Virat Kohli Profile – Biography, Stats, Age, Records, Net Worth and Photos

Virat Kohli, the former captain of the Indian Cricket Team, is the most influential cricketer in the world. Born on 5 November 1988 in a Hindu-Punjabi family, Virat Kohli is celebrated for his exceptional batting prowess, aggressive approach, mental strength, and fiery leadership. Kohli changed the fortunes of the Indian cricket team, especially in overseas conditions, where India has improved significantly under his captaincy. Known for his aggressive approach, consistency, and aggressive batting style, Virat has amassed 80 centuries in his international career so far. Run Machine, Chase Master, King Kohli—his consistency in delivering match-winning performances and ability to chase down intimidating targets earned him countless monikers like these. 

Born	5 November 1988 (age 35) Delhi, India
Nickname	Cheeku King Kohli
Wife	Anushka Sharma
Father	Prem Nath Kohli
Mother	Saroj Kohli
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium Right-arm off-break
Role	Top-order batter
Relations	Anushka Sharma(m. 2017)
National side	India (2008–present)
Test debut	20 June 2011 v West Indies
Test Cap No.	269
ODI debut	18 August 2008 v Sri Lanka
ODI Cap No.	175
ODI shirt no.	18
T20I debut	12 June 2010 v Zimbabwe
T20I Cap No.	31
Last T20I	29 June 2024 v South Africa
T20I shirt no.	18

Virat Kohli Stats 

Virat Kohli International Career Stats 

Span	2008-2024
Mat	533
Inns	591
NO	86
Runs	26942
HS	254*
Avg	53.35
BF	33846
SR	79.6
100s	80
50s	140
0s	37
4s	2662
6s	301

Virat Kohli Test Stats

Span	2011-2024
Mat	113
Inns	191
NO	11
Runs	8848
HS	254*
Avg	49.15
BF	15924
SR	55.56
100s	29
50s	30
0s	14
4s	991
6s	26

Virat Kohli ODI Stats 

Span	2008-2024
Mat	295
Inns	283
NO	44
Runs	13906
HS	183
Avg	58.18
BF	14866
SR	93.54
100s	50
50s	72
0s	16
4s	1302
6s	151

Virat Kohli T20I Stats  

Span	2010-2024
Mat	125
Inns	117
NO	31
Runs	4188
HS	122*
Avg	48.69
BF	3056
SR	137.04
100s	1
50s	38
0s	7
4s	369
6s	124

Virat Kohli IPL Stats 

Virat Kohli IPL Batting Stats  

Season	Mat	No	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s
Total	252	37	8004	113	38.67	131.97	8	55	705	272
2024	15	3	741	113*	61.75	154.7	1	5	62	38
2023	14	2	639	101*	53.25	139.82	2	6	65	16
2022	16	1	341	73	22.73	115.99	0	2	32	8
2021	15	1	405	72*	28.92	119.46	0	3	43	9
2020	15	4	466	90*	42.36	121.35	0	3	23	11
2019	14	0	464	100	33.14	141.46	1	2	46	13
2018	14	3	530	92*	48.18	139.1	0	4	52	18
2017	10	0	308	64	30.8	122.22	0	4	23	11
2016	16	4	973	113	81.08	152.03	4	7	83	38
2015	16	5	505	82*	45.9	130.82	0	3	35	23
2014	14	1	359	73	27.61	122.1	0	2	23	16
2013	16	2	634	99	45.28	138.73	0	6	64	22
2012	16	2	364	73*	28	111.65	0	2	33	9
2011	16	4	557	71	46.41	121.08	0	4	55	16
2010	16	2	307	58	27.9	144.81	0	1	26	12
2009	16	2	246	50	22.36	112.32	0	1	22	8
2008	13	1	165	38	15	105.09	0	0	18	4

Virat Kohli IPL Bowling Stats 

Season	Mat	Balls	Runs	WKTS	BB	Ave	Econ	SR	4W	5W
Total	252	251	368	4	2/25	92	8.8	62.75	0	0
2024	15	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	0	0
2023	14	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	0	0
2022	16	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	0	0
2021	15	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	0	0
2020	15	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	0	0
2019	14	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	0	0
2018	14	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	0	0
2017	10	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	0	0
2016	16	6	13	0	0/13	–	13	–	0	0
2015	16	11	10	0	0/4	–	5.45	–	0	0
2014	14	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	0	0
2013	16	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	0	0
2012	16	18	49	0	0/13	–	16.33	–	0	0
2011	16	102	139	2	1/8	69.5	8.17	51	0	0
2010	16	32	50	0	0/1	–	9.37	–	0	0
2009	16	36	46	0	0/9	–	7.66	–	0	0
2008	13	46	61	2	2/25	30.5	7.95	23	0	0

Virat Kohli Total Runs

Virat Kohli Total runs in international cricket across three formats are 26942, and in IPL Virat is the leading run-getter of all time with 8004. 

