Virat Kohli Stats, Wife, Family, Age And Records

Virat Kohli is not just a name in cricket, it's a milestone. The Delhi-born boy has become an inspiration for millions of cricketing fans around the world. The way he represents India on the International stage is outstanding. It would not be wrong to say that players like Virat Kohli, are born once in a generation. 

Let's take you through the whole profile of Virat Kohli, from where he started at the initial stage and what he has become now. Let's know the journey of King Kohli from being a chubby kid to one of the best players in the World.

Virat Kohli's Early Life

5th November 1988 was the day when a champion was born in a Delhi Middle-class family at Prem Kohli’s house. His father was a professional criminal lawyer in the capital city and his Mother was a housewife. 

Cricket was his first love for him at the age of 3 years when he took the plastic bat in his hand for the first time. Like every child, King Kohli has also broken several glasses of neighbor's windows with his extraordinary batting style in the narrow gullies of the capital city. It was one of the reasons why Kohli's Father and the neighbors of the locality suggested he go and play on grounds where he would be learning more cricket skills and excel in the sports under the supervision of a coach.

Having a Guru is always a blessing for a person and the Delhi-born boy has found his Dronacharya in Rajkumar Sharma who has trained several national players to become one of the best players on the International stage.

Under the footprints of one of the best coaches, Kohli was selected for Delhi's under-15 team as a captain, where he performed brilliantly and showed his passion for sports. First is always special whether it's a wicket or a half-century and the run machine, Kohli's first half-century in National Cricket came against Haryana, where he scored 70 runs at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi, and marked his presence in domestic cricket in style. By the end of the season, the Delhi-born boy had a total of 172 runs, emerging as the highest run-scorer for his side with an excellent average of 34.40. 

Due to his sheer determination and extraordinary performance, the Delhi-born boy was chosen to lead the under-15 team during the 2003–04 season. He scored 54 runs in his first game of the current season, which resulted in Delhi defeating Himachal Pradesh. After the following game, which was governed by the BCCI, Kohli scored 119 against Jammu & Kashmir to get his first century At the end of the tournament he had managed to score a total of 390 runs with a shopping average of 78 which also included 2 centuries.

Next up was the Vijay Merchant trophy in which he impressed everyone with 470 runs in just 4 innings and also managed to score 251 runs in a single innings, his individual best at that time.

In an interview, Rajkumar Sharma revealed that during the initial stage of Kohli's career, he was so determined to play Cricket that he used to bat at any position and play all day, sometimes the coach used to stop him from practice sessions, but it was the love for Cricket, that made him one of the best player in the World.

When Virat Kohli faced the Reality of Life

Everything was going well in the champs' life from scoring runs in domestic cricket to being picked up by the Under 15 team from Delhi, but life had planned a different thing for him. It was the night of 18th December 2006, when Kohli lost his father due to a heart attack. 

He was so shattered by the demise of his father that he was unable to sleep for several nights. The Delhi boy's father had played a crucial role in his career from supporting him in cricket to dropping him at different places for matches.

Have you ever thought, What is the difference between a player and a great player? Why is the run machine Kohli ruling in the World? It's due to their attitude and sheer determination that they face during the hard times when life gives them rock bottom. The run machine also faced this situation when he lost his father in the year 2006, Kohli was playing a Ranji trophy match for Delhi against Karnataka, where he scored 40 runs overnight when he came to know that his Father was no more with him, in us that difficult situation the run machine came back next day without going to the cremation ceremony and scored 90 crucial runs that helped the Delhi to draw the match, he was also awarded as the man of the match for that special innings. 

The Rise from Setbacks

King Kohli's life was completely changed the next day, as said by his Mother, he was much more mature and focused on his game, and he started taking every match seriously. Kohli was selected as India's under-19 team squad on its tour of England in July 2006, where he averaged 103 in three ODI matches against England.

When the India Under-19 squad visited Pakistan in September, Kohli hit 63 and 28 runs as India defeated the Pakistan Under-19s by a margin of 271 runs. He helped India win the second game by 240 runs and innings because of his 83 runs. In the final ODI match at Lahore, the Delhi-born boy scored 80 runs to round off the tour. Kohli also travelled to New Zealand with the India Under-19 team, where he played in the first Test match and scored 113 runs. 

It was the time for the 2008 Under 19 World Cup, where the Delhi-born boy was appointed as the captain of India Under 19 world cup team held in Malaysia. He became the 3rd highest scorer of the tournament with 235 runs at an average of 47. His knock of 100 against the West Indies in the U-19 World Cup was appraised by the ESPN team as the “innings of the tournament”

Virat Kohli's Wife and Kids

Virat Kohli and Anushaka Sharma has been in love since 2013 before tying the knot in 2018 in Italy. They are the most loved and followed personalities by fans on social media. Often the duo has been seen enjoying time with each other in different places. This lovely couple has recently been blessed with a baby boy named Akaay Kohli after their first child Vamika, who is named after none other than Goddess Durga, one of the major deities in Hinduism.

