Biography of Virat Kohli
Nick Name | Cheeku |
Real Name | Virat Kohli |
Famous as | Cricketer |
Personal Life | |
Height | 5 ft 9 in, 1.75 m |
Weight | 69 kg, 52 pounds |
Body Measurement | Chest Size: In Inches - 41 In Meters - 1.0414 In Centimeters - 104.14 Waist Size: In Inches - 30 In Meters - 0.762 In Centimeters - 76.2 Hips Size: In Inches - 32 In Meters - 0.8128 In Centimeters - 81.28 Biceps Size: In Inches - 16 In Meters - 0.4064 In Centimeters - 40.64 Thighs Size: In Inches - 20 In Meters - 0.508 In Centimeters - 50.8 Shoe Size / Foot Size: In Inches - 9 In Meters - 0.2286 In Centimeters - 22.86 |
Eye color | Brown-Dark |
Hair color | Black |
Birthplace | Delhi |
Nationality | Indian |
Hometown | New Delhi, India |
School | Vishal Bharti and Saviour Convent School, Delhi, India |
Family | Father- Late Shri Prem Kohli (criminal lawyer) Mother- Saroj Kohli (Housewife) Sister- Bhavna Kholi (Elder) Brother- Vikas Kohli (Elder) Wife - Anushka Sharma Daughter - Vamika |
Religion | Hindu |
Zodiac | Scorpio |
Net worth | $126 to $127 million |
Favourite things | |
Favourite Food | Sushi |
Favourite Color | Dark |
Favourite Book | Open: An Autobiography by andre agassi |
Favourite Actor | Aamir Khan, Johnny Depp |
Favourite Actress | Angelina Jolie, Aishwarya Rai, Penelope Cruz |
Favourite Sport | Football, Cricket, Tennis |
Favourite Music | Punjabi |
Girls, Affairs and more | |
Wife/Husband: | Anushka Sharma |
- Sarah-Jane Dias (Indian actress)
- Sanjana (Indian model & actress)
- Tamanna Bhatia (indian actress)
- Izabelle Leite (Brazilian model)
Virat Kohli is an Indian international batsmen & a former leader of the Indian national cricket team Match. He plays private cricket match for Delhi & plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL Match. Virat was native on 05th November 1988 in New Delhi. He collect his early academic qualification from Vishal Bharti Public School. He was fond of cricket match from the dawn. In 1998, at the age of just 9th, he connect the West Delhi Cricket match Academy where he trained under the control of his coach Rajkumar Sharma.
Kohli holds several cricket records, including the most individual hundreds in ODI matches and the most runs scored in a single edition of an ODI World Cup. He has been named Player of the Tournament at global events on three occasions: at the 2014 and 2016 T20I World Cups and the 2023 ODI World Cup. Kohli was also a member of the Indian sides that won the 2011 ODI World Cup, the 2013 ICC (International Cricket Council) Champions Trophy, and the 2024 T20I World Cup. He announced his retirement from Twenty20 international cricket after India won the 2024 T20I World Cup. Kohli’s announcement came after he was declared Player of the Match. Kohli is married to popular Bollywood actress and producer Anushka Sharma.
Virat Kohli has played for the Royal Challengers Bangalore throughout his IPL career and is the only player to have played for just one franchise in IPL history. His first two seasons for RCB did not yield much in the way of runs, but he had some standout performances after his promotion to vice captain in 2010. Ahead of the 2011 IPL auctions, teams were mandated by league officials to retain up to four players each. Kohli was the only player RCB retained, for $1.8 million. He played some key knocks (innings) as RCB reached the league final but lost to Chennai Super Kings that year.
Kohli was appointed captain in 2013 and continued to lead RCB in the next eight seasons. He was retained once again in 2014 for $1.6 million. In 2015 he moved up the order to open the batting, and his scores subsequently improved. The following year was a landmark season for him as he scored 973 runs with 4 hundreds, earning the Orange Cap for leading run scorer that year, a single-season record he holds as of 2023. Unfortunately, RCB lost in the league final to the Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Kohli was retained in 2018 for $2.1 million but struggled to score as freely as he did in 2016. In 2022 he was retained again for $2 million but relinquished the captaincy, which went to Faf du Plessis. Kohli has since captained on occasion when du Plessis has been injured. Kohli is the highest individual run scorer in the history of the IPL, but RCB’s lack of titles has frustrated his fans.
For Virat Kohli 2008 was a transformative year. Virat Kohli first led the side that won the Under-19 Cricket World Cup. Second RCB paid $30,000 to acquire Virat Kohli on a youth contract for the IPL. Third Virat Kohli made his international debut.
Yuvraj Singh was recovering from an injury when Yuvraj Singh replaced Gautam Gambhir for the tri-series in Sri Lanka and batted at No. 4 in the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy.
Sachin Tendulkar took a break during the 2010 tri-nation ODI competition in Bangladesh allowing Virat Kohli to participate in every game. Virat Kohli’s outstanding performance in Bangladesh earned him acclaim from the team’s then-captain MS Dhoni. As a member of the 2011 World Cup-winning squad, Virat Kohli made history by being the first Indian batsman to record a century on his World Cup debut.
At Kingston, Virat Kohli played his first Test match against the West Indies. Virat Kohli struggled throughout the series scoring just 76 runs in five innings. Virat Kohli made history in 2015 when he became the first Indian batsman to make a century in a World Cup match against Pakistan.
Virat Kohli set a record for the quickest batsman to 1,000 runs in T20I cricket during South Africa’s tour of India accomplishing the achievement in just his 27th innings. Virat Kohli became the world’s fastest batsman to reach 7000 runs in ODIs and to hit 25 centuries during the ODI tour of Australia.
Virat Kohli became the first batter to record six double hundreds while serving as skipper during the three-match Test series at home against Sri Lanka in 2017. Virat Kohli amassed 2818 international runs in total that year the third most for an Indian in a calendar year and the most for an Indian player ever.
Virat Kohli was ranked first in the ICC Test rankings in August 2018. Virat Kohli was the seventh Indian batsman to accomplish this feat as a result. In October 2018 Virat Kohli became the tenth player overall the first Indian captain and the first to smash three straight ODI hundreds.