Early Life
Virat Kohli was born on November 5 1988 in New Delhi, India. His parents are Prem and Saroj they are Punjabi Hindu. Virat Kohli has a sister, her name is Bhavna and she is older than Virat Kohli. Virat Kohli also has a brother his name is Vikash. He is older, than Virat Kohli.
Virat Kohli grew up in Uttam Nagar. Virat Kohli went to the Vishal Bharti Public School. Then Virat Kohli went to the West Delhi Cricket Academy. This academy was started in 1998. Virat Kohli was one of the students to go there. Something sad happened to Virat Kohli in 2006. Virat Kohlis father Prem passed away because of a stroke. This happened in 2006.
Personal Life
In the year 2013 Virat started going out with a Bollywood actress named Anushka Sharma. Virat and Anushka Sharma got married in the end of 2017. Then Virat and Anushka Sharma had a baby girl named Vamika in the beginning of 2021. Kohli started a charity foundation to help kids who’re not as lucky as others in the year 2013.
He is also a part owner of the football club FC Goa which plays in the Indian Super League. Kohli also owns teams like the UAE Royals which plays tennis in the International Premier Tennis League and the Bengaluru Yodhas which’s a wrestling team in the Pro Wrestling League. Kohlis charity foundation and his teams, like FC Goa and the UAE Royals and the Bengaluru Yodhas are all his projects.
Bio & Social Media
Bio
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | November 5, 1988 |
| Age | 36 years |
| Screen Name | King Kohli |
| First Name | Virat |
| Full Name | Virat Prem Kohli |
| Gender | Male |
| Father | Prem Kohli |
| Mother | Saroj Kohli |
| Siblings | Vastu Kohli (brother), Bhavna Kohli Dhingra (sister) |
| Shirt No | 18 |
| Birth Place | India |
| Residence | India |
| Nationality | India |
| Profession | Cricketer, Athlete, Celebrities |
| Spouse | Anushka Sharma (Married 2017) |
| No of Relationships | 6 (Anushka Sharma, Tamannaah Bhatia, Sanjjanaa Galrani, Sakshi Agarwal, Izabelle Leite, Sarah Jane Dias) |
| Children | 2 (Vamika, Akaay) |
| Zodiac Sign | Scorpio |
| Eye Color | Dark Brown |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Net Worth | $70 Million |
| Category | Cricketer, Athlete, Celebrities |
Social Media
| Platform | Official Link & Followers |
|---|---|
| @virat.kohli (271M+ followers) | |
| Facebook Page | Virat Kohli (58M+ followers) |
| Twitter (X) | @imVkohli (65M+ followers) |
| Tiktok | Will Update Soon |
| Youtube | Virat Kohli (5M+ followers) |
| Thread | Will Update Soon |
| Snap Chat | Will Update Soon |
| Wikipedia | Virat Kohli |
Net Worth and Salary
Virat Kohli is an Indian cricketer. He has a lot of money around $70 million. Virat Kohli plays cricket for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Premier League and for Delhi in domestic cricket.
Virat Kohli was also the captain of the national cricket team from 2013, to 2022. During that time the Indian national cricket team won 40 matches out of 68. Virat Kohli is thought to be one of the batsmen. Virat Kohli has won big awards like the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.
Highest Paid Athletes in the World
Virat Kohli has been one of the paid athletes in the world for some years now. He made a lot of money between June 2017 and June 2018. Virat Kohli earned twenty four million dollars. This was from his salary and the money he got from endorsements. Out of the twenty four million dollars that Virat Kohli made twenty million dollars was, from endorsements.
Career Beginnings
Virat Kohli started playing cricket when he was young. This was back in 2002. He joined the Delhi Under-15 team so he could play for the Polly Umrigar Trophy. The season Virat Kohli became the captain of the Delhi Under-15 team.
Virat Kohli then went on to play for the Delhi Under-17 team. They were playing for the Vijay Merchant Trophy. The Delhi Under-17 team won this trophy in the 2004-05 season.
In the year 2006 Virat Kohli played his List A match for Delhi. That year Virat Kohli made his first-class debut, for the Delhi team. The player finished the season with a total of 257 runs. He had a lot of games. He did really well to get that many runs. The season was an one and he played in every game so it is great that he was able to get 257 runs.
