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JAN 18, 2022, 21:08 IST

Virat Kohli Biography: Virat Kohli stepped down as the Test captain of Team India after India lost the Test series against
South Africa. He announced his decision through social media on January 15.

Earlier in 2021, Kohli announced to step down as India's T20I captain after the T20 World Cup 2021. Rohit Sharma
replaced him as India's white-ball captain in December 2021.

As Kohli stepped down from captaincy across all formats of cricket, let's take a look at his birth, age, family, education,
career, stats, net worth, and more.

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Virat Kohli Biography

Birth 5 November 1988

Age 33 years

Nickname Chiku

Saroj Kohli (Mother)

Parents
Prem Kohli (Father)

Vishal Bharti Public School

Education
Saviour Convent

Height 5 ft 9 inch

Profession Cricketer

Batting style Right-handed batter

Bowling style Right-arm medium bowler

Wife Anushka Sharma

Daughter Vamika

Net Worth Rs. 980 crore (approx)

Instagram @virat.kohli

Arjuna Award

Awards Padma Shri

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award

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Virat Kohli Biography: Birth, Age, Family and Education

Virat Kohli was born on 5 November 1988 to Prem Kohli and Saroj Kohli in Delhi, India. His father was a criminal lawyer
while his mother is a housewife. He was bred in Delhi's Uttam Nagar and attended Vishal Bharti Public School and
Saviour Convent. Kohli's father was bed-ridden for a month and succumbed to cardiac arrest on 18 December 2006.

Virat Kohli Cricket Career

When West Delhi Cricket Academy was created in 1998, Kohli was part of its first batch and received training under
Rajkumar Sharma.

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the team for the next trophy. He was later selected in the Delhi Under-17 team for the 2003-04 Vijay Merchant Trophy
where he finished as the highest run-scorer.

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At the age of 18, Kohli made his first-class debut for Delhi against Tamil Nadu wherein he scored 10 runs. In July 2006,
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he made his debut in the Under-19 team during India's tour of England. India won both ODI and Test series. Kohli made
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his T20 debut next year and emerged as the highest run-scorer in the Inter-State T20 Championship with 179 runs.

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The year 2008 was a life-changing year for Kohli. First, he captained the Under-19 Cricket World Cup-winning team.
Second, he was bought by RCB for $30,000 on a youth contract for IPL. Third, he made his international debut.

After recovering from a minor injury, Kohli replaced Gambhir for the tri-series in Sri Lanka and batter at no. 4 in the 2009
ICC Champions Trophy as Yuvraj Singh was recovering from an injury.

For the tri-nation ODI tournament in Bangladesh in 2010, Tendulkar was rested, thereby enabling Kohli to play in each
match. Due to his phenomenal performance in Bangladesh, he was praised by the then captain MS Dhoni.

Kohli was part of the World Cup-winning team in 2011 and became the first Indian batsman to score a century on World
Cup debut.

Kohli made his Test debut against West Indies at Kingston and performed poorly in the series, amassing just 76 runs in
five innings. In 2015, he became the first Indian batsman to score a century against Pakistan in a World Cup match.

During South Africa's tour of India, he became the fastest batsman in the world to make 1,000 runs in T20I cricket,
achieving the feat in his 27th innings.

During the ODI tour of Australia, Kohli emerged as the fastest batsman in the world to cross the 7000-run mark in ODIs,
and the fastest to score 25 centuries.

During the 3 match Test series against Sri Lanka at home in 2017, he became the first batsman to score six double
hundreds as a captain. That year, he scored a total of 2818 international runs, the third-highest by an Indian in a calendar
year and highest ever by an Indian player.

In August 2018, he ranked no. 1 in the ICC Test rankings. With this, he became the seventh Indian batter to achieve this
milestone. He became the first Indian, first captain and tenth overall to hit three successive centuries in ODIs in October
2018.

Captaincy

For the tri-series in Zimbabwe in 2010, Raina was named captain while Kohli was made vice-captain. During this, he
emerged as the fastest Indian batsman to reach 1,000 ODI runs.

