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- ICC , ODI player of the year, ICC Test player of the year and ICC Player of the year award in 2018. He is rated as one of the best
batsmen
in the
world
.
[3]
[4]
[5]
He plays right handed-batting. He is considered as one of the greatest batsmen of all time.
[6]
In ODIs, he boasts an average of 65.5 runs when batting second and 51.7 runs when batting first.
[7]
Kohli's playing style is widely regarded as aggressive, a trait that extends to his leadership on the field. Kohli is known as a skilled batsman who plays with determination and energy. In one-day cricket, he usually bats at number three and stands with his chest slightly open and holds the bottom of his bat firmly. He's praised for his quick footwork, wide range of shots, and his talent for leading innings, especially in high-pressure situations. Instead of trying to hit big shots, Kohli prefers to play safe shots close to the ground. People admire his ability to make wrist shots and consistently perform well in the mid-wicket and cover areas. Kohli is known for his composed batting technique and
versatility
in his play. He scores runs between long-off and long-on with an aligned bat, while also possessing the ability to display a destructive streak. His combination of bat-speed and supple wrist movements enable him to craft innovative angles that disrupt traditional field positioning.
[8]
However, Kohli has a known vulnerability to deliveries that are wide of the off-stump.
[9]
Bowlers often make use of this weakness by targeting him with such deliveries, especially in Test and ODl matches. This weakness has resulted in Kohli's dismissal on many occasions. Cricket experts such as
VVS Laxman
and former Indian cricketer
Sanjay Manjrekar
have acknowledged this weakness,
[10]
and former New Zealand cricketer
Richard Hadlee
has also noted that Kohli is particularly exposed to out-swinging deliveries.
[11]
Virat 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
Sri Lanka
.
[12]
In 2013, Kohli reached the number one spot in the
ICC
rankings for ODI batsmen for the first time.
[13]
Virat also became one of the valuable Indian captain in Test cricket with 40 test wins, 16 of which came overseas and gained highest winning percentage as captain in both Tests and ODIs. Kohli was ranked eighth in
ESPN
's list of world's most famous
sportspeople
in 2016.
[14]
Virat is the only current player to have a stand named after him in Delhi's Firoz Shah Kotla stadium to Honour his contributions to Indian cricket. Kohli won ICC Test Player of the Year and ICC ODI Player of the Year awards in 2018, becoming the first player to win both awards in the same year.
[15]
Kohli is rated as one of India's best cricket captains in terms of wins and winning percentages. He is ranked the 4th best captain for India of all time. He is the highest run scorer in T20 cricket for all time,
[16]
the 5th best in ODI cricket
[17]
and 23th best in Test's for all time as of 2023.
[18]
ICC Ranking
Ranking
|
ODI
|
Test
|
T20
|
Rating
|
719
|
705
|
612
|
Position
|
8
|
13
|
14
|
Best
|
Rating
|
911
|
937
|
897
|
Position
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1st
|
2008
|
2019
|
2010
|
2013
|
2017
|
2018
|
Match records(Win/Losses)
ODI
|
Test
|
T20
|
153
|
50
|
100 apporx
|
ODI
(caps)
|
Test
(caps)
|
T20
(caps)
|
65/30
|
68/40
|
30/20
|
2020 - present
|
18/14
|
12/9
[19]
|
7/2
|
In 2013, Kohli established the "Virat Kohli Foundation" with a philanthropic objective to support underprivileged children. Kohli is committed to helping kids have a better future by using sports programs. He also uses his connections and partnerships to help people who are left out or don't have much in society.
[20]
He started dating
Bollywood
actress
Anushka Sharma
in 2013. They got married on 11 December 2017 in
Florence
,
Italy
.
[21]
[22]
The couple had their first child, a daughter named
Vamika
born on 11 January 2021.
[23]
- Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy
(ICC Men's Cricketer of the Decade):
2011?2020
[27]
- Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy
(ICC Cricketer of the Year):
2017
,
[28]
2018
[29]
- ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Decade
: 2011?2020
[30]
- ICC ODI Player of the Year
: 2012,
[31]
2017,
[28]
2018,
[29]
2023
[32]
- ICC Test Player of the Year
: 2018
[29]
- ICC ODI Team of the Year
: 2012,
[33]
2014, 2016 (captain),
[34]
2017 (captain),
[28]
2018 (captain),
[29]
2019 (captain),
[35]
2023
[36]
- ICC Test Team of the Year
: 2017 (captain),
[28]
2018 (captain),
[29]
2019 (captain)
[35]
- ICC Men's T20I Team of the Year
: 2022
[37]
- ICC Spirit of Cricket
: 2019
[38]
- ICC Men's Test Team of the Decade
: 2011?2020 (captain)
[39]
- ICC Men's ODI Team of the Decade
: 2011?2020
[40]
- ICC Men's T20I Team of the Decade
: 2011?2020
[40]
- Polly Umrigar Award
for International Cricketer of the Year: 2011?12, 2014?15, 2015?16, 2016?17, 2017?18
[41]
- Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World
: 2016, 2017, 2018
[42]
- ICC Men's Player of the Month
: October 2022
[43]
- CEAT International Cricketer of the Year
: 2011?12, 2013?14,
[44]
2017? 18, 2018?19
[45]
- Indian Premier League
Orange Cap
for most runs: 2016
[46]
- Barmy Army
? International Player of Year: 2017, 2018
[47]
- ESPNcricinfo
? ODI Batting Performance of the Year: 2012
[48]
- ↑
"Chase master Virat Kohli surpasses Sachin Tendulkar for this record"
.