In the summer of 2006 Virat Kohli joined the India Under-19 squad when they went to England. The India Under-19 squad won both series they played against the England Under-19s. The year Virat Kohli made his debut in a Twenty20 match and he went to Sri Lanka with the India Under-19 squad.
In 2008 Virat Kohli was the captain of the Indian team that won the Under-19 Cricket World Cup. Virat Kohli and the Indian team did a job, in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
International Career, Part 1
Virat Kohli made his debut in the Indian ODI squad when they went to Sri Lanka in the summer of 2008. The Indian team did well and won the series with three wins and two losses. Virat Kohli was out for a while because of a shoulder injury. Then Virat Kohli got better. Came back to the Indian team for the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy. After that Virat Kohli played in a series of seven one day matches against Australia in India. Then Virat Kohli played in another series of one day matches against Sri Lanka, in India. In the year 2010 Virat Kohli did well in a big cricket tournament in Bangladesh. He scored a lot of runs. Became the top scorer with 275 runs. Then Virat Kohli did great in another tournament in Zimbabwe. He became the Indian batsman to score 1,000 runs in one day cricket. After that Kohli helped India win against New Zealand in a series played at home the score was 5-0. Kohli scored the runs that year with 995 runs he was the leading run-scorer, in one day cricket.
I think Kohli did a job in cricket. He played really well so he was picked for the team that went to the World Cup in 2011. Kohli played in every match and he even scored one hundred runs without getting out. Kohli also got his century in a one day international match. The Indian team won the World Cup. That was a big deal because they had not won it since 1983. That year Kohli scored the most runs when India played England in a series of five matches at home. Kohli helped the Indian team win all five matches, against England. In the one day international series against the West Indies Kohli scored his eighth one day international century. He did this again. Finished the year as the top scorer in one day international cricket with 1,381 runs. After playing in Australia Kohli was made the vice captain of the Indian team for the 2012 Asia Cup in Bangladesh. India did not make it to the final. Kohli finished the tournament as the top scorer with 357 runs. Kohli was really good at scoring runs, in this tournament. He had a time playing cricket that summer. He did well in the five match game against Sri Lanka. He also played well in the ICC World Twenty20. The ICC World Twenty20 was a deal for him and he was happy, with how he performed in the ICC World Twenty20.
International Career, Part 2
In the beginning of 2013 India played well and won against Australia in a Test series, at home. A while later India did a great job and beat England in the ICC Champions Trophy. After that Kohli became the captain of the team when they went to the West Indies for a triangular series. India then went to Zimbabwe. Won all five matches against them. The Indian team kept on winning. They also beat Australia in a series of seven matches. Later in December 2014 Kohli became the Test captain for the time when India toured Australia.
Kohli had a time on the tour of Bangladesh in the summer of 2015. On this tour Kohli got his first series win as the Test captain of India. The next year was pretty good, for Kohli too. Kohli played an important part in helping India win the Asia Cup. In the year 2017 Kohli made a lot of runs a total of 2,818 runs.
This is the highest number of runs made by any player in one year. It is also the number of runs made by any Indian player in one year and that player is Kohli. India did well in South Africa in 2018. They won the ODI series with a score of 5-1. Then the Indian team went on to win in England. They also won the Test series in Australia.
In 2019 Kohli became the captain of the team for the Cricket World Cup. He was the captain of the team, for the 2021 ICC World Test Championship Final and the 2021 ICC Mens T20 World Cup.
After the 2021 ICC Mens T20 World Cup Kohli said he will not be the ODI captain anymore. In the beginning of 2022 Kohli also stopped being the Test captain of the team.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Kohli has played for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Premier League. He was the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore for eight seasons. When Kohli first started playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore things did not go well.. Over time Kohli became one of the top run scorers for Royal Challengers Bangalore.
In the 2015 Premier League Kohli led Royal Challengers Bangalore to the playoffs. Then in the 2016 Indian Premier League Kohli helped Royal Challengers Bangalore finish in place. Kohli also did something in 2016. He scored the most runs in a single Indian Premier League season with a total of 973 runs, for Royal Challengers Bangalore. Later, in 2021, Kohli became the first-ever player to achieve 6,000 IPL runs.
