VIRAT KOHLI

 Personal Information

Full name:-Virat Kohli

Born:-5 November 1988, Delhi, India

Age:- 22

Height:-1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)

Father's Name:-Prem Kohli

Mother's Name:-Saroj Kohli

Girlfriend:-Sanjana (Archana Galrani) (Kannada actress)

Career Information

Batting style:-Right-handed

Bowling style:-Right-arm medium

Role:- Batsman

ODIs debut:-18 Aug 2008 India v Sri Lanka

T20I debut:-Zimbabwe v India at Harare, Jun 12,2010

Twenty20 debut:-Delhi v Himachal Pradesh at Delhi, Apr 3, 2007 scorecard

First-Class debut:-23 Nov 2006 Delhi v Tamil Nadu

Indian Premier League

Virat Kohli played for at the 2008 Indian Premier League.He was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore before the first season of IPL in 2008.

Virat Kohli is an Indian international cricketer (ndian first class cricketer). He was the captain of the victorious Indian team at the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup held in Malaysia. He represents Delhi in first-class cricket. He played for Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2008 and 2009 Indian Premier League. He is a primarily right handed batsman and right arm medium bowler. Virat Kohli played in the Indian Premier League for the team Royal Challenger Bangalore in the year 2008.

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Kohli captained the victorious Indian team at the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup held in Malaysia. Batting at number 4, he scored 235 runs in 6 matches at an average of 47, including a century against the West Indies U-19s. He was also commended for making several tactical bowling changes during the tournament.

2009 Emerging Players Tournament

Kohli was instrumental in India's win of the 2009 Emerging Players Tournament in Australia. In the final against South Africa, Kohli scored a century and India went on to win the game by 17 runs. Kohli emerged as the leading run scorer of the tournament, aggregating 398 runs from seven matches including two centuries and two fifties

Indian Premier League

Kohli played for Royal Challengers Bangalore at the 2008 Indian Premier League. He was bought for $30,000 before the first season in 2008. He did not perform well, scoring only 165 runs in 13 innings at an average of 15 and taking only 2 wickets in his bowling. But he improved marginally in the second season, scoring 246 runs in 16 innings with an average of 22.36 and taking 9 catches and 2 run outs. In the third season he scored two half centuries. He scored 307 runs in 13 innings at an average of 27.90. In the fourth season of IPL, he was the only player that Royal Challengers Bangalore retained, preferred over the likes of Rahul Dravid and Ross Taylor.

One day internationals

Following a hundred in the Emerging Players Tournament in Australia in 2008, Kohli was selected in the ODI squad for India's tour of Sri Lanka. Kohli made his debut in One Day Internationals against Sri Lanka in the Idea Cup in 2008 when both Sachin Tendulkarand Virender Sehwag were injured. He opened the batting in the first match, but was out for 12. But he made a crucial 37 in a low scoring second match in the series, which helped India win and level the series. He made his first half century, a score of 54, in the fourth match which helped India win the series. This was India's first one day series win against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka. He was included in the squad for the home ODI series against England later that same year but because both Tendulkar and Sehwag were back in the squad he was not given a chance to play. Kohli was then dropped from the squad for the 5 match ODI series in Sri Lankaagainst Sri Lanka in January 2009 in favour of the all rounder Ravindra Jadeja.

Kohli played in the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy after Yuvraj Singh was injured, and since mid-2009 has been the reserve ODI batsman.

Yuvraj regained fitness for the home series against Australia, so Kohli only played in occasional matches in the series.

In the absence of the injured Yuvraj, Kohli got a chance to play in the 4th ODI when Sri Lanka toured India in December 2009. He scored his first ODI century, milking singles withGautam Gambhir they shared a 224-run partnership for the third wicket as India won by seven wickets to seal the series 3–1.

The elder batsman Sachin Tendulkar was rested for the tri-nations tournament in Bangladesh in January 2010, so Kohli played in each of India's five matches. After making nine in the opening loss to Sri Lanka, he top-scored with 91 to help secure a win after India collapsed early in their runchase against Bangladesh on 7 January 2010. He then ended unbeaten on 71 to help win the match for India with a bonus point after they chased down their target quickly. The next day, he scored his second ODI century, against Bangladesh, bringing up the mark with the winning runs. He was much praised for his performances during the tournament, and became only the third Indian to score 2 ODI centuries before their 22nd birthday, following in the footsteps of Tendulkar and Suresh Raina. However, in the final against Sri Lanka he made only two as India collapsed to 5/60 and an eventual four-wicket defeat.

He was named vice-captain of the Indian team for the Tri-series against Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe in June 2010 as all the other first-choice players skipped the tournament. In the same series, he became the fastest Indian to score 1000 runs in ODI cricket.

In 2011 World cup, Virat Kohli was prefered ahead Suresh Raina and became the first Indian to score a century on World Cup debut. He made 282 runs in 9 innings at an average of 35.25. He scored a century in the opening match against Bangladesh while sharing a 203-run partnership with city-mate Virender Sehwag. Besides he also scored 59 against West Indies while sharing a 122-run patnership with Yuvraj Singh. His 83 run partnership for the third wicket with Gautam Gambhir was instrumental in India taking an upper hand during their run chase against Sri Lanka in the final.

* Virat Kohli led the Indian team to its second ever ICC U19 Cricket World Cup triumph in 2008.
* He himself scored 235 runs in six matches at an average of 47, including a century in the tournament. 
* In an Under-17 tournament, he scored 251 off 431 balls against Himachal Pradesh.
* Kohli became the joint third fastest in history and the fastest Indian to reach the 1000-run mark in ODIs. He took a mere 24 innings.
* In the Tri-nation series in Dhaka involving Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, Kohli was the top-scorer in the tournament with 275 runs.
* His 224-run stand with Gambhir helped India chase down a stiff Sri Lankan target of 316 runs in an ODI in 2009.
* A big turning point in his career came at an 'Emerging Players Tournament' in 2009 where Kohli helped India to lift the trophy and was the leading run-scorer. (398 runs with two centuries and two fifties).
* He became the third Indian player - after Sachin Tendulkar and Suresh Raina - to score two centuries before turning 22.
* He donned the role of vice-captain of India for the first time at the age of 21 in a Tri-series against Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe in 2010.

Competition	ODIs	First Class	List A
Matches	54	30	74
Runs scored	1,954	2,131	2,950
Batting average	44.40	57.59	48.36
100s/50s	5/13	7/8	8/18
Top score	118	197	124
Balls bowled	70	468	116
Wickets	0	3	–
Bowling average	-	84.66	–
5 wickets in innings	0	0	–
10 wickets in match	0	0	–
Best bowling	n/a	2/42	–
Catches/stumpings	20/–	27/–	24/–