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Today i.e. on 5th November, Indian team’s star batsman Virat Kohli is celebrating his 36th birthday. At present, King Kohli is an important player of the Indian team. He has played very important and brilliant innings for Team India. Let us tell you that in the year 2024, Kohli retired from T20 International cricket after India won the title in T20 World Cup 2024. Now King Kohli is seen playing in Test and ODI cricket. When Kohli is in his best form, even the biggest bowler is seen asking for water in front of him. Everyone is well aware of King Kohli’s madness. So let us know about some interesting things related to the life of cricketer Virat Kohli on the occasion of his birthday…
Birth
Virat Kohli was born on 05 November in Delhi. Kohli grew up in Uttam Nagar, Delhi and started his cricket career from this city at the age of just 9. He held a bat for the first time at the age of 9. Virat Kohli has learned the nuances of cricket under the tutelage of childhood coach Rajkumar Sharma.
Step into domestic cricket
Let us tell you that in the year 2002, Virat Kohli entered domestic cricket. Virat played his first match for Delhi Under-15 team and he was also handed over the command of the team in 2003. After which Kohli, who created a stir with his bat in Under-15, was selected for Vijay Merchant Trophy.
Career reversed after father’s death
In the year 2006, Virat Kohli’s father Prem Kohli died due to heart attack. Even after the death of his father, Virat appeared in the match played against Karnataka the next day and during this he not only came on the ground but also played a brilliant inning of 90 runs. It is said that this is where the real career of King Kohli started. After this he never looked back.
under-19 champion
Under his captaincy, Virat Kohli made the Indian team the Under-19 champion in the year 2008 and made a lot of headlines. Kohli entered the IPL on the basis of his brilliant performance in Under-19 and Royal Challengers Bangalore played a big bet on Virat Kohli.
International career
In the year 2008, Virat Kohli stepped on the international cricket pitch for the first time. However, in the match played against West Indies, Kohli could not perform well and was out after scoring 4 runs. But after this, King Kohli played many brilliant innings for the Indian team. Due to which he got a place in the World Cup 2011 team. In this final match, Kohli played an inning of 35 runs against Sri Lanka.
Till now Virat has played 111 test matches for India. Out of which, in the 187 innings played, Kohli has scored 8676 runs at an average of 49.29. Kohli has 29 centuries and 29 half-centuries in his name in the longest format of cricket.