He was appointed as vice-captain for the 2012 Asia Cup due to his excellent performance in Australia.

Kohli captained the 2013 West Indies tri-series winning team after Dhoni injured himself during the match. He also
captained a five-match ODI tour of Zimbabwe, which India won by 5-0, their first in any away ODI series.

He was named vice-captain for the 2014 ICC World T20 Competition where India emerged as the runner ups and Kohli
as Man of the Tournament as he amassed 319 runs in the tournament.

He led India in the five-match ODI series against Sri Lanka which India won by 5-0. It was the second whitewash under
his captaincy and fourth in India's ODI history.

He led India in the first Test of the Australian tour and scored 115 runs in the first innings, thereby becoming the fourth
Indian to score a hundred on his Test captaincy debut. Dhoni announced his retirement from Test cricket at the
conclusion of the third match between India and Australia, and Kohli was appointed as the full-time Test captain ahead
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At Sydney, Kohli scored 147 in the first innings and became the first batter in the Test cricket history to score three
hundred in his first three innings as Test captain. He was named as captain of the 'Team of the Tournament' for the 2016
World Twenty20 by the ICC.

He captained India in the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy. India entered the finals but lost to Pakistan. Kohli also captained
the 2019 Cricket World Cup where India failed to reach the finals after losing the semi-final match against New
Zealand. India's first whitewash under Kohli's captaincy was India's tour of New Zealand in 2020.

India lost the 2021 ICC World Test Championship Final to New Zealand, Kohli's third defeat as captain in knockouts and
finals of ICC tournaments. India failed to make it through the semi-finals in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021 under
Kohli's captaincy.

He also captained Royal challengers Bangalore for 8 seasons in IPL but failed to win a trophy.

Virat Kohli: Debut and Last Matches

Format Debut Last

Test 20 June 2011 against West Indies 11 January 2022 against South Africa

ODI 18 August 2008 against Sri Lanka 28 March 2021 against England

T20I 12 June 2010 against Zimbabwe 8 November 2021 against Namibia

Virat Kohli Stats

Batting Summary

Format Matches Innings Runs Highest Score 100s 50s

Test 99 168 7962 254* 27 28

ODI 254 245 12169 183 43 62

T20I 95 87 3227 94* 0 29

FC 131 216 10211 254* 34 36

List A 288 278 13611 183 47 70

T20 324 307 10204 113 5 75

Bowling Summary

Format Matches Innings Balls Runs Wickets

Test 99 11 175 84 0

ODI 254 48 641 665 4

T20I 95 12 146 198 4

FC 131 25 643 338 3

List A 288 55 705 726 4

T20 324 44 454 661 8

Virat Kohli Wife and Daughter

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Virat Kohli Awards and Honours

National Honours

Virat Kohli won Arjuna Award in 2013, Padma Shri in 2017 and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in 2018.

Sports Honours

1- Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy (ICC Men's Cricketer of the Decade) in 2011–2020

2- Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy (ICC Cricketer of the Year) in 2017

3- ICC ODI Player of the Year in 2012

4- ICC Test Player of the Year in 2018

5- ICC ODI Team of the Year in 2012, 2014, 2016 (captain), 2017 (captain), 2018 (captain), 2019 (captain)

6- ICC Test Team of the Year in 2017 (captain), 2018 (captain), 2019 (captain)

7- ICC Spirit of Cricket in 2019

8- ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Decade in 2011–2020

9- ICC Men's Test Team of the Decade in 2011–2020 (captain)

10- ICC Men's ODI Team of the Decade in 2011–2020

11- ICC Men's T20I Team of the Decade in 2011–2020

12- Polly Umrigar Award for International Cricketer of the Year in 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18

13- Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World in 2016, 2017, 2018

14- CEAT International Cricketer of the Year in 2011–12, 2013–14, 2018–19

15- Barmy Army - International Player of Year in 2017, 2018

Other honours and awards

1- People's Choice Awards India For Favourite Sportsperson in 2012

2- CNN-News18 Indian of the Year in 2017

3- DDCA renamed a stand after him at Arun Jaitley stadium, Delhi.

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