10 Amazing Facts About Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli was born on 5th November 1988 in Delhi in a Punjabi family to Prem and Saroj Kohli. His brother Vikas Kohli is a businessman

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His sister’s name is Bhavna Kohli. Prem Kohli was a criminal lawyer.

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TitleKohli started his professional career by joining West Delhi cricket academy in 1998 and trained under Rajkumar Sharma.

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His nickname is “Cheeku”, his childhood coach Ajeet Chaudhury at the West Delhi Cricket academy gave him the nickname

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Virat led India to win the 2008 U-19 World Cup 2008. He was the 3rd highest run-getter with 635 runs in 6 matches.

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Kohli is one of the most passionate players the world has ever seen. During a Rajni Trophy match against Karnataka

his father died due to a stroke but determined Kohli decided to play the match and made 90 before attending the funeral of his father

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Virat was a part of the Indian team which won the 2011 World Cup under Dhoni’s leadership after 28 years. His first-ever World Cup and he ended up being a winner

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Virat Kohli owns many records in One Day cricket- i) quickest batsman to score 8000, 9000, 10000, 11000 & 12000 ODI runs.

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