VIRAT KOHLI BIOGRAPHY 500 WORDS

Virat Kohli Biography

Virat kohli is an indian international cricketer, counted amongst the top sportsmen in India. This biography of Virat Kohli provides detailed information about his childhood, life, cricket records, achievement, works & timeline.

Quick facts

             Birthday: November 5, 1988

  Nationality: Indian

Famous: cricketer Indian men

Age: 30 years

Sun sign: Scorpio

Also known As: Cheeku

Born in: Delhi

Famous as: cricketer

Height: 5’9’’ (175cm) males

 Family:                         

Spouse/Ex-:  Anushka Sharma

Father: Prem kohli

Mother: Saroj kohli

Siblings: Bhavana kohli, Vikas kohli

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Virat kohli is an Indian international cricketer, counted amongst the top sportsmen in India. Considered to be among the best batsmen in the present era, he also doubles up as an occasional right arm medium pace bowler. He is known for his dependable and powerful batting style and has single – handedly won several matches of India. Virat become fascinated with cricket quite early on in his life and to the bat when he was just three. His parents recognized his potential and had him enrolled at the west Delhi cricket academy when he was nine years old. He developed into a very talented player over the ensuing years and represented his city Delhi at various age group levels and domestic cricket. His first major success came in 2008 when he captained India under – 19s to victory at the 2008 under -19 world cup. Soon he was selected to play for the Indian team and established himself as a valuable middle order player. After having gained a reputation as an “ODI specialist”, he has proved his mettle in test cricket as well. Currently, he is the captain of the Indian team in test cricket and vice- captain in limited overs formats. Virat kohli is married to famous Indian actress Anushka Sharma.

Childhood & early life

Virat kohli was born on 5 November 1988, in Delhi, India, to prem kohli  and saroj kohli. his father was a criminal lawyer while his mother is a housewife. He has two siblings: an elder brother, vikash, and an elder sister, Bhavna.

He became interested in cricket when he was a little boy. Aged just three, he would pick up a cricket bat and ask his father to bowl to him. He received his early schooling from Vishal Bharti public school.

His interest in cricket continued to grow and his father had him enrolled at the west Delhi cricket academy when virat was nine. He trained at the academy under Rajkumar Sharma and also played matches at the Sumit Dogra academy.

Career

In 2002, he played for Delhi under-15 team and became the leading run-getter in the 2002-03 Polly Umrigar trophy tournament .He was made the captain of the team for the 2003-04 Polly umrigar trophy.

He was selected for the Indian ODI squad for tour of Sri Lanka in 2008. During the tour, he batted as a makeshift opener throughout the series.

                            BY: BHAVESH PANDAV