The youthful star in present Indian cricket group is Kohli. He is one of the best and fiery all rounder in mass
Indian Cricket group. The full name of this incredible player is Virat Kohli.
The pet name of Kohli is Cheeku.
He was
born on 5 November 1988 in Delhi. He studied at Vishal Bharti and Savier
Convent, Delhi. He got his initial cricket training in West Delhi Cricket
Academy, since 1998. He also used to play matches for Sumit Dogra Academy in
Vasundhara Enclave near Noida. Virat Kohil's role model is Herschelle Gibbs of
South Africa. He is fascinated about Lawn tennis and is a huge fan of Leander
paes (Indian tennis star) and Roger Federer (The Swiss tennis legend).
He was
born into a Punjabi family to Prem Kohli and Saroj Kohli. His father worked as
a criminal lawyer and mother is a house wife. He has an elder brother, Vikash
and an elder sister, Bhavna. Kohli is specifically from clans of the Katri
sub-caste. His father was died on December 19th, 2006 due to brain stroke which
numbed everyone and changed Virat completely and made him very conscious for
his career. Virat has an elder brother, Vikas and an elder sister Bhavna.
Virat
Kohli first came into the spotlight when he played for Delhi in a Ranji Trophy
match against Karnataka on the day of his father's death. Choosing to stay and
bat, he went on to score 90 runs. He was the captain of the victorious
Indian team at the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup held in Malaysia. Batting at
number 4, he scored 235 runs in 6 matches at an average of 47, including a
century against the West Indies U-19s. Virat emerged as the leading run scorer
of the tournament, aggregating 398 runs from 7 matches including 2 centuries
and 2 fifties. He has made his One Day International (ODI) debut in 2008.
Virat
Kohli is an Indian International cricketer, who is a middle-order right hand
batsman and a right arm medium pace bowler. He was the captain of the champion
Indian team at the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup held in Malaysia. Virat
represents Delhi in first-class cricket and is the captain of the RoyalChallengers Banglore franchise in the Indian Premier League. He was the part of
the Indian team which won the "2011 World Cup". Virat Kohli was
awarded the 'Man of the Tournament' for his brilliant performance in the ICC
World T20.
He has
won "ICC ODI Player of the Year" Award in the year 2012 and the BCCI’s
International Cricketer of the year of the 2011-12 and 2014-15 seasons. In
2013,he was given the Arujuna Award in recognition of his achievements in
international cricket.He has rated 13th by the SportsPro,UK magazine as the
most "Marketable Athlete in the World"in 2014. He is also a co-owner
of the ISL team FC Goa and the IPTL franchise UAE Royals. He also endorses
brands including Arvind's Flying Machine, Titan Fastrack, PepsiCo, Fair &
Lovely, Celkon Mobiles, Nike and many more.
The
king of cricket Virat Kohli, is all set to team up with musical maestro AR
Rahman. Oscar Award-winning Rahman is the composer of the Premier Futsalleague's official anthem. It will be sung by India Test captain Virat Kohli, at
an event in Chennai ahead of its inaugural season. The anthem titled 'Naam hai
Futsal', will be released with a video featuring Kohli, on June 20 via Premier
Futsal's digital platforms. The league ambassador of Premier Futsal, Kohli
said that, "I have been a fan of AR Rahman for years. It will be a
personal achievement and also a privilege to share the screen with him and lend
my voice to the anthem of Premier Futsal".