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Kohli made his ODI debut in 2008 and was part of the Indian team which won the 2011 World Cup. Despite being a regular in the ODI side, Kohli only played his first Test in 2011 against West Indies at Kingston. On India's disastrous 2011/12 tour of Australia, in which India's senior batsmen struggled throughout, Kohli stood out, scoring his first Test hundred in Adelaide.
In ODI cricket, Kohli holds multiple records including the record for the fastest century by an Indian batsman,and the fastest to 17 hundreds in ODI by any batsman. He is the fourth batsman in ODIs after Sourav Ganguly (1997–2000), Sachin Tendulkar (1996–98) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (2007–09) to hit 1000 or more ODI runs in three or more consecutive calendar years. He also holds the record for most centuries in chases, with 14 centuries, behind only Sachin Tendulkar. He is the first batsman to make five successive scores of 50 or more in ODIs on two separate occasions. Kohli was the recipient of the ICC ODI Player of the Year award in 2012. SportsPro has rated him the 2nd most marketable athlete in the world.In October 2013, against Australia, Kohli hit the fastest ODI century by an Indian, the seventh fastest ever. In November 2013, he became the top-ranked ODI batsman for the first time. Kohli also received the Man of the Tournament during the 2014 T20 World Cup in Bangladesh.
Virat Kohli was born on 5 November 1988 in Delhi to Prem Kohli and Saroj Kohli. He has an elder brother, Vikash, and an elder sister, Bhavna.Kohli was raised in Uttam Nagar and attended school at Vishal Bharti Public School and Savier Convent in Paschim Vihar. His father, Prem, worked as a criminal lawyer and died on 18 December 2006 due to brain stroke.
Fastest Century
Most runs in a calendar year
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Kohli made his ODI debut in 2008 and was part of the Indian team which won the 2011 World Cup. Despite being a regular in the ODI side, Kohli only played his first Test in 2011 against West Indies at Kingston. On India's disastrous 2011/12 tour of Australia, in which India's senior batsmen struggled throughout, Kohli stood out, scoring his first Test hundred in Adelaide.
In ODI cricket, Kohli holds multiple records including the record for the fastest century by an Indian batsman,and the fastest to 17 hundreds in ODI by any batsman. He is the fourth batsman in ODIs after Sourav Ganguly (1997–2000), Sachin Tendulkar (1996–98) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (2007–09) to hit 1000 or more ODI runs in three or more consecutive calendar years. He also holds the record for most centuries in chases, with 14 centuries, behind only Sachin Tendulkar. He is the first batsman to make five successive scores of 50 or more in ODIs on two separate occasions. Kohli was the recipient of the ICC ODI Player of the Year award in 2012. SportsPro has rated him the 2nd most marketable athlete in the world.In October 2013, against Australia, Kohli hit the fastest ODI century by an Indian, the seventh fastest ever. In November 2013, he became the top-ranked ODI batsman for the first time. Kohli also received the Man of the Tournament during the 2014 T20 World Cup in Bangladesh.
Virat Kohli was born on 5 November 1988 in Delhi to Prem Kohli and Saroj Kohli. He has an elder brother, Vikash, and an elder sister, Bhavna.Kohli was raised in Uttam Nagar and attended school at Vishal Bharti Public School and Savier Convent in Paschim Vihar. His father, Prem, worked as a criminal lawyer and died on 18 December 2006 due to brain stroke.
Fastest Century
- Fastest Century (in 52 balls) by an Indian batsmen in ODI's against Australia in Jaipur on 16 O
- Fastest Indian cricketer to reach 1000 runs in ODIs
- Fastest Indian cricketer to reach 3000 runs in ODIs
- Fastest Indian cricketer to reach 4000 runs in ODIs
- Fastest Indian cricketer to reach 5000 runs in ODIs
- Fastest cricketer to reach 6,000 runs in ODIs
- Fastest Indian cricketer to reach 10 centuries in ODIs and 2nd fastest overall behind Hashim Amla.
- Fastest Indian cricketer to reach 15 centuries in ODIs and 2nd fastest overall behind Hashim Amla.
- Fastest Indian cricketer to reach 20 centuries in ODIs and 2nd fastest overall behind Hashim Amla.
Most runs in a calendar year
- Most ODI runs by an Indian cricketer in 2010
- Most ODI runs by an Indian cricketer in 2011
- Most ODI runs by an Indian cricketer in 2012
- Most ODI runs by an Indian cricketer in 2013
- Most ODI runs by an Indian cricketer in 2014
- Most ODI runs in the calendar year 2011
- Most Test runs by an Indian cricketer in 2012
- Most ODI centuries in 2010 by an Indian cricketer
- Most ODI centuries in 2011 by an Indian cricketer
- Most ODI centuries in 2012
- Most ODI centuries in 2014 by an Indian cricketer
- First Test captain in cricket history to score three centuries in first three innings. He bettered Greg Chappell's record of scoring a century each in his first two innings as skipper.
- 2014 ICC World Twenty20 Player of the Tournament.
- ICC ODI Player of the Year 2012
- Ceat International Cricketer of the Year 2013-14
- Peoples Choice Awards for Favorite Sportsperson of the Year 2012
- Arjuna Award 2013
Virat Kohli had a dream. A dream like every other young kid in India to represent the country in the gentleman’s game. It is this vigor and fervor for the game of cricket that has helped this extremely talented young boy from Delhi to scale great heights at a very young age. He was barely in his teens when he led the India Under-19 team to a World Cup victory in Kuala Lumpur in 2008 which was a pointer of bigger and better things to come in the future. After that famous victory, it was not long before he made his entry into the senior team and Kohli was soon brushing shoulders with the best in the business and his cricketing idol Sachin Tendulkar. The stylish right-handed batsman banked on the opportunities at disposal and displayed a tremendous sense of maturity as if to show he belonged. He was termed brash and aggressive for being expressive on and off the field, but Kohli imbibed all of those qualities in his gameplay only to become better with each passing game.
He began chasing totals for India with ridiculous ease and India had found a stable batsman in the middle order for the long run. Such is his batting prowess and cricketing mind that Ray Jennings(his coach with Royal Challengers Bangalore) touted him to be the leader of future India. Kohli made his mark in the shorter formats of the game but got a chance to don the whites in 2011.
He registered his maiden Test century against Australia in Adelaide in January 2012 and followed it up with impressive centuries in India and abroad – namely South Africa and New Zealand. With an astute cricketing brain and solid batting technique, a regular in the playing eleven in all formats of the game, Kohli is looked up to as one of the potential leaders for team India in the future.
He began chasing totals for India with ridiculous ease and India had found a stable batsman in the middle order for the long run. Such is his batting prowess and cricketing mind that Ray Jennings(his coach with Royal Challengers Bangalore) touted him to be the leader of future India. Kohli made his mark in the shorter formats of the game but got a chance to don the whites in 2011.
He registered his maiden Test century against Australia in Adelaide in January 2012 and followed it up with impressive centuries in India and abroad – namely South Africa and New Zealand. With an astute cricketing brain and solid batting technique, a regular in the playing eleven in all formats of the game, Kohli is looked up to as one of the potential leaders for team India in the future.