Virat Kohli and Anushka have been in a relationship for 7 long years, and they have faced several ups and downs in their relationship, where Anushka was criticized by fans on social media after Virat Kohli's bad performance in certain games. However, their love and respect remain the same for each other making them one of the best couples in today's world.

International Career

The test is the pinnacle of all the formats, one of the oldest formats in International cricket. Kohli made his Test debut at Kingston against West Indies in the year 2011, where he scored just 4 runs off 15 balls and got caught behind off the bowling of Fidel Edwards in both innings.

Breakthrough in Test

Kohli made his Test debut at Kingston against West Indies in the year 2011, where he scored just 4 runs off 15 balls and got caught behind off the bowling of Fidel Edwards in both innings. It was the tour of Australia in December 2011 when Kohli scored his maiden century in the fourth test match at Adelaide with 116 runs in the first innings.

The run machine Kohli is one of the few players who have scored two consecutive centuries in both innings of a Test match after making 115 and 141 against Kangaroos in the 2014-15 Border- Gavaskar trophy. The run machine Kohli has scored a total of 8846 runs in 113 test matches he has played for India with 29 centuries with an average of 48.15, having a high score of 254 runs against South Africa.

Maiden India Call-up for the National Team ODI

Performing outstanding in domestic cricket for a long time, the run machine received the maiden call-up for the National team in August 2008, for the tour of Sri Lanka and the champions trophy. From that day to now, the run machine never looked back and proved everyone who used to mock him up by saying the "surprise call-up".

On 18th August 2008, Kohli made his international debut at the mere age of 19 in the first ODI of the Sri Lanka tour, where he was dismissed 12 runs on the ball of Nuwan Kulasekara. However, in the fourth match of the series, Kohli achieved his inaugural half-century in the ODl format. The run machine Kohli has a total of 13848 runs in the ODI format which consists of 292 International matches with 50 centuries having an average of 58.67 and a high score of 183 that came against Sri Lanka in the year 2012.

International T20 Debut

The Delhi boy has made his International T20 debut against Zimbabwe at Harare, where he scored an unbeaten 26 runs. After the Zimbabwe series, he was selected in the squad of Indian ODI squad for a three-match series against Australia, where he scored a magnificent century to make his place in the Indian team. In the following years, Kohli kept scoring runs against New Zealand, he scored a century that helped India to whitewash the Kiwis by 5-0.

He was India's leading run-scorer in ODIs in 2010, accumulating 995 runs from 25 matches at an average of 47.38, including three centuries and seven half-centuries.

The Chase master has scored a total of 4037 runs in the T20 International cricket in 117 matches with an outstanding average of 51.75 which also includes 1 century and 37 half-centuries.

IPL (Indian Premier League)

The run machine Kohli is one of the premier batsmen in the Indian Premier League. It would not be wrong to say that  Kohli has achieved several milestones in the IPL, including the highest individual score in a single season. In the year 2016, he scored a staggering 973 runs in 16 matches, including four centuries and seven half-centuries. He also holds the record for the most runs in IPL history after scoring 7923 runs in  250 games with an average of 38.65, having 8 centuries to his name with 55 half-centuries.

Virat Kohli has scored a total of 7693 runs in the 246 IPL matches with an outstanding average of 38.26 which also includes 8 centuries and 53 half-centuries in it.

Fortunes favour the Brave

Yes! Fortune favours the brave. These lines are really True in making one of the best players in the World. Fortune played a crucial role in making Virat Kohli's career into a run machine. The times of 2008-14 when there were legendary players like Sachin, Sehwag, Gautam, and Yuvraj no one would believe a boy from Delhi could be picked up in the Indian team and play for so long. It was a fortune that when Kohli got the chance to play, the senior players were injured due to hectic schedules and injuries.

At the International level, it's about grabbing a chance to show your skills in front of the whole World and Kohli never disappointed anyone with his performance, on the home ODI series against Sri Lanka in the year 2009, he scored his first maiden ODI Century with 107 off 114 balls–while sharing a 224-run partnership for the third wicket with Gambhir. India won the match and the Tri-Series by 3-1.

Fastest Batsman to reach 1000 ODI Runs

Virat Kohli was unstoppable after the first century against Sri Lanka, he developed a hunger to score runs and represent India on the International stage, and he became the third Indian player to score two ODI centuries before the age of 22. At that time, Virat Kohli surpassed the previous record to reach the 1000 run milestone in just 26 innings.

India's ODI World Cup 2011

This was the time when the World Cup was going to happen in India, where everyone had higher expectations for India to lift the second trophy after 26 years.

Kohli was part of the India world cup squad among the list of senior players like Yuvraj, Gautam, and Sachin, then he was one of the crucial middle-order batsmen that helped India to cling to the ODI Trophy and win the Second World Cup trophy under the captaincy of MS Dhoni.

The run machine of Indian cricket is dominating in the Indian Premier League, where he has scored most runs in IPL 2024 for the Bangalore-based franchise. Kohli has scored 661 runs in 13 matches with an average of 66.00, having 5 fifties and 1 hundred to his name. Virat Kohli will seen playing for the Indian team in ICC Men's T20 World Cup, which began after the IPL 2024 in the USA and West Indies on June 2nd.