Who does not know Virat Kohli? Virat Kohli is one of the greatest batsman of the Indian cricket team.He is a very good fielder also, everyone gives examples of his fitness. Today we will talk about him and learn some interesting facts about him.
1. Virat Kohli was born on 5 November 1988 and is fondly called Chikku by his friends.
2. Virat Kohli made his Test debut in 2011 against West Indies and in 2008 he made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka.
3. Virat Kohli is the only player to have won the Player of the Tournament award twice in the T20 World Cup, this award was received in the 2014 and 2016 World Cups.
4. Virat Kohli reached first place in the ODI batsman ranking in 2013 for the first time.
5. In 2008, the Under-19 Indian cricket team won the World Cup under the captaincy of Virat Kohli.
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6. In 2008, Virat Kohli was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for his team for the Indian Premier League. And since then Virat Kohli is playing for the RCB team only.
7. Virat Kohli is such a player who has completed 1000 runs at the fastest speed than 4000, 5000, 6000, 7000, 8000, 9000, and 10000 runs.
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8. He had completed 10000 runs in 204 innings. Earlier this record was in the name of Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar who completed this record in 259 innings.
9. Virat Kohli became the first Indian player to score three consecutive centuries in three ODIs in 2018 when he scored this century against the West Indies team.
10. Virat Kohli had a 229-run partnership for the second wicket with AB de Villiers in 2016, which is the highest partnership for any wicket in T20 cricket.
11. Virat Kohli is the only Indian player to score a century in his very first World Cup match, which he did against Bangladesh in the 2011 World Cup.
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12. Virat Kohli holds a record that will hardly ever be broken. He had taken 1 wicket without any bowling that bowling was a wide ball. And he got Kevin Pietersen stumped out on the wide ball. Kohli was bowling the first over of his career.
13. Virat Kohli got the one-day player of the Year award at the age of just 22. He received this award in 2012.
14. Virat Kohli is the Indian player to score the fastest century in one day match. Virat Kohli did this feat against Australia. And scored a century in just 52 balls.
15. Virat Kohli has never been auctioned for IPL. Virat Kohli says that till he does not play the last match of the IPL, he will play for RCB only.
16. Till 2021, India was not coming from Pakistan even once in the World Cup, but for the first time in the 2021 T20 World Cup, Pakistan defeated India, Virat Kohli was the captain of this team, then Virat Kohli has become the first Indian captain to lead The Indian cricket team has lost to Pakistan in the T20 World Cup.
17. Anushka Sharma is the wife of Virat Kohli,which is a Bollywood actress. Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma met for the first time during an ad shoot. Both of them got married in Italy.
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