The Times of India
. 9 October 2023.
- ↑
"See Who Is The Tallest Player In The Indian Team"
.
Cricket Addictor
. 8 January 2022.
Archived
from the original on 13 May 2021
. Retrieved
6 January
2024
.
- ↑
"ICC World Twenty20: Virat Kohli best batsman in the world, says Sunil Gavaskar"
. India Today
. Retrieved
18 July
2016
.
- ↑
"Kohli is world's best batsman: Wasim Akram"
. The Express Tribune
. Retrieved
18 July
2016
.
- ↑
"Kohli the best in the world: Waugh"
. cricket.com.au
. Retrieved
18 July
2016
.
- ↑
*
"ICC World Twenty20: Virat Kohli best batsman in the world, says Sunil Gavaskar"
.
India Today
.
Archived
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. Retrieved
13 July
2016
.
- ↑
"Statistics / Statsguru / V Kohli / One-Day Internationals"
. ESPNcricinfo.
Archived
from the original on 18 October 2022
. Retrieved
8 March
2024
.
- ↑
"The Kohli method"
.
ESPNcricinfo
. Retrieved
2023-09-13
.
- ↑
Gardner, Ben (2018-07-31).
"Analysis: The evolving genius of Virat Kohli (and how to stop him)"
.
Wisden
. Retrieved
2023-09-13
.
- ↑
Prabhu, Anuj Nitin (2021-09-01).
"
"Virat Kohli will need to work on his weakness outside off-stump"- VVS Laxman"
.
www.sportskeeda.com
. Retrieved
2023-09-13
.
- ↑
Dinakar, S. (2020-03-01).
"Richard Hadlee: Southee is Kohli's weakness"
.
Sportstar
. Retrieved
2023-09-13
.
- ↑
"Virat Kohli's debut in International Cricket"
.
www.sportskeeda.com
. 2014-06-26
. Retrieved
2019-02-22
.
- ↑
"Kohli becomes number-one ranked ODI batsman"
.
www.icc-cricket.com
. Retrieved
2023-09-13
.
- ↑
"ESPN's World Fame 100"
. ESPN
. Retrieved
13 July
2016
.
- ↑
"Kohli clean sweep of three major ICC awards"
.
www.icc-cricket.com
. Retrieved
2023-09-13
.
- ↑
"T20I matches | Batting records | Most runs in career"
.
ESPNcricinfo
. Retrieved
2023-09-13
.
- ↑
"Virat Kohli becomes fifth highest run scorer in ODI cricket"
.
The Economic Times
. 2023-01-15.
ISSN
0013-0389
. Retrieved
2023-09-13
.
- ↑
"Test matches | Batting records | Most runs in career"
.
ESPNcricinfo
. Retrieved
2023-09-13
.
- ↑
"All-round records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com"
.
Cricinfo
. Retrieved
2023-06-04
.
- ↑
"About Us ? Virat Kohli Foundation"
.
viratkohli.foundation
. Retrieved
2023-09-13
.
- ↑
"It's official: Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli are married"
.
The Express Tribune
. 11 December 2017.
Archived
from the original on 12 December 2017
. Retrieved
11 December
2017
.
- ↑
"Virat Kohli officially announces marriage to Anushka Sharma, Twitter goes berserk"
.
Hindustan Times
. 11 December 2017.
Archived
from the original on 12 December 2017
. Retrieved
11 December
2017
.
- ↑
"Virat Kohli Family: Parents, Siblings, Daughter, Wife ? Meet the Kohli Clan"
.
www.kreedon.com
. Retrieved
25 June
2023
.
- ↑
"Virat Kohli nominated for Arjuna Award"
.
The Indian Express
. 2013-04-30.
- ↑
"Virat Kohli receives Padma Shri Award at Rashtrapati Bhavan"
.
The Indian Express
. 31 March 2017.
Archived
from the original on 30 August 2017
. Retrieved
1 November
2017
.