Virat Kohli Total Runs in Tests 

Format	Runs
Tests	8848

Virat Kohli Total Runs in ODIs

Format	Runs
ODIs	13906

Virat Kohli Total Runs in T20Is

Format	Runs
T20Is	4188

Virat Kohli Total Runs in Domestic Cricket 

Format	Runs
FC	11097
List A	15348
T20s	12886

Virat Kohli Teams 

Virat Kohli current Teams

Virat Kohli Awards & Achievements 

• 2013 – Arjuna Award, second highest sporting honor 
• 2017 –  Padma Shri, India’s fourth-highest civilian award 
• 2018 – Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, India’s highest sporting honor 
• Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy (ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Decade): 2011–2020
• Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy (ICC Cricketer of the Year): 2017, 2018
• ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Decade: 2011–2020
• ICC ODI Player of the Year: 2012, 2017, 2018, 2023 
• ICC Test Player of the Year: 2018 
• ICC ODI Team of the Year: 2012, 2014, 2016 (captain), 2017 (captain), 2018 (captain), 2019 (captain), 2023
• ICC Test Team of the Year: 2017 (captain), 2018 (captain), 2019 (Captain) 
• ICC Men’s T20I Team of the Year: 2022 
• ICC Spirit of Cricket: 2019 
• ICC Men’s Test Team of the Decade: 2011–2020 (Captain) 
• ICC Men’s ODI Team of the Decade: 2011–2020 
• ICC Men’s T20I Team of the Decade: 2011–2020 
• Polly Umrigar Award for International Cricketer of the Year: 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18 
• Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World: 2016, 2017, 2018 
• ICC Men’s Player of the Month: October 2022 
• CEAT International Cricketer of the Year: 2011–12, 2013–14, 2017– 18, 2018–19 
• Indian Premier League Orange Cap for most runs: 2016, 2024 
• Barmy Army – International Player of the Year: 2017, 2018 
• ESPNcricinfo – ODI Batting Performance of the Year: 2012 
• People’s Choice Awards India for Favourite Sportsperson: 2012 
• GQ Sportsman of the year: 2013 
• CNN-News18 Indian of the Year: 2017 
• People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India’s Person of the Year: 2019

Virat Kohli Records 

• 6th Most matches as captain (68) Test matches
• 7th Most runs in a match on the losing side (256) Test matches
• 5th Fastest to 7000 runs (138) Test matches
• 7th Highest partnership for the eighth wicket (241) Test matches
• 2nd Most player-of-the-series awards (11) One-Day Internationals
• 1st Most runs in a series (765) One-Day Internationals
• 3rd Highest career batting average (58.18) One-Day Internationals
• 1st Most hundreds against one team (10 against SL) One-Day Internationals
• 1st Dismissed for 99 (and 199, 299, etc) (99) One-Day Internationals
• 2nd Most fifties in career (122) One-Day Internationals
• 4th Most fours in career (1302) One-Day Internationals
• 1stFastest to 13000 runs (267) One-Day Internationals
• 4thMost catches in career (152) One-Day Internationals
• 8th Highest partnership for the third wicket (233*) One-Day Internationals
• 1st Most player-of-the-series awards (7) T20 Internationals
• 2nd Most runs in career (4188) T20 Internationals
• 4th Highest career batting average (48.69) T20 Internationals
• 1st Most fifties in career (39) T20 Internationals
• 8th Most innings before first duck (47) T20 Internationals
• 4th Most fours in career (369) T20 Internationals
• 1st Fastest to 3500 runs (96) T20 Internationals
• 8th Most catches in career (54) T20 Internationals
• 7th Highest partnership for the fifth wicket (113) T20 Internationals
• 1st Most player-of-the-series awards (21) Combined Test, ODI and T20I 
• 8th Most matches as captain (213) Combined Test, ODI and T20I 
• 3rd Most runs in a calendar year (2818) Combined Test, ODI and T20I 
• 2nd Most hundreds in a calendar year (11) Combined Test, ODI and T20I 
• 8th Most nineties in career (11) Combined Test, ODI and T20I 
• 2nd Most fifties in career (220) Combined Test, ODI and T20I 
• 8th Most consecutive innings without a duck (104) Combined Test, ODI and T20I 
• 5th Most fours in career (2662) Combined Test, ODI and T20I 
• 6th Most catches in career (317) Combined Test, ODI and T20I 

