Virat Kohli is an Indian cricket player and captain of the Indian national cricket team in Test matches. He plays for Delhi in home cricket and Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League as a right-handed batsman. Virat Kohli is named one of the best cricket players in the world and is widely regarded as one of the greatest cricket players of all time.Virat Kohli made his Test debut in 2011. He reached the number one spot in the ICC rankings for ODI batsmen for the first time in 2013. He has won Man of the Tournament twice at the ICC World Twenty20 (in 2014 and 2016). He also holds the world record of being the fastest to 23,000 international runs.
| Virat Kohli Batting Statistics | |||||||||||||
| Tournament | Match | Innings | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100 | 200 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
| Test | 97 | 164 | 10 | 7801 | 254 | 50.66 | 13830 | 56.41 | 27 | 7 | 27 | 872 | 23 |
| ODI | 254 | 245 | 39 | 12169 | 183 | 59.07 | 13061 | 93.17 | 43 | 0 | 62 | 1140 | 126 |
| T20I | 95 | 87 | 25 | 3227 | 94 | 52.05 | 2340 | 137.91 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 290 | 91 |
| IPL | 207 | 199 | 31 | 6283 | 113 | 37.4 | 4835 | 129.95 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 546 | 210 |
| Virat Kohli Bowling Statistics | ||||||||||||
| Tournament | Match | Innings | Ball | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Econ | Avg | SR | 5W | 10W |
| Test | 97 | 11 | 175 | 84 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2.88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODI | 254 | 48 | 641 | 665 | 4 | 44211 | 44211 | 6.22 | 166.25 | 160.25 | 0 | 0 |
| T20I | 95 | 12 | 146 | 198 | 4 | 44209 | 44209 | 8.14 | 49.5 | 36.5 | 0 | 0 |
| IPL | 207 | 26 | 251 | 368 | 4 | 44252 | 44252 | 8.8 | 92 | 62.75 | 0 | 0 |
Indian Premier League Journey
In the Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament, Virat Kohli was bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore franchise price of $30,000 on a youth contract. In June 2008, Virat Kohli and his Under-19 teammates, Pradeep Sangwan and Tanmay Srivastava were awarded the Border-Gavaskar scholarship. The scholarship allowed the three players to train for six weeks at Cricket Australia’s Centre of Excellence in Brisbane. He was also picked in the India Emerging Players squad for the four-team Emerging Players Tournament and scored 206 runs in six matches at an average of 41.20.
| Name | Virat Kohli |
| Nick Name | Cheeku |
| DOB & Place | 5 November 1988 Delhi (age 33) |
| IPL Debut & Team | 2008 Royal Challengers Bangalore |
| Price or Salary | 17Cr |
| Role | Top-order batsman |
| Bat & Bowl Style | Right-handed & Right-arm medium |