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Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli posing after winning the Man of the tournament trophy in Dhaka.

Personal informationFull name Virat Kohli

Born5 November 1988 (age 25)Delhi, India

Nickname CheekuHeight 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)Batting style Right-handedBowling style Right arm mediumRole Batsman

International information

National side India

Test debut (cap 269) 20 June 2011 v West IndiesLast Test 14 February 2014 v New ZealandODI debut (cap 175) 18 August 2008 v Sri LankaLast ODI 05 March 2014 v AfghanistanODI shirt no. 18T20I debut (cap 31) 12 June 2010 v ZimbabweLast T20I 6 April 2014 v Sri Lanka

Domestic team informationYears Team

2006–present Delhi2008–present Royal Challengers Bangalore

Career statisticsCompetition Test ODI T20I FC

Matches 24 134 27 55Runs scored 1,721 5,634 906 3,909

Batting average 46.51 52.16 45.30 51.43100s/50s 6/9 19/30 0/8 13/17

Top score 119 183 78 197Balls bowled 144 538 136 612

Wickets 0 4 3 3Bowling average – 135.5 61.00 108

5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 010 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 0

Best bowling n/a 1/15 1/13 1/19Catches/stumpings 27 62 13/– 53/–

Source: ESPNCricinfo, 27 January 2014

Virat Kohli (  pronunciation (help·info)) (born 5 November 1988) is an Indian cricketer. A middle-order batsman, who can also bowl right arm medium pace,[1] Kohli captained the victorious Indian team at the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup held in Malaysia, and is the captain of the Royal Challengers Bangalore franchise in the Indian Premier League.[2] He also represents Delhi in first-class cricket and played for the West Delhi Cricket Academy.[3] In One Day International (ODI) cricket, Kohli holds the record for the fastest century by an Indian batsman,[4]

and became the fastest to 17 hundreds in ODI by any batsman.[5] He is the fourth batsman in ODIs after Sourav Ganguly (1997-2000), Sachin Tendulkar (1996-98) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (2007–09) to hit 1000 or more ODI runs in three or more consecutive calendar years.[5] He also holds the record for most centuries in chases, with 11 centuries, behind only Sachin Tendulkar. He is the first batsman to make five successive scores of 50 or more in ODIs on two separate occasions.[5]

Kohli made his ODI debut in 2008 and was part of the Indian team which won the 2011 World Cup. Despite being a regular in the ODI side, Kohli only played his first Test in 2011 against West Indies in Kingston. But on the disastrous 2011/12 India tour of Australia, in which India's senior batsmen struggled throughout, Kohli stood out, scoring his first Test hundred in Adelaide.[6]

Kohli was the recipient of the ICC ODI Player of the Year award in 2012.[7] SportsPro has rated him the 2nd most marketable athlete in the world.[8] In October 2013, against Australia, Kohli smashed the fastest ODI century by an Indian, the seventh fastest ever.[9] In November 2013, he became the top ranked ODI batsman for the first time.[10] Kohli, also received the Man of the Tournament during the 2014 T20 World Cup in Bangladesh.[11]

Contents

1 Early and personal life 2 Career

o 2.1 Early career 3 International career

o 3.1 2013 4 IPL career

5 Batting career summary o 5.1 Runs by year (ODI)

6 Records and achievements o 6.1 Fastest Century o 6.2 Milestones o 6.3 Most runs in a calendar year o 6.4 Most centuries

7 Awards o 7.1 Test Man of the Match o 7.2 ODI Man of the Match

8 Endorsements 9 See also 10 References 11 External links

Early and personal life

Virat Kohli was born on 5 November 1988 in Delhi to Prem and Saroj Kohli.[12] He has an elder brother, Vikash, and an elder sister, Bhavna.[13] Kohli attended school at Vishal Bharti and Savier Convent. His father, Prem, worked as a lawyer and died in December 2006.[12] He loves the Aston Martin, Ed Hardy shirts and is the only Indian cricketer with heavily tattooed arms (a Golden Dragon on his forearm is apparently for luck).

