Biography



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Virat Kohli, the Young and talented right-handed batsman,  was born on the 5th of November in 1988 in Delhi. His father was Prem Kohli and his mother Saroj Kohli. His father worked as a lawyer and he passed away in December 19th, 2006 due to brain stroke. Virat has an elder brother, Vikash and an elder sister, Bhavna. He had his schooling in St. Sofia School in Paschim Vihar, Delhi.
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Virat was included in the Delhi Ranji team on 23rd November 2006.He played his first match against Tamil Nadu. Virat became famous when he played for Delhi in the Ranji trophy, a match against Karnataka. He scored 90 in that match. On that day only (19th December 2006), at 3 o’clock in the morning, his dad passed away due to brain stroke.Virat played his first T 20 match against Himachal Pradesh at Delhi on the 3rd of April 2007.
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Virat Kohli was the captain of the victorious Indian team at the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup held in Malaysia.
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Virat is also a player of Royal Challengers Bangalore from the year 2008 in IPL.

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 He made his debut In One Day International against Sri Lanka in the Ideal Cup in 2008.
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In the 2011 World cup, Virat proved his talent and he was the first Indian to score a century in the World cup Debut. Virat constantly maintained his run rate in the matches. He scored 282 runs in 9 innings with an average of 35.25.

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Virat Kohli first Test debut was in West Indies against hosts,  In June and July 2011.

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About Virat Kohli’s personal likings : His favorite Actor is Aamir Khan and actress is Aishwarya Rai!

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