Everything you want to know about Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli is an Indian cricketer who plays for India national cricket team. He was born in Delhi, India on November 5, 1988. Virat is the first player in ICC cricket history to win all 3 ICC awards in a single year . The awards being ICC ODI player of the year, ICC Test player of the year and ICC Player of the year award in 2018. He is one of the best batsmen in the world.

Kohli first came into the limelight in 2008, when he led the Indian U-19 cricket team to victory in 2008 U-19 Cricket World Cup . He soon made his debut for the Indian team in August 2008. during a ODI match against in Sri Lanka. Virat also became one of the valuable Indian captain in Test cricket with 27 test wins. 12 of them being overseas and highest winning percentage as captain in both Tests and ODIs. Kohli ranked eighth in ESPN’s list of world’s most famous sportspeople in 2016. Virat is the only current player to have a stand named after him in Delhi Firoz Shah Kotla stadium. It is made to honour his immaculate contributions to Indian cricket.

Virat Kohli was born on 5 November 1988 in New Delhi into a Punjabi Hindu family. His father, Prem Kohli, worked as a criminal lawyer and his mother, Saroj Kohli, is a homemaker. He has an older brother, Vikash, and an older sister, Bhavna.

Kohli was raised in Uttam Nagar and started his schooling at Vishal Bharti Public School. Kohli trained at the academy under Rajkumar Sharma and also played matches at the Sumeet Dogra Academy at Vasundhara Enclave at the same time. In ninth grade, he shifted to Saviour Convent in Paschim Vihar to help his cricket practice. His family lived in Meera Bagh until 2015 when they moved to Gurgaon.