Virat Kohli is an Indian cricketer as well as the current captain of the India nationwide group. A right-handed top-order batsman, Kohli is considered one of the very best contemporary batsmen worldwide. He bets Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier Organization, and has been the group’s captain considering that 2013.

November 5, 1988

age 32 years

Wiki/Bio

Real Name	Virat Kohli
Nickname(s)	Chikoo, Run Machine
Profession	Indian Cricketer (Batsman)

 Physical Appearances

Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 175 cm in meters- 1.75 m in Feet Inches- 5’ 9”
Eye Colour	Dark Brown
Hair Colour	Black

 Personal Life

Date of Birth	5 November 1988
Age (as of 2020)	32 Years
Birthplace	Delhi, India
Zodiac sign	Scorpio
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Delhi, India
School	Vishal Bharti Public School, Delhi Saviour Convent Senior Secondary School, Paschim Vihar, Delhi
Educational Qualification	12th standard
Family	Father- Late Prem Kohli (Criminal lawyer)   Mother– Saroj Kohli (Homemaker)   Sister– Bhawna Kohli (Elder) Brother– Vikas Kohli (Elder)
Religion	Hinduism
Caste	Khatri
Food Habit	Vegetarian (turned vegetarian in October 2019) [1]
Address	DLF City Phase-1, Block-C, Gurugram
Likes & Dislikes	Likes– Watching Roger Federer playing, watching old cricket videos, he likes Soccer and Tennis beside Cricket, Loves to drive, crazy for sushi (food), meeting old friends Dislikes– Too many guests at home, sitting idle for long time
Hobbies	Workout, travelling, singing, dancing
Controversies	In 2011, Kohli on his initial excursion to Australia, showed his middle finger to the Sydney group after they abused him when he was fielding the border at the border line during the 2nd Examination. In 2013, throughout a match in between Royal Challengers Bangalore, as well as Kolkata Knightriders in IPL 6, Kohli as well as Gautam Gambhir had a hideous squabble. After going out, as opposed to walking back, Kohli made some comments which agitated Gambhir, after which both began abusing each other until Rajat Bhatia intervened. Before the 2015 Globe Cup in Australia, the BCCI forbade the Indian gamers to stick with their partners, or partners during the Globe Cup. Yet according to records, Kohli was remaining in the same hotel where his partner Anushka Sharma was remaining. In 2016, Kohli abused a reporter after a session throughout the T20 World Mug, as Kohli thought that specific journalist had actually written a post concerning actress Anushka Sharma in the National Daily. Yet, later Kohli came to know that it was the wrong reporter, after which he asked forgiveness right away. Though Anil Kumble was named as the Indian cricket team train in June 2016, in very early 2017, there were several records that were doing rounds meaning distinctions in between Anil and also Virat Kohli. Nevertheless, before the Champions Prize 2017, when the BCCI released an ad for the blog post of males’s Indian cricket team instructor, Anil felt deeply hurt and determined to discontinue his mentoring job, and also on 21 June 2017, Anil offered his resignation from the post of the Indian cricket group coach.

Affairs, Family & More

Marital Status	Married
Affairs/Girlfriends	Sarah-Jane Dias (Actress, rumour)   Sanjana (Model, Actress, rumour)   Tamannaah Bhatia (Actress, rumour)   Izabelle Leite (Brazilian model, rumour)   Mansha Bahl (Model, Actress)   Anushka Sharma (Actress)
Wife/Spouse	Anushka Sharma
Marriage Date	11 December 2017
Children	On 11 January 2021, Virat and his wife, Anushka, blessed with a baby girl, Vamika.