Career

Early career

The West Delhi Cricket Academy was created in 1998 and Kohli was part of its first intake.[14] Kohli first played for Delhi Under-15 team in October 2002 in the 2002-03 Polly Umrigar Trophy. He was the leading run-getter for his team in that tournament with 172 runs at an average of 34.40.[15] He became the captain of the team for the 2003-04 Polly Umrigar Trophy[16] and scored 390 runs in 5 innings at an average of 78 including two centuries and two fifties.[17] In late-2004, he was selected in the Delhi Under-17 team for the 2003-04 Vijay Merchant Trophy. He scored 470 runs in four matches at an average of 117.50 with two hundreds and top-score of 251*.[18] Delhi Under-17s won the 2004-05 Vijay Merchant Trophy in which Kohli finished as the highest run-scorer with 757 runs from 7 matches at an average of 84.11 with two centuries.[19]

In February 2006, he made his List A debut for Delhi against Services but did not get to bat.[20]

In July 2006, Kohli was selected in the India Under-19 squad on its tour of England. He averaged 105 in the three-match ODI series against England Under-19 [21] and 49 in the three-match Test series.[22] India Under-19 went on to win both the series. After the conclusion of the tour, India Under-19 coach Lalchand Rajput was impressed with Kolhi and said, "Kohli showed strong technical skills against both pace and spin".[23] In September, the India Under-19 team toured Pakistan. Kohli averaged 58 in the Test series[24] and 41.66 in the ODI series against Pakistan Under-19s.[25] In October, playing for Delhi Under-19s, he averaged 15 in the Vinoo

Mankad Trophy[26] and 72.66 in the Cooch Behar Trophy.[27] He was then picked in the North Zone Under-19 squad for the Vijay Hazare Trophy in which he averaged 28 in two matches.[28]

Kohli made his first-class debut for Delhi against Tamil Nadu in November 2006, at the age of 18, and scored 10 in his debut innings. He came into the spotlight in December when he decided to play for his team against Karnataka on the day after his father's death and went on to score 90.[29] Delhi captain Mithun Manhas said, "That is an act of great commitment to the team and his innings turned out to be crucial. Hats off to his attitude and determination."[30] He scored a total of 257 runs from 6 matches at an average of 36.71 in that season.[31] In April 2007, he made his Twenty20 debut and finished as the highest run-getter for his team in the Inter-State T20 Championship with 179 runs at an average of 35.80.[32] In July-August 2007, the India Under-19 team toured Sri Lanka. In the triangular series against Sri Lanka Under-19s and Bangladesh Under-19s, Kohli was the second highest run-getter with 146 runs from 5 matches.[33] In the two-match Test series that followed, he scored 244 runs at an average of 122 including a hundred and a fifty.[34]

Kohli captained the victorious Indian team at the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup held in Malaysia.[35] Batting at number 4, he scored 235 runs in 6 matches at an average of 47, including a century against the West Indies U-19s.[36] He was also commended for making several tactical bowling changes during the tournament.[37] His mother noted that "Virat changed a bit after that day. Overnight he became a much more matured person. He took every match seriously. He hated being on the bench. It's as if his life hinged totally on cricket after that day."[12]

Kohli was instrumental in India's win of the 2009 Emerging Players Tournament in Australia. In the final against South Africa, Kohli scored a century and India went on to win the game by 17 runs. Kohli emerged as the leading run scorer of the tournament, aggregating 398 runs from seven matches including two centuries and two fifties.[38]

International career

Following a hundred in the Emerging Players Tournament in Australia in 2008, Kohli was selected in the ODI squad for India's tour of Sri Lanka in 2008.[39] Kohli made his debut in One Day Internationals against Sri Lanka in the Idea Cup in 2008 when both Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag were injured. He opened the batting in the first match, and was dismissed for 12. But he made a crucial 37 in a low-scoring second match in the series, which helped India win and level the series. He made his first half-century, a score of 54, in the fourth match which helped India win the series. This was India's first ODI series win against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka. He was included in the squad for the home ODI series against England later that same year but was not given a chance to play, due to the inclusion of Tendulkar and Sehwag in team. Kohli was then dropped from the squad for the five-match ODI series in Sri Lanka against Sri Lanka in January 2009.