Virat Kohli Centuries List

Virat Kohli Test Centuries List

Century Number	Score	Against	Ground	Date
1	116	Australia	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	24-Jan-12
2	103	New Zealand	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	31-Aug-12
3	103	England	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur	13-Dec-12
4	107	Australia	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	22-Feb-13
5	119	South Africa	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	18-Dec-13
6	105*	New Zealand	Basin Reserve, Wellington	14-Feb-14
7	115	Australia	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	09-Dec-14
8	141	Australia	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	09-Dec-14
9	169	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	26-Dec-14
10	147	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	06-Jan-15
11	103	Sri Lanka	Galle International Stadium, Galle	12-Aug-15
12	200	West Indies	Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound	21-Jul-16
13	211	New Zealand	Holkar Stadium, Indore	08-Oct-16
14	167	England	ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam	17-Nov-16
15	235	England	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	08-Dec-16
16	204	Bangladesh	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad	09-Feb-17
17	103*	Sri Lanka	Galle International Stadium, Galle	26-Jul-17
18	104*	Sri Lanka	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	16-Nov-17
19	213	Sri Lanka	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur	24-Nov-17
20	243	Sri Lanka	Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi	02-Dec-17
21	153	South Africa	SuperSport Park, Centurion	13-Jan-18
22	149	England	Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham	01-Aug-18
23	103	England	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	18-Aug-18
24	139	West Indies	Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot	04-Oct-18
25	123	Australia	Perth Stadium, Perth	14-Dec-18
26	254*	South Africa	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune	10-Oct-19
27	136	Bangladesh	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	22-Nov-19
28	186	Australia	Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad	12-Mar-23
29	121	West Indies	Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad	21-Jul-23

Virat Kohli ODI Centuries List

Century Number	Score	Against	Ground	Date
1	107	Sri Lanka	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	24-Dec-09
2	102*	Bangladesh	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka	11-Jan-10
3	118	Australia	APCA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam	20-Oct-10
4	105	New Zealand	Nehru Stadium, Guwahati	28-Nov-10
5	100*	Bangladesh	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka	19-Feb-11
6	107	England	Sophia Gardens, Cardiff	16-Sep-11
7	112*	England	Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi	17-Oct-11
8	117	West Indies	APCA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam	02-Dec-11
9	133*	Sri Lanka	Bellerive Oval, Hobart	28-Feb-12
10	108	Sri Lanka	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka	13-Mar-12
11	183	Pakistan	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka	18-Mar-12
12	106	Sri Lanka	MRIC Stadium, Hambantota	21-Jul-12
13	128*	Sri Lanka	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	31-Jul-12
14	102	West Indies	Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain	05-Jul-13
15	115	Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club, Harare	24-Jul-13
16	100*	Australia	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur	16-Oct-13
17	115*	Australia	VCA Stadium, Nagpur	30-Oct-13
18	123	New Zealand	McLean Park, Napier	19-Jan-14
19	136	Bangladesh	Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah	26-Feb-14
20	127	West Indies	HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala	17-Oct-14
21	139*	Sri Lanka	JSCA International Stadium, Ranchi	16-Nov-14
22	107	Pakistan	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	15-Feb-15
23	138	South Africa	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	22-Oct-15
24	117	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	17-Jan-16
25	106	Australia	Manuka Oval, Canberra	20-Jan-16
26	154*	New Zealand	Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali	23-Oct-16
27	122	England	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune	15-Jan-17
28	111*	West Indies	Sabina Park, Kingston	06-Jul-17
29	131	Sri Lanka	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	31-Aug-17
30	110*	Sri Lanka	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	03-Sep-17
31	121	New Zealand	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	22-Oct-17
32	113	New Zealand	Green Park Stadium, Kanpur	29-Oct-17
33	112	South Africa	Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban	01-Feb-18
34	160*	South Africa	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town	07-Feb-18
35	129*	South Africa	SuperSport Park, Centurion	16-Feb-18
36	140	West Indies	ACA Stadium, Guwahati	21-Oct-18
37	157*	West Indies	ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam	24-Oct-18
38	107	West Indies	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune	27-Oct-18
39	104	Australia	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	15-Jan-19
40	116	Australia	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur	05-Mar-19
41	123	Australia	JSCA International Stadium, Ranchi	08-Mar-19
42	120	West Indies	Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain	11-Aug-19
43	114*	West Indies	Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain	14-Aug-19
44	113	Bangladesh	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram	10-Dec-2022
45	113	Sri Lanka	Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati	10-Jan-2023
46	166*	Sri Lanka	Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram	15-Jan-2023
47	122*	Pakistan	R.Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Colombo	11- Sep- 2023
48	103*	Bangladesh	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune	19-Oct-2023
49	101*	South Africa	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	05-Nov-2023
50	117	New Zealand	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	15-Nov-2023

