game, Kohli retired from the T20I format following India's win at the 2024 T20 World Cup. He's a right-handed batsman and an occasional unorthodox right arm medium pace bowler. Kohli holds the highest IPL run-scorer record, ranks third in T20I, third in ODI, and stands the fourth-highest in international cricket.^[4] Regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time, he also holds the record for scoring the most centuries in ODI cricket and is second in the list of most international centuries scored in international cricket.^[5]\n

Kohli was a member of the Indian team that won the 2008 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, 2011 Cricket World Cup, 2013 Champions Trophy and 2024 T20 World Cup and also captained India to win the ICC Test mace three consecutive times in 2017, 2018, and 2019.^[6] He represents Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Indian Premier League and Delhi in domestic cricket.\n

In 2013, Kohli was ranked number one in the ODI batsmen ICC rankings. In 2015, he also achieved the same for T20I rankings.^[7] In 2018, he was ranked the top Test batsman, making him the only Indian cricketer to hold the number one spot in all three formats. He is the first player to score 20,000 runs in a decade. In 2020, the ICC named him the male cricketer of the decade.^[8]\n

Kohli has garnered 10 ICC Awards making him the most awarded player in International Cricket history. He won the ICC ODI Player of the Year award four times in 2012, 2017, 2018, and 2023. He also won the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy, given to the ICC Cricketer of the Year, on two occasions, in 2017 and 2018 respectively. In 2018, he became the first player to win both ICC ODI and Test Player of the Year awards in the same year. Also, he was named the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for three consecutive years, from 2016 to 2018. Kohli has the most Player of the Series awards and second most Player of the Match awards to his name in all three formats combined. He was honoured with the Arjuna Award in 2013, the Padma Shri in 2017, and India's highest sporting honour, the Khel Ratna Award, in 2018. In 2018, Time magazine included him on its list of the 100 most influential people in the world.\n

After winning the 2024 T20 World Cup and the Player of the Match in the Final, Kohli announced his retirement from T20Is.^[9]\n

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Awards\n
Preceded by Kumar Sangakkara \n	ICC ODI Player of the Year 2012\n	Succeeded by Kumar Sangakkara \n
Preceded by Ravichandran Ashwin \n	Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy 2017\u20132018\n	Succeeded by Ben Stokes \n
Preceded by Quinton de Kock \n	ICC ODI Player of the Year 2017\u20132018\n	Succeeded by Rohit Sharma \n
Preceded by Steve Smith \n	ICC Test Player of the Year 2018\n	Succeeded by Pat Cummins \n
Preceded by Babar Azam \n	ICC ODI Player of the Year 2023\n	Succeeded by \u2013 \n

Early life

Career

2008\u20132009: Debut and maiden stint

Player profile

Comparisons to Sachin Tendulkar

Playing style

Aggression

Public and media image

Personal life

Investments & philanthropy

Commercial investments

Philanthropy

Performance summary

Test match performance

ODI match performance

T20I match performance

List of records

Test records

ODI records

T20I records

IPL records

Awards and honours

National

International

Others

Gallery

See also

Notes

References

Bibliography

External links

Virat Kohli

Talks

18 December, 2006