Biography of Virat Kohli:-
Virat Kohli was born on 5 November 1988 in Delhi to a Punjabi family. Her father Prem Kohli is a criminal lawyer and mother Saroj Kohli is a housewife. He also has an elder brother Vikash and an elder sister Bhavna. According to his family, when Kohli was 3 years old, he took cricket bat haat, and told his father to bowling.
Kohli grew up in Uttam Nagar and studied at Vishal Bharti Public School. In 1998, the West Delhi Cricket Academy was formed and Kohli joined it at the age of 9 years. Kohli's father joined Kohli in the academy only when his neighbor told him, "Virat should not waste time in Galli cricket, but he should learn cricket professionally in an academy."Hato Kohli of Rajivkumar Sharma trained and also played matches at Sumit Dogra Academy. In 9th grade, he was put in Savior Convent to help him in cricket training. Along with Khelo, Kohli was also good at studies, his teacher calls him, "a promising and intelligent child."
He was made a member of the Under 17 Delhi Cricket Team by the end of 2004 when he was to play for the Vijay Merchant Trophy. In this four-match series, he had scored over 450 runs and he scored 251 runs unbeaten in one match. He made headlines in next year's Vijay Merchant Trophy. This time, he had the record of scoring the most runs by scoring 757 runs in 7 matches. In this tournament, Virat Kohli, Virat scored at an average of 84.11, including 2 centuries.
In July 2006, Virat Kohli Virat Kohli was selected among India's Under-19 Cricket players and his first overseas tour was England. In this England tour, he scored 105 runs in three ODIs. In the same tour, he scored runs in three Tests at an average of 49 runs. India returned that year after winning both the series. Later this year, Virat had a great performance against Pakistan in Under-19 Cricket. After this, Virat was retained as a permanent player in Under-19 Cricket due to his talent.
His father died on 18 December 2006 after resting for a long time due to brain stroke. Recalling his early life, Kohli recounts in an interview, "I saw a lot in my life. I lost my father in my younger days, due to which the family business was also shaken, due to which I had to stay in the rental room.
He is a middle-order batsman and is also a right-handed medium pace bowler. He represents Delhi in first-class cricket and is the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League. He has also played for the West Delhi Cricket Academy. He holds the record for the fastest century by an Indian batsman.
Kohli made his One Day International (ODI) debut in 2008 and was part of the 2011 World Cup winning Indian team. Despite being a regular in the ODI squad, Kohli played his first Test in 2011 against the West Indies at Kingston. Kohli was the recipient of the ICC ODI Player in 2012. In November 2013, he topped the ODI batsman for the first time.
Career debut:-
Kohli made headlines when he was playing for Delhi in the Ranji Trophy match against Karnataka on the day of his father's death. Kohli was the captain of the victorious Indian team in the 2007 U / 19 Cricket World Cup held in Malaysia. Batting at number 4, he scored 235 runs in 6 matches at an average of 4, including a century against the West Indies. He was praised for making several tactical bowling changes during the tournament.They take every match seriously. Kohli was instrumental in India's victory in the 2009 Emerging Players Tournament in Australia. In the final against South Africa, Kohli had scored a century and India won by 14 runs.
When Dhoni retired from Test Matches in 2014. Virat was then handed the captaincy of the Test team:-
He also set the records for the fastest 5000 runs in one-day cricket. Virat Kohli is the first such batsman. Who achieved 1000 or more runs in one-day matches in 4 years. And in the year 2015, he became the fastest batsman in the world by scoring 1000 runs in 20-20 matches. Virat Kohli got many awards. Elected ICC ODI Player of the Year in 2012.
Virat's father died on 18 December 2006 due to brain stroke. After the death of father, he faced many difficulties. Virat Kohli told in an interview that his family business was not doing well after losing his father in his younger days. Because of which he had to live in a rented house too. When Virat was playing for Ranji Trophy against Karnataka in 2006. Then he came to know about his father's death. But Virat first completed his match and then went to his home in Delhi.
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