Virat Kohli is a popular Indian international cricketer and the former captain of the Indian national cricket team. He is considered one of the best batsmen in the world.
He has also been the captain of the 2008 World Cup cricket-winning team under the age of 19 years. He has been the team’s captain for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL) since 2013.
He won the 2011 Cricket World Cup with the Indian team and was named player of the tournament at the ICC World T20 in 2014 and 2016. In 2018 he was the third cricketer ever to be awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna.
ESPN lists him as one of the most famous athletes worldwide. In 2018 he was named one of the 100 Most Influential Personalities by Time, and one of the most valuable athlete brands by Forbes.
In 2020, Kohli was ranked 66th in the Forbes list of the top 100 highest-paid athletes in the world for the year 2020 with estimated earnings of $26 million. In March 2021, Virat Kohli became the first Asian celebrity to reach 100 million followers on Instagram.
Virat Kohli Age / Wiki
| Born | 5 November 1988, Delhi, India |
| Nickname | King Kohli, Chase Master, and Run Machine |
| Age | 35 Years Old |
| Zodiac Sign | Sagittarius |
| Education | Vishal Bharti Public School in Delhi |
| Profession | Cricketer, Actor, and Model |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Ethnicity | Punjabi Khatri sub-caste |
| Wife |  Anushka Sharma (Indian Actress) |
| Children | Daughter: Vamika Kohli |
| Parents | Father: Prem Kohli Mother: Saroj Kohli |
| Siblings | Vikas Kohli (Brother) Bhawna Kohli Dhingra (Sister) |
| Net Worth | $126 Million (As of 2023) In Rupees: ₹1050 Crore |
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Virat Kohli Height and Weight
| Height | 5 Feet 8 Inches 1.76 Meters 176 Centimeters |
| Weight | 70 Kilograms 154 Pounds |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Eye Color | Brown |
| Tattoo | Yes |
| Piercing | No |
| Body Measurements | Unknown |
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Virat Kohli Biography
Virat Kohli was born on 5 November 1988 in New Delhi into a Punjabi Hindu family. His father Prem Ji Kohli was a lawyer, his mother, Saroj Kohli was a housewife and he has two siblings older brother, Vikas Kohli, and an older sister, Bhavna. Kohli received his basic education from Vishal Bharti School.
At the age of 9, he was accepted into the newly founded West Delhi Cricket Academy. From 2002 he played in the Delhi Under-15 team and was their captain in his second season. In 2004 he was promoted to the Under-17 team in Delhi and in July 2006 played his first tour with the Indian Under-19 national team in England.
In September of that year, he went on a tour with the team in Pakistan. He made his first-class cricket debut at the age of 18 for Delhi against Tamil Nadu in November 2006. In December 2006, his father died while Kohli was playing against Karnataka in the Ranji Trophy.
In the Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2008 in Malaysia, he won with the Indian team as its captain. He was able to achieve 235 runs, making him the third-best batsman in the tournament. This success enabled him to receive a Border-Gavaskar scholarship to train in Australia for six weeks.
Virat Kohli Personal Life
In 2013, Virat and Anushka started dating each other. The relationship received huge media attention. The two finally got married on 11 December 2017 in a private ceremony in the city of Milan, Italy, which they both confirmed on their Twitter handle.
On 11 January 2021, Anushka gave birth to a baby girl, Vamika Kholi. In 2018, Kohli turned vegetarian after suffering from a cervical spine issue caused by high uric acid levels in his body.
International Cricket Career
In August 2008, he was surprisingly nominated for the first time for the national team for the tour in Sri Lanka. There he had his first ODI at the age of 19 national team debut, as Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag were actually used as an opening batsman was injured. During the fourth ODI, he scored his first fifty with 54 runs.
Then he was nominated after Shikhar Dhawan was injured for the India A-team to play an unofficial test series in Australia. In addition to this tour, he completed national games before November 2008 for the tour against England was nominated on which was not used.
Nevertheless, he got a Grade D contract from the Indian association BCCI and thus his first central contract. For the next tour in Sri Lanka, he was not nominated. He slipped back into the Indian team for a three-nation tournament in Sri Lanka in September 2009, this time due to the injury of Gautam Gambhir.