Kohli played in the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy after Yuvraj Singh was injured, and since mid-2009 has been the reserve ODI batsman. Yuvraj regained fitness for the home series against Australia, so Kohli only played in occasional matches in the series.

In the absence of the injured Yuvraj, Kohli got a chance to play in the 4th ODI when Sri Lanka toured India in December 2009. He scored his first ODI century, milking singles with Gautam Gambhir with whom he shared a 224-run partnership for the third wicket as India won by seven wickets to seal the series 3–1.

Senior batsman Sachin Tendulkar was rested for the tri-nations tournament in Bangladesh in January 2010 which enabled Kohli to play in each of India's five matches. After making nine in the opening loss to Sri Lanka, he top-scored with 91 to help secure a win after India collapsed early in their run chase against Bangladesh on 7 January 2010. He then ended unbeaten on 71 to help win the match for India with a bonus point after they chased down their target quickly. The next day, he scored his second ODI century, against Bangladesh, bringing up the mark with the winning runs. He was much praised for his performances during the tournament, and became only the third Indian to score two ODI centuries before their 22nd birthday, following the footsteps of Tendulkar and Suresh Raina.[40] However, in the final against Sri Lanka, he made only two as India collapsed to 5/60 and an eventual four-wicket defeat.

Kohli was named vice-captain of the ODI side for the tri-series against Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe in June 2010 as all the other first-choice players skipped the tournament. In the same series, he became the fastest Indian to score 1,000 runs in ODI cricket.[41] He was India's leading run-scorer in 2010, with 995 runs from 25 matches at an average of 47.38 with three centuries.[42]

Kohli was included in the Indian squad for Zimbabwe T20I series in June-2010. Kohli made T20I debut in the first match where he played an impressive innings with Yusuf Pathan, when Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina were dismissed by Ray Price in the eighth over. Pathan and Kohli counterattacked and took India to an easy win in the 15th over. Since then, he has been a regular member in T20I matches for India.

2011 Cricket World Cup

Kohli was preferred over Raina for the 2011 World Cup and became the first Indian to score a century on World Cup debut. He also scored 59 against West Indies while sharing a 122-run patnership with Yuvraj Singh.[43] His 83-run partnership for the third wicket with Gautam Gambhir was instrumental in India taking the upper hand during their run chase against Sri Lanka in the final.[44] He made 282 runs in 9 innings at an average of 35.25.[45] Between 1 January 2009 and 1 September 2011, Kohli was India's second highest run-scorer in ODIs with 1,994 runs at an average of 47.47.[46]

Test debut

When India toured the West Indies in June and July 2011, they chose a largely inexperienced squad, resting Tendulkar and others such as Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag missing out

due to injuries. Kohli was one of three uncapped players in the Test squad.[47] India won the Test series 1–0 but Kohli struggled on his debut in the format; he struggled with the short ball[48] amassing just 76 runs from five innings.[49] Particularly troublesome for Kohli was the fast bowling of Fidel Edwards, who dismissed him three times in the series.[50]

India tour of England in 2011

Initially dropped from the Test squad for India's four-match series against England in July and August, Kohli was recalled as cover for the injured Yuvraj Singh,[51] though did not play in the series.[52] He played in the subsequent ODI series, scoring 194 runs from five innings including a century,[53] although India lost the series 3–0.[54] In October, England faced India in a return ODI series in India. India won 5–0 and Kohli was the highest run-scorer on either side with 270 across five matches and a highest score of 112 not out.[55][56]