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Virat Kohli, Right-handed batsman represents in all format. Made his International debut against Zimbabwe in 2012 and represents in all formats of game. For more details check out below for Virat Kohli Wiki, biography, age, profile, bio date, Height, weight, Girlfriend, caste, wife, family and more.

Virat Kohli (Cricketer) Wiki, Age, Height, Caste, Girlfriend

Biography
Real Name Virat Kohli
Nickname Cheeku, VK
Profession Cricket
Category Sports
Physical Stats & More
Height in m 1.75 m
Height in Feet Inches 5.9′
Weight in Kg 72kg
Personal Life
Date of Birth 5 November 1988
Age 28 Years
Birth Place Delhi
Nationality India
Hometown Delhi
Married No
Family
Parents Father – Late Prem Kohli


Mother – Saroj Kohli


Brother – Vikas Kohli (Elder)


Sister – Bhavna Kohli (Elder)
Spouse/Affairs Anushka Sharma
Son/Daughter

Virat Kohli Family & Earlier Life:

Kohli was born on 5 November 1988 in Delhi into a Punjabi family. His father, Prem Kohli, worked as a criminal lawyer and his mother, Saroj Kohli, is a housewife. He has an elder brother, Vikash, and an elder sister, Bhavna. When he was three-years old, Kohli would pick up a cricket bat, start swinging it and ask his father to bowl at him.

He was studied at Vishal Bharti Public School, Delhi. Kohli trained at the academy under Rajkumar Sharma and also played matches at the Sumeet Dogra Academy at Vasundhara Enclave at the same time. Kohli’s family lived in Meera Bagh until 2015 when they moved to Gurgaon. Kohli’s father died on 18 December 2006 due to brain stroke after being bed-ridden for a month.

In July 2006, Kohli was selected in the India Under-19 squad on its tour of England. In February–March 2008, Kohli captained the victorious Indian team at the 2008 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup held in Malaysia.

Facts about Virat Kohli:

Teams Played For: Delhi, Royal Challengers Bangalore, India.

– Kohli first played for Delhi Under-15 team in October 2002 in the 2002–03 Polly Umrigar Trophy.

– The Indian Premier League franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore bought Virat Kohli for $30,000 on a youth contract.

– He made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka on 18 August 2008.

– Kohli was included in the squad for the home ODI series against England in November 2008 but was not given a chance to play, due to the inclusion of Tendulkar and Sehwag in the team.

– He batted at number 4 for India in the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy because of an injury to Yuvraj Singh.

– Virat Kohli scored his first ODI century against Sri Lanka at Kolkata.

– He made his T20I debut against Zimbabwe at Harare and scored an unbeaten 26.

– Virat was the part of 2011 World Cup winning squad of India.

– He won the ICC ODI Player of the Award in 2012.

– In 2013, He took over the captaincy of RCB team after Vettori’s retirement.

– Kohli became the first captain to score an double century in overseas.

– He is the first ever batsman to score double centuries in four consecutive series in Tests. He got those against West Indies(200), New Zealand (211), England (235) and Bangladesh (204),

– In 2015, After Dhoni’s retirement from Test cricket, he became captain for Indian Test Team.

– Early 2017, Kohli took over the limited-over captaincy from the Ms Dhoni.

– He was given the Arjuna Award (2013) and Padma Shri Award (2017) by the Government of India.

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