 Cricket Career

International Debut	ODI- 18 August 2008 against Sri Lanka at Dambulla Test- 20 June 2011 against West Indies at Kingston T20 – 12 June 2010 against Zimbabwe at Harare
Jersey Number	#18 (India) #18 (IPL)
Domestic/State Team	Delhi, India Red, Royal Challengers Bangalore
Nature on field	Very Aggressive
Likes to play against	Pakistan, Australia
Favourite Shot	Cover Drive, Flick Shot
Records (main ones)	First Indian to rack up a century on Globe Mug debut (2011 ). Third Indian to make 2 ODI hundreds by the age of 22 (after Sachin Tendulkar & Suresh Raina). Fastest Indian to complete 1000, 3000, 4000, as well as 5000 runs in ODI cricket. Fastest century by an Indian (of 52 spheres against Australia at Jaipur, India in 2013). Fastest to rack up 25 ODI tons. Fastest to reach 7,500 ODI runs. 3rd gamer to score 3 double hundreds in a fiscal year after Don Bradman and Ricky Ponting. Shares the record of 4 dual hundreds with such of Don Bradman, Graeme Smith, Michael Clarke. First Indian captain to sign up 9 Test wins in a calendar year. First Indian captain to register 5 successive Test series victories. First Indian to aggregate over 1000 Test runs in a calendar year after Rahul Dravid, that made 1145 runs in 2011. The highest possible rating of 235 in Examinations is the greatest score by an Indian captain in Examinations. First Indian Examination skipper to rack up a dual century in an abroad Test. A lot of runs in IPL in a single period (973 runs in IPL 9-2016). The majority of hundreds in IPL in a year (4 ). The fastest to 10,000 ODI runs as well as reached the mark in 205 innings. The very first Indian to score 3 successive centuries in ODI cricket. The fastest gamer to 19,000 runs in international cricket The greatest run-scorer by any type of Indian Captain. He achieved the task on 19 January 2020 while betting Australia in Bengaluru. He racked up 11208 runs as captain, which is one of the most by any Indian. He exceeded previous skipper MS Dhoni, who amassed 11207 runs as captain. While Dhoni took 330 innings to score 11,208 runs, Kohli surpassed him in just 199 innings as captain. Mohammad Azharuddin (8095) is 3rd on the list followed by Sourav Ganguly (7643 ).
Career Turning Point	When he captained India’s victorious 2008 World Cup Under-19 side in Malaysia.
Coach/Mentor	Raj Kumar Sharma

 Favourite Things

Cricketer(s)	Batsman : Sachin Tendulkar, Chris Gayle, Shane Watson, David Warner, Joe Root, Herschelle Gibbs Bowler : Shane Warne
Cricket Ground	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia
Cricket Commentator	Harsha Bhogle
Food	Salmon, Sushi, Lamb Chops
Actor(s)	Aamir Khan, Johnny Depp, Robert Downey Jr.
Actresses	Penelope Cruz, Aishwarya Rai, Kareena Kapoor, Katrina Kaif
Film(s)	Bollywood: Border, Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar, Ishq, 3 Idiots Hollywood: Rocky 4, Iron Man, Southpaw
TV Show(s)	American: Homeland, Narcos, Breaking Bad
Musician(s)	Asrar, Eminem
Car	Aston Martin
Book	Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
Basketball Player	Kobe Bryant

 Style Quotient

Cars Collection

Audi Q7, Audi S6, Audi R8 V10, Audi R8 LMX, Audi A8L W12 Quattro, Toyota Fortuner

 Money Factor

Salary (as in 2020)	Retainer Fee: Rs. 7 crore Test Fee: Rs. 15 lakh ODI Fee: Rs. 6 lakh T20 Fee: Rs. 3 lakh IPL 11: Rs. 17 crore
Income (as in 2020)	60 Crore
Net Worth (approx.)	$ 125 Million

The Virat Kohli-led team emerged as the winner with a bid that came to Rs 14.25 crore or USD 1.96 million.

Virat Kohli Net Worth Growth In Last 5 Years

Net Worth in 2021	$ 125 Million
Net Worth in 2020	$ 110 Million
Net Worth in 2019	$ 95 Million
Net Worth in 2018	$ 82 Million
Net Worth in 2017	$ 65 Million

Biography/Career

Virat Kohli is an epic Indian global cricketer. Presently, he is the captain of Indian cricket group. Because of his amazing efficiency in the field, he is regularly considered as one of the leading batsmen worldwide. Virat Kohli additionally bets Indian Premier Organization (IPL) for Royal Oppositions Bangalore group.
Virat Kohli is the son of Saroj Kohli and Prem. He has an older sister and brother named Bhavna and also Vikash. He completed his institution education and learning from Rescuer Convent Senior Secondary School and Vishal Bharti Public College. Kohli is married to renowned Bollywood starlet Anushka Sharma. Virat as well as Anushka tied their knot on 11th December, 2017 in Florence, Italy.
Virat Kohli made his initial debut in ODIs against Sri Lanka in 2008 Idea Mug. He scored his half-century of 54 runs, in fourth match and sustained India to win that collection. This was likewise the very first ODI collection win of Indian team versus Sri Lanka. Virat played in ICC Champions Trophy 2009 as well as obtained a possibility to play in 4th ODI once Sri Lanka toured India in the year 2009. He scored his first century of ODI, making India to win that collection 3– 1. In the year 2010, Kohli was chosen as vice-captain of India for Tri-series versus Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. He became the fastest player to score greater than 1000 runs in One Day International cricket in this collection. In the year 2010, Virat was India’s leading run-scorer with 995 runs, consisting of off 3 centuries from 25 matches with 47.38 of standard.
In the year 2011, Virat Kohli was chosen over Suresh Raina in Cricket World Cup and also emerged as the very first Indian gamer to score a launching century in World Cup. Amidst January 2009 and September 2011, Virat was India’s second top marker in Eventually International with 1994 go for 47.47 of average. He attained his job’s second spot in ICC Gamer Rankings for ODI batters after India-Sri Lanka series in the year 2012. He was nominated as ‘ODI Cricketer of the Year’ at ICC yearly feature held in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
He was chosen as vice-captain of Eventually International team in the year 2012. Since, he has leaded the Indian group a number of times in the absence of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Virat Kohli was additionally handed-over Test Matches captaincy after MS Dhoni professed his retirement in the year 2014.