- ↑
"Virat Kohli, Mirabai Chanu conferred with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award"
.
The Indian Express
. 25 September 2018
. Retrieved
26 October
2021
.
- ↑
Hoult, Nick; Wigmore, Tim (2019-12-28).
"Sports People of the Decade (Cricket): Virat Kohli and Ellyse Perry ? An Indian icon and the greatest women's cricketer of all time"
.
The Telegraph
.
ISSN
0307-1235
. Retrieved
2023-03-07
.
- ↑
28.0
28.1
28.2
28.3
"ICC Awards 2017 Complete List of Winners"
.
The Indian Express
. 2018-01-18
. Retrieved
2020-07-15
.
- ↑
29.0
29.1
29.2
29.3
29.4
"Virat Kohli becomes first cricketer in history to win ICC's Test, ODI and overall Player of the Year awards"
.
The Hindu
. Dubai. 2019-01-22.
ISSN
0971-751X
. Retrieved
2020-09-22
.
- ↑
"Virat Kohli bags two top honours at the ICC Awards"
.
ICC-cricket
. Retrieved
28 December
2020
.
- ↑
Davies, Will (17 Sep 2012).
"Virat Kohli Named ODI Cricketer of the Year"
.
The Wall Street Journal
. Retrieved
1 Feb
2023
.
- ↑
"Cummins, Sciver-Brunt named ICC Cricketers of the Year"
.
ESPNcricinfo
. 25 January 2024.
Archived
from the original on 25 January 2024
. Retrieved
27 January
2024
.
- ↑
"Virat Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni named in the ICC ODI team of the year"
.
Times of India
. 14 September 2012
. Retrieved
11 March
2021
.
- ↑
"Virat Kohli captain of ICC ODI team of 2016"
.
The Hindu
. 22 December 2016
. Retrieved
23 October
2021
.
- ↑
35.0
35.1
"Kohli named captain of ICC's ODI and Test teams of the year"
.
The Hindu
. 2020-01-15.
ISSN
0971-751X
. Retrieved
2023-07-05
.
- ↑
"World Cup finalists feature in Men's ODI Team of the Year"
.
icc-cricket.com
. 23 January 2024
. Retrieved
2024-03-09
.
- ↑
"Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya named in ICC T20 team for 2022"
.
The Economic Times
. 23 Jan 2023
. Retrieved
23 Jan
2023
.
- ↑
"Kohli's surprise at award for defending Smith from jeering fans"
.
The Sydney Morning Herald
. 2020-01-15
. Retrieved
2021-05-19
.
- ↑
"Meg Lanning and Virat Kohli named captains of ICC teams of the decade"
.
The Guardian
. 2020-12-27.
ISSN
0261-3077
. Retrieved
2023-02-06
.
- ↑
40.0
40.1
"MS Dhoni captain of ICC's white-ball teams of decade, Virat Kohli voted skipper of Test side"
.
The Times of India
. 2020-12-27.
ISSN
0971-8257
. Retrieved
2020-07-10
.
- ↑
"Virat Kohli to receive Polly Umrigar Award, fourth time in his career"
.
The Indian Express
. New Delhi. 7 June 2018
. Retrieved
6 September
2021
.
- ↑
"Leading Cricketer in the World"
.
Bloomsbury
.
- ↑
"Virat Kohli named ICC player of month for October"
.
The Hindu
. 2022-11-07.
ISSN
0971-751X
.
- ↑
"Virat Kohli wins Ceat cricketer of the year award"
.
Hindustan Times
. 2014-06-02
. Retrieved
2019-06-05
.
- ↑
"CEAT Cricket Awards: Virat Kohli wins International Cricketer of the Year and Best Batsman, Jasprit Bumrah Best Bowler"
.
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. 14 May 2019
. Retrieved
6 September
2021
.
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Ballav, Sinjan (2016-05-29).
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.
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. Retrieved
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.
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"Virat Kohli receives International Player of the Year award by Barmy Army"
.
The Indian Express
. 2018-07-26
. Retrieved
2021-07-22
.
- ↑
"Kohli's 133 in CB series voted as 2012's best ODI effort"
.
The Times of India
. 11 March 2013
. Retrieved
11 March
2013
.
- ↑
"Virat Kohli wins Favorite Sportsperson of the year at People's Choice Awards 2012"
.
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. 18 December 2012
. Retrieved
15 May
2022
.
- ↑
"GQ Men of the Year Awards (2013)"
.
IMDb
. Retrieved
2019-05-17
.
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.
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. Retrieved
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.
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"Virat Kohli named PETA India's Person of the Year"
.
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. 2019-11-20.
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. Retrieved
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.
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"Virat Kohli to have stand named after him in Feroz Shah Kotla stadium"
.
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. 11 September 2019.