Virat Kohli (The cricketer)

Virat Kohli is an Indian international cricketer who currently captains the Indian team in Test cricket and is its vice-captain in limited-overs formats.

Born: November 5, 1988 (age 28), Delhi
Height: 1.75 m
Awards: ICC One Day International Player of the Year Award,
Parents: Saroj Kohli, Prem Kohli
Siblings: Bhavna Kohli, Vikash Kohli
Current teams: India national cricket team (#18 / Batsman)

Virat Kohli was born on 5 November 1988 in Delhi into a Punjabi family. His father, Prem Kohli, worked as a criminal lawyer and his mother, Saroj Kohli, is a housewife. He has an elder brother, Vikash, and an elder sister, Bhavna. According to his family, when he was three-years old, Kohli would pick up a cricket bat, start swinging it and ask his father to bowl at him.

Kohli was raised in Uttam Nagar and started his schooling at Vishal Bharti Public School. In 1998, the West Delhi Cricket Academy was created, and Kohli, a nine-year-old, was part of its first intake. Kohli's father took him to the academy after their neighbours suggested that "Virat shouldn't waste his time in gully cricket and instead join a professional club". Kohli trained at the academy under Rajkumar Sharma and also played matches at the Sumeet Dogra Academy at Vasundhara Enclave at the same time. In ninth grade, he shifted to Savier Convent in Paschim Vihar to help his cricket practice. Apart from sports, Kohli was good at academics as well, and his teachers remember him as "a bright and alert child". Kohli's family lived in Meera Bagh until 2015 when they moved to Gurgaon.

Kohli's father died on 18 December 2006 due to brain stroke. Regarding his early life, Kohli has said in an interview, "I've seen a lot in life. Losing my father at a young age, the family business not doing too well, staying in a rented place. There were tough times for the family... It's all embedded in my memory."According to Kohli, his father supported his cricket training during his childhood, "My father was my biggest support. He was the one who drove me to practice everyday. I miss his presence sometimes."

Career statistics

Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 59 202 50 91 Runs scored 4,616 9,030 1,830 6,865 Batting average 49.63 55.74 53.82 51.23 100s/50s 17/14 32/45 0/19 24/22 Top score 235 183 90* 235 Balls bowled 150 641 146 618 Wickets 0 4 4 3 Bowling average – 166.25 49.50 108.00 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling n/a 1/15 1/39 1/27 Catches/stumpings 57/– 94/– 24/– 88/–

Records and achievements
Fastest century
Fastest century by an Indian cricketer in ODIs (in 52 balls)
Records
Fastest Indian to reach 1,000 runs in ODIs
Fastest Indian and third fastest in the world to reach 5,000 runs in ODIs.
Fastest Indian and second fastest in the world to reach 6,000 runs in ODIs.
Fastest Indian and second fastest in the world to reach 7,000 runs in ODIs.
Fastest player to reach 8,000 runs in ODIs.
Fastest player to reach 9,000 runs in ODIs.
Fastest Indian and second fastest in the world to reach 10 centuries in ODIs.
Fastest Indian and second fastest in the world to reach 15 centuries in ODIs
Fastest Indian and second fastest in the world to reach 20 centuries in ODIs.
Fastest Indian and second fastest in the world to reach 25 centuries in ODIs.
Fastest in the world to reach 30 centuries in ODIs.
Fastest in the world to reach 1,000 runs in T20Is.
Fastest in the world to reach 15,000 international runs.
Most runs in a calendar year / series
Most ODI runs in 2010 by an Indian cricketer
Most ODI runs in 2011 by any cricketer
Most ODI runs in 2012 by an Indian cricketer
Most ODI runs in 2013 by an Indian cricketer
Most ODI runs in 2014 by an Indian cricketer
Most ODI runs in 2016 by an Indian cricketer.
Most Test runs in 2012 by an Indian cricketer.
Most Test runs in 2015 by an Indian cricketer.
Most Test runs in 2016 by an Indian cricketer.
Captaincy records
First cricketer to score three centuries in his first three innings as Test captain.He is also the second Test captain to score centuries in his first two Test innings after Greg Chappell.[194]
First Indian Test captain to score a double century overseas.
First Indian Test captain to score two or more double centuries
Fastest captain to score 1000 ODI runs.
First ever batsman to score double centuries in four consecutive series in Tests.

Charity

Kohli at a VKF charity event in June 2016.

         In March 2013, Kohli started a charity foundation called Virat Kohli Foundation (VKF). The organisation aims at helping underprivileged kids and conducts events to raise funds for the charity. According to Kohli, the foundation works with select NGOs to "create awareness, seek support and raise funds for the various causes they endorse and the philanthropic work they engage in." In May 2014, eBay and Save the Children India conducted a charity auction with VKF, with its proceeds benefiting the education and healthcare of underprivileged children.

     Kohli has captained the All Heart Football Club, owned by VKF, in charity football matches against All Stars Football Club, owned by Abhishek Bachchan's Playing for Humanity. The matches, known as "Celebrity Clasico", feature cricketers playing for All Heart and Bollywood actors in the All Stars team, and are organized to generate funds for the two charity foundations.

MS Dhoni has given up the captaincy of India's national ODI and T20 teams

MS Dhoni has stood down as India’s limited-overs captain effective immediately but is available for selection in the upcoming ODI and T20I series against England.

Test skipper Virat Kohli is now replace Dhoni and captain India in all three formats.