Virat Kohli Centuries List in T20Is 

Century Number	Score	Against	Ground	Date
1	122* (61)	Afghanistan	Dubai	08-Sep-22

Virat Kohli Centuries List in IPL 

Century Number	Score	Against	Ground	Date
1	100* (63)	Gujarat Lions	Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot	April 24, 2016
2	108* (58)	Rising Pune Supergiants	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru	May 7, 2016
3	109 (55)	Gujarat Lions	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru	May 14, 2016
4	113 (50)	Kings XI Punjab	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru	May 18, 2016
5	100 (58)	Kolkata Knight Riders	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	April 19, 2019
6	100 (63)	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad	May 18, 2023
7	101* (61)	Gujarat Titans	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru	May 21, 2023
8	113* (72)	Rajasthan Royals	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur	April 6, 2023

Virat Kohli Age

Virat Kohli was born on November 5, 1988, in Delhi, and according to his date of birth, he is currently 35 years old.

Virat Kohli Net Worth

According to celebrity net worth, Virat Kohli net worth is 70 million USD, which is approximately 588 crore Indian rupees. 

Virat Kohli Birthday

Virat Kohli’s birthday date is November 5, 1988. He was born into a Punjabi Hindu family in West Delhi. 

Virat Kohli Height

The height of Virat Kohli is 5 ft 9 in; in centimeters, Virat Kohli’s height is 175 cm. 

Virat Kohli family members

Virat Kohli was born into a Hindu Punjabi family; his father, Prem Nath Kohli, was a criminal lawyer whom he lost in his teenage years. Saroj Kohli is Viart’s mother, who served as a housewife. Vikas Kohli is Virat Kohli’s older brother, and his older sister’s name is Bhawna. 

Virat Kohli Father

Prem Nath Kohli

Virat Kohli Mother

Saroj Kohli

Virat Kohli Brother

Vikas Kohli

Virat Kohli Sister

Bhawna Kohli Dhingra

Virat Kohli Wife

Anushka Sharma 

Virat Kohli wife Name

Actress Anushka Sharma is Virat Kohli’s wife, whom he married on 11 December 2017. 

Virat Kohli Education

Virat Kohli has studied till 12 standard to focus entirely on his cricket career. Virat Kohli attended Vishal Bharti Public School in Delhi till he was in the ninth standard. He then transferred to the Saviour Convent School in Paschim Vihar, Delhi, in the ninth grade to pursue his cricket career. 

Virat Kohli Water

Virat Kohli drinks black water instead of normal water due to its health benefits. The Black Water, or Balck Alkaline Water, is a blend of approximately 70 minerals. Virat Kohli drinks black water due to the numerous benefits of this unique water, which include hydration, immunity boost, improved skin quality, weight loss, and even depression relief.

Virat Kohli Water Price 

The price of the black water that Virat Kohli consumes is approx. ₹3000-4000 per liter. The reason why it is so costly is because it is imported from France. 

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Virat Kohli Biography & Virat Kohli Career 

Early life and career

In Delhi, India, on November 5, 1988, Virat Kohli was born. In 1998, Kohli commenced his cricket career at the West Delhi Cricket Academy. His cricket career began with the Delhi Under-15 squad in 2002; after that, he was selected for the Delhi U-17 team and went on to score the most runs in the 2003-04 Vijay Merchant Trophy.  

He didn’t bat when he made his domestic debut for Delhi against Services in a one-day match in February 2006. Kohli made his first-class debut later that year, in November, against Tamil Nadu, scoring only 10 runs. However, he excelled by scoring 90 runs in difficult conditions against Karnataka in December, helping Delhi to draw the match. In April 2007, he made his domestic T20 debut against Himachal Pradesh, scoring 35 runs. 

