Early Life
Born on November 5, 1988, in Delhi, India, Virat started playing cricket as a child. He would often get into street cricket games with other kids from his neighborhood, making up his own rules along the way. His father noticed how good he was and bought him a new bat for Christmas one year when he was nine years old.
He joined the local team in Delhi after completing school so that he could hone his skills even more. It didn’t take long before scouts began showing up at matches to watch this amazing kid play.
He eventually signed with Mumbai Indians where he became an overnight sensation, winning many championships including the Indian Premier League twice!
In 2013, he was honored with the Arjuna Award by the government of India. That same year, his world turned upside down when he met Anushka Sharma, who he later married.
With her support and encouragement, his career really took off becoming one of the best batsmen of all time. They have two children together, son Azhar and daughter Sara. They live in Mumbai while still maintaining their home in Delhi.
He is now recognized around the world as one of the most elite athletes and is admired not only for his abilities but also for his generous spirit.
Early Sports Career
Virat's talent was first identified at the age of 16 when he played for the India Under-19 Cricket Team in 2004. His first Test match was against Sri Lanka in 2006, and his international debut came against Pakistan in 2008.
He is currently the vice-captain of the Indian team and has led them to victory in a number of major tournaments, including the 2011 World Cup, 2012 Asia Cup, and 2013 ICC Champions Trophy.
After signing up with Puma in 2010, Virat became its brand ambassador in 2013. In 2014, he became the face of the sports equipment company Reebok and went on to become the youngest cricketer ever to play 100 One Day Internationals (ODI) matches during the same year. Following that he also made it into Forbes' list of the world's highest-paid athletes, making him one of only two male cricket players to do so - earning $22 million over 12 months.
His new status as a global celebrity has allowed him to sign lucrative deals with PepsiCo and Amazon Prime Video among others. As well to cricket, Virat is active in other spheres, such as modeling and acting.
He hopes to work for Microsoft or Google after retirement from the sport.
Youngest captain
Virat Kohli was born on 5 November 1988 in Delhi, India. He is the youngest captain of the Indian Cricket team.
Kohli was an all-rounder who batted right-handed and bowled right at arm medium pace. He played for Delhi at various age levels but did not have any success and moved to Mumbai at the age of 16 where he started playing for Mumbai Under-19s and broke into the senior team a year later. His talent was soon spotted by Indian national coach Gary Kirsten who convinced him to move to Bangalore and play Ranji Trophy with Karnataka.
In 2007, he became the top scorer in the Vijay Hazare one-day tournament with 438 runs and scored his first century.
In 2008, he made his debut against Sri Lanka and scored 118 runs off 133 balls in his third ODI match. With these innings, he became the then second youngest player after Sachin Tendulkar to score an ODI hundred on home soil. He also became the first Indian player to score a century on his World Twenty20 debut when he scored 117 not out against England at Lord's in 2010.
In 2013, he became the fastest batsman to reach 1,000 ODI runs in just 12 matches. He has been awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award (India’s highest sporting honor) and Padma Shri (the fourth highest civilian honor) for his contribution to cricket. He is the recipient of ICC ODI Player of the Year in 2012 and 2016 as well as Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for 2016. He is an honorary member of Royal Challengers Bangalore, the team which plays Indian Premier League
Net Worth
Virat Kohli is India's captain and one of the world's best cricketers. He has an estimated net worth of $40 million, which he accumulated through his professional cricket career.
Born in Delhi in 1988, Kohli grew up in a family of modest means. His father was a criminal lawyer and his mother was a housewife who took care of the home and her children.
A cricket-obsessed kid, Kohli started playing at the age of six and rose to national fame as a teenager when he led India's U-19 team to victory against Pakistan at the 2008 World Cup. In 2014, after being appointed as the captain for both IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Indian national team, Kohli led RCB to their second IPL title with an unbeaten 113 from 51 balls against Mumbai Indians.
Two years later, Kohli captained India to its first ICC Champions Trophy win by defeating archrival Pakistan by 180 runs. As of September 2017, Kohli became the fastest batsman in history to reach 10 ODI centuries (in terms of matches played) and the fastest player ever in ODIs or Test matches to reach 23 international centuries.
Personal life
Virat Kohli was born on 5 November 1988 in Delhi. His father, Prem Kohli, is a criminal defense lawyer and his mother, Saroj Kohli, is a housewife. Virat was the youngest of three siblings.
The entire family was devoted to cricket and had a backyard that was converted into a cricket pitch. Virat's brother, Vikas played for Delhi before he quit to become an umpire.
When he was young, Virat used to act as a ball boy for his elder brother's club games and impressed players with his skills. He made it to the Under-15 team at age 11 which traveled around North India competing against other regional teams. In 2003, when he was 14 years old, Virat scored more than 1,000 runs in a season for the first time when playing for Bhagalpur XI and leading them to victory. In 2004, one year later, Kolkata Knight Riders signed him up from BCCI's Eastern Regional Academy. Kohli became the captain of the Kolkata Knight Riders and led them to victory in IPL 2012 with 23 victories out of 60 matches played by a team.
Virat then moved to Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2013 and won the IPL title consecutively twice (2014 & 2015) under his leadership.
Famous for his fitness level, Kohli has also been labeled 'the fittest player' among cricketers by ESPNcricinfo because he can play without interruption throughout the day without being tired or requiring drinks or food. He was included in the list of the World’s most marketable athletes by SportsPro for five consecutive years (2012–2016). In 2016, Kohli was named on Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people list.
In October 2017, Kohli became the fastest batsman to score 10 centuries in ODIs.
He broke the previous record set by Sri Lankan legend Sanath Jayasuriya in 1998. It took Kohli just 171 innings to achieve this feat while Jayasuriya needed 188 innings. Furthermore, Kohli has reached double digits in scoring centuries faster than any other player. Apart from these milestones, Kohli also holds the world record for having achieved the highest number of runs before being dismissed in One Day International Cricket (currently 1816).
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