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Virat Kohli

Personal information
Full name Virat Kohli

Born 5 November 1988 (age 25)
Delhi, India
Nickname Cheeku
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right arm medium
Role Batsman
International information
National side
India
Test debut (cap 269) 20 June 2011 v West Indies
Last Test 14 February 2014 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 175) 18 August 2008 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI 05 March 2014 v Afghanistan
ODI shirt no. 18
T20I debut (cap 31) 12 June 2010 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I 10 October 2013 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years Team
2006–present Delhi
2008–present Royal Challengers Bangalore
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 24 134 21 55
Runs scored 1,721 5,634 587 3,909
Batting average 46.51 52.16 34.52 51.43
100s/50s 6/9 19/30 0/4 13/17
Top score 119 183 78 197
Balls bowled 144 538 136 612
Wickets 0 4 3 3
Bowling average – 135.5 61.00 108
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 0
Best bowling n/a 1/15 1/13 1/19
Catches/stumpings 27 62 8/– 53/–
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 27 January 2014
Virat Kohli (born 5 November 1988) is an Indian cricketer. A middle-order batsman, who can also bowl right arm medium pace, Kohli captained the victorious Indian team at the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup held in Malaysia, and is the captain of the Royal Challengers Bangalore franchise in the Indian Premier League. He also represents Delhi in first-class cricket and played for the West Delhi Cricket Academy.[3] In One Day International (ODI) cricket, Kohli holds the record for the fastest century by an Indian batsman and became the fastest to 17 hundreds in ODI by any batsman.[5] He is the fourth batsman in ODIs after Sourav Ganguly (1997-2000), Sachin Tendulkar (1996-98) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (2007–09) to hit 1000 or more ODI runs in three or more consecutive calendar years. He also holds the record for most centuries in chases, with 11 centuries, behind only Sachin Tendulkar. He is the first batsman to make five successive scores of 50 or more in ODIs on two separate occasions.

International career

Following a hundred in the Emerging Players Tournament in Australia in 2008, Kohli was selected in the ODI squad for India's tour of Sri Lanka in 2008 Kohli made his debut in One Day Internationals against Sri Lanka in the Idea Cup in 2008 when both Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag were injured. He opened the batting in the first match, and was dismissed for 12. But he made a crucial 37 in a low-scoring second match in the series, which helped India win and level the series. He made his first half-century, a score of 54, in the fourth match which helped India win the series. This was India's first ODI series win against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka. He was included in the squad for the home ODI series against England later that same year but was not given a chance to play, due to the inclusion of Tendulkar and Sehwag in team. Kohli was then dropped from the squad for the five-match ODI series in Sri Lanka against Sri Lanka in January 2009.
Records and achievements

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Fastest Century

Fastest Century (in 52 balls) by an Indian batsmen in ODI's against Australia in Jaipur on 16 October 2013.
Milestones
Fastest cricketer to reach 5000 runs in ODIs.
Fastest Indian cricketer to reach 1000 runs in ODIs.
Fastest Indian cricketer to reach 3000 runs in ODIs.
Fastest Indian cricketer to reach 4000 runs in ODIs.
Fastest cricketer to reach 10 centuries in ODIs.
Fastest cricketer to reach 15 centuries in ODIs.

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Most runs in a calendar year

Most ODI runs by an Indian cricketer in 2010.
Most ODI runs by an Indian cricketer in 2011.
Most ODI runs by an Indian cricketer in 2012.
Most ODI runs by an Indian cricketer in 2013.
Most ODI runs in the calendar year 2011.
Most Test runs by an Indian cricketer in 2012.