At the following ICC Champions Trophy 2009, he replaced Yuvraj Singh in the Indian team. In the last and insignificant group game against the West Indies, he scored 79* runs and was named Man of the Match for the first time.
Widely active as an injury replacement, he played in the individual games on the Tour against Australia in October 2009 and was chosen for the Tour against Sri Lanka nomination. In the first two games, he scored 27 and 54 runs before making way for the recovered Yuvraj Singh in the third.
When this was finally canceled due to a finger injury, Kohli scored his first ODI-Century in the fourth game with 107 runs. The Man of the Match award in this game was first given to his teammate Gautam Gambhir, who scored 150 runs.
However, he passed it on to Kohli, as he benefited from attacking the bowlers Kohli during the joint 224 Run Partnership. In the three-nation tournament in Bangladesh in January 2010 he was against Bangladesh his second Century (102 * Runs) and became the best batsman of the tournament with 275 runs.
At the three-nation tournament in Zimbabwe in 2010, he was named vice-captain of the team, also because numerous other established players of the Indian team refused to participate. On the following tour in Zimbabwe, he completed his first T20 International cricket match.
2011 Cricket World Cup
Virat Kohli was more favored than Suresh Raina in the 2011 Cricket World Cup and became the first Indian cricketer to score a century in his World Cup debut match. He scored 59 runs against the West Indies and shared a 122-run partnership with Yuvraj Singh.
His 83-run partnership for the third wicket with Gautam Gambhir played a key role in India’s winning chase against Sri Lanka in the final. He scored 242 runs in 6 innings at the 2011 World Cup at an average of 35.25.
2015 Cricket World Cup
In the first match of the 2015 Cricket World Cup, Virat scored a century against the Pakistan cricket team. He was dismissed by scoring 108 runs. In the second match, he scored 4 runs against Africa and was dismissed by scoring runs. He scored a total of 305 runs at an average of 50.43 throughout the tournament, including a century.
IPL Career
In March 2008, Kohli was bought by Indian Premier League franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore on a youth contract for $30,000. He had an indifferent 2008 season, scoring 165 runs in 12 innings at an average of 15.5 and a strike rate of 105.09.
He did slightly better in the second season in which he scored 246 runs at an average of 22.36, standing at 112, while his team advanced him to the finals. In the 2010 season, Kohli became the third-highest run-scorer for his team at an average of 30.90 and improved his strike rate to 144.81.
In the 2013 season After Daniel Vettori’s retirement, Kohli was appointed as the captain of the Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Virat Kohli Net Worth
According to Forbes, Virat Kohli’s net worth is $119 million approximately ₹900 crores as of 2021. His salary from BCCI is ₹7 crores or $925,730 per annum. In 2013, Kohli’s brand endorsements were worth more than $14 million (₹1 billion). In 2017, he signed an endorsement deal with Puma worth over $15 million (₹1.1 billion).
In 2014, American Appraisal estimated Kohli’s brand value at $56.4 million placing him fourth on the list of India’s most valued celebrity brands.
Virat Kohli Quotes
- The Cricket bat is not a toy, it is a weapon. It gives me everything in life, which helps me to do everything on the field. – Virat Kohli
- I get really motivated whenever I put on the India jersey. It is a responsibility, so I want to perform in the best way I can. – Virat Kohli
- On the field, aggression can sometimes be a positive emotion. It boosts performance and can lift your game. But over the years, I have learned that restrained aggression is a better animal. That way, you will conserve your energy and won’t spend yourself quickly. – Virat Kohli
- I always dreamt of holding the bat and winning games for India. That was my inspiration to take up cricket. – Virat Kohli
- My superhero has always been Tendulkar, and it will be Tendulkar for life. He is someone who has inspired me immensely. Just watching him play for India, I used to dream of winning games for India, because he used to do it single-handedly. – Virat Kohli
- A fit body gives you confidence. And there is nothing more impressive than a great attitude, which you can wear on your sleeve. But you will have to remember the difference between being rude and being confident. – Virat Kohli