Virat Kohli Birthday: World’s most-loved cricketer Virat Kohli is celebrating his 34th birthday today (November 5). Touted as the greatest of modern-day cricket only after Sachin Tendulkar, Kohli has inspired millions of people and cricketers alike. His work ethics, passion and aggression are second to none on a cricket field. The former Indian captain has set new standards every year even when he went through a rough patch lasting two years. Here, at InsideSport, we look at 34 UNKNOWN FACTS about the owner of 71 international centuries. Follow ICC T20 World Cup 2022 LIVE updates with InsideSport.IN
Virat Kohli Birthday: King Kohli celebrates 34th BIRTHDAY, Here are 34 UNKNOWN FACTS about India’s heartthrob, Check OUT
1. Virat is nicknamed ‘Chiku’. He was given that name by his coach Ajeet Chaudhary.
2. Virat Kohli started his cricket career in 1998 by joining the West Delhi Cricket Association.
3. He was selected in under-19 cricket in July 2006 and played his first game against Tamil Nadu.
4. On December 18, 2006, Virat’s father died, but an emotional Kohli decided to resume his innings against Karnataka on the next day. He scored 90 runs in that innings.
5. In the 2008 Under-19 World Cup, Kohli captained the Indian team and also won the competition.
6. Royal Challengers Bangalore paid just Rs 12 lakhs for him for the inaugural edition of IPL.
7. He is currently getting about INR 15 crore per season for his services to the RCB.
8. Virat Kohli played the first international ODI of his career in 2008.
9. Two years later, he went on to represent India in the T20I format and played the first Test match in 2011.
10. Virat Kohli first met Anushka Sharma in 2013 during an advertisement shoot for a shampoo.
Virat Kohli Birthday: King Kohli celebrates 34th BIRTHDAY, Here are 34 UNKNOWN FACTS about India’s heartthrob, Check OUT
11. Kohli and Anushka got married on 11 December 2017 in Italy.
12. Kohli and Anushka became parents in January 2021.
13. Virat said that his most favourite sport after cricket is football.
14. That love for football has led him to co-own FC Goa in the Indian Super League.
15. In 2017, Forbes magazine named Virat Kohli as India’s most valuable celebrity brand.
16. In 2018, Forbes magazine ranked Virat 83rd in the lithe st of top-100 highest-grossing players.
17. In March 2013, He started a charity named the Virat Kohli Foundation. This charity works for poor children and their education.
18. Virat Kohli is an avid animal lover. He has set up two animal shelters in the outskirts of Mumbai.
Virat Kohli Birthday: King Kohli celebrates 34th BIRTHDAY, Here are 34 UNKNOWN FACTS about India’s heartthrob, Check OUT
19. Kohli was awarded Padma Shri and Arjuna Award in 2013. In 2018, he was conferred with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India’s biggest sports award.
20. Kohli has scored over 300 runs on six different occasions in a bilateral series. No other player has managed to do it more than four times.
21. He is the first batsman to score more than 600 runs in a calendar year in T20 internationals. He did it in 2016 with an astonishing average of 106.83
22. Virat Kohli is the only Indian batsman who got 890 rating points in the ICC ODI ranking. Previously Sachin Tendulkar got the best rating of 887 in 1998.
23. Virat Kohli scored six double-centuries as a captain in Test matches.
Virat Kohli Birthday: King Kohli celebrates 34th BIRTHDAY, Here are 34 UNKNOWN FACTS about India’s heartthrob, Check OUT
24. Kolhi is the most successful Indian ODI captain. Kohli’s success rate is 75.89% as a captain which is better than M.S. Dhoni.
25. Ricky Ponting (2006, 2007) and Virat Kohli (2017, 2018) are the only cricketers to win the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy in successive years.
26. Virat Kohli took over the Test captaincy when India was ranked 7th and Virat steps down from Captaincy when India ranked No.1.
27. He is the first-ever batsman to score double hundreds in four consecutive test series. He achieved the feat against West Indies, England, New Zealand and Bangladesh.
28. Kohli scored 973 runs in the ninth edition of the Indian Premier League to guide his team to the finals of the tournament.
29. Kohli holds the record for scoring the fastest ODI ton by an Indian.
30. Kohli is the fastest Indian to reach 1000, 5000, 6000, 7000, 8000, 9000, and 10,000 runs in ODIs.
Virat Kohli Birthday: King Kohli celebrates 34th BIRTHDAY, Here are 34 UNKNOWN FACTS about India’s heartthrob, Check OUT
31. He is the first Indian cricketer to score three successive centuries in ODIs.
32. Kohli is the third-most followed individual on Instagram.
33. Kohli stroked his maiden T20I century against Afghanistan recently.
34. King Kohli has a road named after him in Australia. Incidentally, an Indian lives at 18, Kohli Crescent in Melbourne.
Virat Kohli Birthday: King Kohli celebrates 34th BIRTHDAY, Here are 34 UNKNOWN FACTS about India’s heartthrob, Check OUT
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