 

Some Lesser Facts About Virat Kohli

• Does Virat Kohli smoke?: Not Known
• Does Virat Kohli drink alcohol?: Yes
• Since the age of 3, Virat was captivated by cricket.

 

• When he was 9 1/2 years old, his daddy took him to Raj Kumar Sharma‘s West Delhi Cricket Academy.
• In 2003, his instructor Raj Kumar Sharma had invited Ashish Nehra to his academy, where he awarded young Kohli as he was the highest run-scorer for Delhi in the 2002-2003 Polly Umrigar Prize, with 172 perform at an average of 40.
• His nickname ‘Chikoo’ was offered by his Delhi State instructor Ajit Chaudhary in his childhood years days.
• His favourite topic was ‘Background’, as well as he used to despise ‘Maths.’.
• In 2006, his daddy passed away of a brain stroke, however the really next day after his papa’s death, he played a match-saving knock for Delhi versus Karnataka, where he scored 90
• He never ever had any backup prepare for his future as he constantly intended to be a cricketer.
• He has a number of superstitious notions. He wears black wristbands, and always remembers to wear his ‘Kada’ prior to his suits.
• He is terrified of heights.
• He doesn’t such as to have lengthy conversions on the
• He always wears black wristbands for superstitious factors.
• He is really aggressive along with a psychological person, he sobs when he obtains distressed. He was seen weeping on the area when India did not receive the semi-finals in 2012‘s T20 Globe cup.
• He won the ICC ODI Player of the Year Honor in 2012.
  In 2012, he was called as one of the 10 best dressed international males.
• He was given the Arjuna Honor (2013) and also Padma Shri Honor (2017) by the Federal Government of India.
• The exact same year, he was appointed the first brand name ambassador of Boundary Security Force (BSF).
• He is a significant fan of Swiss tennis ace Roger Federer. He is additionally the co-owner of the ‘UAE Royals’ Global Premier Tennis League group.
• He loves tattoos as well as his count of tattoos keeps raising. The first on his left shoulder is ‘God’s eye’ which is an icon of the power of seeing and also recognizing that which is unknown and also unknowable. Second on his left shoulder is ‘Japanese Samurai warrior’ which is a symbol of living the life based upon loyalty to one’s master, self technique and respectful, moral behavior. Third on his left arm is a ‘Monastery’ which is an icon of a place of peace and also power. Fourth on his left arm is ‘Lord Shiva in meditation with Mount Kailash as well as Mansarovar lake.’ 5th on his best bicep is a ‘Scorpion’ which is his Zodiac sign.

 

• He has a restaurant in Delhi called’ ‘.
• He is a respectable singer, and also in 2016, a video clip of him singing “Jo Wada Kiya Hai Nibhana Padhega” had gone viral.
• He is an absolutely figured out sportsperson, who is not just concentrated on his cricketing abilities but also in the direction of physical fitness, for which he is idolised by numerous. Go here to see Virat Kohli’s physical fitness keys!
• On 11 December 2017, Virat as well as Anushka got wed in a private event in Tuscany, Italy. More details below!
• On 25 September 2018, the Federal government of India gave Virat Kohli with the distinguished Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.
• In October 2019, he disclosed that he had actually turned vegan as well as said that after turning vegetarian, he was feeling better and also happy. Taking to Twitter Kohli created,.
• Throughout India’s trip of England in 2014, Kohli scored an average of 5 runs in ten innings with 1, 8, 25, 0, 39, 28, 0,7, 6, and also 20 runs in five Examinations, as well as hereafter clumsy efficiency, he went into anxiety; Kohli revealed this while conversating with previous England player Mark Nicholas on his ‘Not Just Cricket’ podcast, he stated,
• .“ You just do not comprehend how to get over it. That was a phase when I essentially couldn’t do anything to overturn points … I seemed like I was the loneliest individual worldwide.”