Kohli guided the Indian Under-19 side to victory in the 2008 ICC Under-19 World Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. His efforts won him a $30,000 IPL contract with the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). That same year, he made his international debut, opening the batting and scoring 12 runs against Sri Lanka in an ODI match at Dambulla. Kohli scored 405 runs in nine innings during Australia’s Emerging Players Tournament in 2009, establishing himself as a vital player for the national side.

International career

Kohli’s impressive run of scores earned him a long tenure on the national team. He scored his first ODI century in 2009 against Sri Lanka. Kohli, a member of the Indian team at the 2011 ODI World Cup, hit a century in his debut World Cup match against Bangladesh. He went on to score a critical 35 runs in the final, helping India win the World Cup for the first time in 28 years.  

Kohli made his Test debut against the West Indies later in 2011. Later in 2011, India toured Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and lost the Test series against Australia 4-0 during their catastrophic 2011-12 visit, but Kohli struck the only century by an Indian player on the tour, receiving plaudits. In ODIs, he was already making a name for himself as the master of the chase.  

In the 2012 Commonwealth Bank Series between Australia and Sri Lanka, India needed to chase Sri Lanka’s score of 320 in under 40 overs to earn a crucial bonus point and remain in contention for the final. Kohli played an unimaginable knock of 133* in 86 deliveries and helped India score the requisite runs in 36.4 overs, but they were unable to qualify after Sri Lanka defeated Australia in the final qualifying match. 

Kohli was named vice-captain of the ODI side for the 2012 Asia Cup, and despite India’s failure to reach the final, Kohli scored his highest ODI score of 183 in a successful run chase against Pakistan, finishing the tournament as the leading run-scorer. As a member of the Indian team that won the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy, Kohli led the team in runs scored against England in the final match. 

When his idol Tendulkar retired in 2013, Kohli took over the vital number four batting position in Tests and demonstrated his worth by scoring 119 and 96 over two innings in a drawn Test against South Africa in Johannesburg. Kohli struck a century in just 52 balls in the second match of a 2013 ODI series against Australia, the fastest by an Indian player until 2023, as India successfully chased Australia’s 360-run total with 39 balls to spare. In the sixth match of the same series, he scored a century in 61 balls as India successfully chased another 350-plus target.

Kohli scored the most runs in the 2014 T20I World Cup, playing an important part in India’s semifinal victory over South Africa. He also scored the most runs in the final, which India lost against Sri Lanka. Kohli then struggled on India’s multi-format tour of England that year, prompting many to question his ability. In the 2015 ODI World Cup, he got a century against Pakistan but struggled elsewhere. 

In the 2016 Asia Cup, he helped India reach the final and win the championship. He was named Player of the Tournament again in the 2016 T20I World Cup, as he was the leading scorer in a victorious chase against Australia in the quarterfinal as well as in the semifinal, which India lost to eventual champion West Indies.

Captaincy Days 

Virat Kohli took over as captain in a 2013 three-country series in the West Indies after MS Dhoni, India’s captain at the time. He then captained India in an ODI series against Zimbabwe, when some experienced players were rested. Kohli also captained India in the 2014 Asia Cup in Dhoni’s absence, making a century, although the team failed to reach the final. 

Kohli has always been an aggressive player, and he demonstrated this in his maiden Test captaincy when Dhoni was injured before a match against Australia in Adelaide in 2014. Not satisfied with a century on his captaincy debut in the first inning, Kohli demonstrated that he would not play for a draw as many previous Indian captains had, scoring 141 in the second inning as India came close to chasing a difficult 364. After Dhoni recovered for the second Test, Kohli took over in the third, with Dhoni injured again, and hit a century and a fifty to help India draw the Test. Following the game, Dhoni announced his retirement, and Kohli was designated the official Test captain for the fourth match onwards.

As a test captain, he scored his first double-century against the West Indies in 2016, followed by another against New Zealand the following year, leading India to victory in both series. He also scored double hundreds in his next two series against England and Bangladesh, becoming the first batter to do so in four successive series. 

Kohli captained India at the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy but lost to Pakistan in the final. On the 2018 England tour, he improved on his bad performance from the previous tour by scoring a series of strong runs, guiding India to one win, but the team was defeated in close matches and lost the series 4-1. In the same year, 54 innings ahead of Sachin Tendulkar, Kohli became the 13th batsman in ODI history to surpass 10,000 runs. 

