VIRAT KOHLI

VIRAT KOHLI

Virat Kohli was born on 5 November 1988 in Delhi. Virat Kohli is an Indian cricketer. He is Middle order batsman. Kohli holds the record for the fastest century by an Indian batsman and became the fastest to 17 hundreds in ODI. He is the fourth batsman in ODIs after Sourav Ganguly (1997-2000) Sachin Tendulkar (1996-98) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (2007–09) to make 1000 or more ODI runs. Kohli made his ODI debut in 2008 and was part of the Indian team which won the 2011 World Cup. Kohli only played his first Test in 2011 against West Indies in Kingston. Kohli was the recipient of the ICC ODI Player of the Year award in 2012. Kohli made 212 runs in the two Test matches including a century and two half-centuries at an average of 106. In November 2013, he became the top ranked ODI batsman for the first time.