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Indian cricketer (born 1988)
Virat Kohli
Kohli at 75 Years of Friendship through Cricket Event
Personal information
Born
(1988-11-05) 5 November 1988 (age 35) Delhi, India
Nickname
Cheeku[a]
Height
5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[2]
Batting
Right-handed
Bowling
Right-arm medium
Role
Top-order batter
Relations
Anushka Sharma (wife)
Website
viratkohli.foundation
International information
National side
India (2008–present)
Test debut (cap 269)
20 June 2011 v West Indies
Last Test
4 January 2024 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 175)
18 August 2008 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI
19 November 2023 v Australia
ODI shirt no.
18
T20I debut (cap 31)
12 June 2010 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I
17 January 2024 v Afghanistan
T20I shirt no.
18
Domestic team information
Years
Team
2006–present
Delhi
2008–present
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Career statistics
Competition
Test
ODI
FC
LA
Matches
113
292
145
326
Runs scored
8,848
13,848
11097
15290
Batting average
49.15
58.67
50.21
57.48
100s/50s
29/30
50/72
36/38
54/80
Top score
254*
183
254*
183
Balls bowled
175
662
643
726
Wickets
0
5
3
5
Bowling average
–
136.00
112.66
148.20
5 wickets in innings
–
0
0
0
10 wickets in match
–
0
0
0
Best bowling
–
1/13
1/19
1/13
Catches/stumpings
111/–
151/–
142/–
169/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing India
ICC Cricket World Cup
Winner
2011 India-Bangladesh-Sri Lanka
Runner-up
2023 India
ICC Champions Trophy
Winner
2013 England and Wales
Runner-up
2017 England and Wales
ICC T20 World Cup
Runner-up
2014 Bangladesh
ICC World Test Championship
Runner-up
2019–2021
Runner-up
2021–2023
ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup
Winner
2008 Malaysia
ACC Asia Cup
Winner
2010 Sri Lanka
Winner
2016 Bangladesh
Winner
2023 Pakistan-Sri Lanka
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 25 March 2024
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Virat Kohli (Hindi pronunciation:[ʋɪˈɾɑːʈˈkoːɦli]ⓘ; born 5 November 1988) is an Indian international cricketer and the former captain of the Indian national cricket team. He is a right-handed batsman and an occasional medium-fast bowler. He currently represents Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the IPL and Delhi in domestic cricket. Kohli is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time.[3] He holds the record as the highest run-scorer in T20I and IPL, ranks third in ODI, and stands as the fourth-highest in international cricket.[4] He also holds the record for scoring the most centuries in ODI cricket and stands second in the list of most international centuries scored. Kohli was a member of the Indian team that won the 2011 Cricket World Cup, 2013 ICC Champions Trophy, and captained India to win the ICC Test mace three consecutive times in 2017, 2018, and 2019.[5]
In 2013, Kohli was ranked number one in the ICC rankings for ODI batsmen. In 2015, he achieved the summit of T20I rankings.[6] In 2018, he was ranked top Test batsman, making him the only Indian cricketer to hold the number one spot in all three formats of the game. He is the first player to score 20,000 runs in a decade. In 2020, the International Cricket Council named him the male cricketer of the decade.[7]
He has received many accolades for his performances in cricket. He won the ICC ODI Player of the Year award four times in 2012, 2017, 2018, and 2023. He also won the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy, given to the ICC Cricketer of the Year, on two occasions, in 2017 and 2018 respectively. In 2018, he became the first player to win both ICC ODI and Test Player of the Year awards in the same year. Also, he was named the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for three consecutive years, from 2016 to 2018. At the national level, Kohli was honoured with the Arjuna Award in 2013, the Padma Shri in 2017, and India's highest sporting honour, the Khel Ratna award, in 2018.
In 2018, Time magazine included him on its list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Kohli has been deemed one of the most commercially viable athletes, with estimated earnings of ₹634 crore (US$79 million) in the year 2022.
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^Sportstar, Team (15 November 2023). "Full list of Virat Kohli's 50 ODI hundreds as he breaks Sachin's record". Sportstar. Chennai. Archived from the original on 16 November 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
^"Virat Kohli proud as India win ICC Test championship mace for 3rd successive year". India Today. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
^"Kohli overtakes Finch into No.1 T20 ranking". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
^"Virat Kohli wins ICC Male Cricketer of Decade Award, Dhoni picks Spirit of Cricket Award". The Indian Express. 28 December 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
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