The pinnacle of his captaincy came during the 2018-19 tour of Australia when the Kohli-led Indian team won its first Test series in Australia. In the process, Kohli achieved his 25th Test century. 

Kohli led the Indian team to the 2019 ODI World Cup and scored five fifties in the competition, which many thought was poor for a player of his level. Although India lost to New Zealand in the semifinals, Kohli became the fastest to 20,000 international runs across forms throughout the competition. Later that year, he scored 254*, his highest Test score, against South Africa. 

Virat led India to Australia for the 2020-21 tour but came home due to personal reasons after the first test match. He was unable to return to Australia due to COVID-19 pandemic travel restrictions, so he watched from India as Ajinkya Rahane led an injury-ravaged Indian team to a 2-1 series win. 

Kohli’s performance then dipped across formats, and he was unable to achieve another century for several years, though he did score multiple fifties. During this time, India lost to New Zealand in the final of the inaugural World Test Championship in 2021 and failed to advance to the knockout stage of the 2021 T20I World Cup. Kohli subsequently resigned as T20I and ODI captain, with Rohit Sharma taking up both responsibilities. 

In 2022, Kohli stepped down as Test captain, and again Rohit Sharma replaced him. In 68 Test matches, a record, Kohli led India and won 40 of them. He is by far the most successful Indian captain, having won series both at home and away. 

Post-captaincy career 

After a bad phase of a few years, Kohli spectacularly returned to form, scoring his first T20I century against Afghanistan in the 2022 Asia Cup. He was India’s top scorer in the 2022 T20I World Cup, which ended in a semifinal loss to eventual winner England. In that event, Virat received significant plaudits for his unbeaten 82 in a victorious chase against Pakistan. 

In early 2023, Kohli resumed scoring ODI hundreds, beginning with a century against Sri Lanka. Subsequently, he scored his maiden Test century in three years during a match at Ahmedabad. He scored another ODI century against Pakistan during the 2023 Asia Cup. 

Kohli broke multiple records at the 2023 ODI World Cup. In a match against Sri Lanka, he scored 1,000 runs in a calendar year for the eighth time, topping Tendulkar’s previous record of seven. Kohli equaled Tendulkar’s record of 49 ODI hundreds, which many cricket commentators believed would never be broken, during the match against South Africa.  

Kohli got his 50th ODI century against New Zealand in Mumbai. Kohli scored a half-century in the final, but India lost to Australia. He was named Player of the Tournament after scoring 765 runs, beating Tendulkar’s record of 673 runs set in 2003. 

Kohli was not performing during the 2024 T20I World Cup, but he finished the tournament on a high note, scoring his first half-century of the event in the final against South Africa, which India won by 7 runs. After winning the T20 World Cup 2024, Kohli declared his retirement from Twenty20 international cricket.

IPL Career 

Being the first player in IPL history to play for only one side, Virat Kohli has been a member of the Royal Challengers Bangalore for the entirety of his IPL career. His first two seasons at RCB were not particularly productive in terms of runs, but after being promoted to vice-captain in 2010, he put up some impressive displays. Before the 2011 IPL auctions, league administrators mandated that franchises retain up to four players each. The only player that RCB kept on was Kohli, who was paid $1.8 million.

Kohli was selected captain of RCB in 2013, and he led the side for the next eight seasons.2014 saw him receive a new contract worth $1.6 million. He started batting higher up the order in 2015, and his performance increased. The 2016 IPL was a watershed moment for him, as he scored 973 runs and a hundred, gaining the Orange Cap as the leading run scorer, a single-season record he still maintains as of 2024. 

For $2.1 million, RCB once more kept Kohli in 2018, but he didn’t score as many goals as he had in 2016 and 2017. He re-signed for $2 million in 2022, although Faf du Plessis took over as captain. Kohli has since captained on occasions when Du Plessis was injured. Kohli is the IPL’s all-time leading individual run scorer. 

FAQs 

What is the current age of Virat Kohli?  

At current, Virat Kohli is 35 years old, according to his birthdate of 5 November 1988.  

What is the net worth of Virat Kohli?  

Virat Kohli’s net worth is 70 million USD, or around 588 crore Indian rupees.  

What is Virat Kohli retirement age?  

Virat Kohli retired from T20Is at the age of 35 after winning the T20 World Cup 2024.  

What is Virat Kohli’s nickname? 

Virat Kohli’s nickname is Chiku.