Virat Kholi,the present Captain of the Indian cricket team, is one of the world's best right-hand batsmen. He was born on 5th November 1988 in Delhi, India. His nickname is Cheeku. Kholi's father, Prem Kohli, was a criminal lawyer. And Saroj Kholi, his mother, is a housewife. Kholi has two siblings, the elder brother Vikash and the elder sister Bhavna.
Early life
Kholi was brought up in Uttam Nagar and did his schooling atVishal Bharti public school. At a very early stage, about9years old, Kholi becomes part of West Delhi Cricket Academy. There he was trained by the trainer Rajkumar Sharma. Later he joined Saviour Convent for his cricket. Kholi was not only talented in cricket, but he was also very good in academics. In2006his father died of a stroke. After that, in2015, with his family, Kholi moved to Gurgaon.
Virat Kholi was selected in the Delhiunder-15team for the Polly Umrigar trophy in2002-2003.In that tournament, he scored the highest run and became the Captain of the team forthe 2003-2004tournaments. The same year (2004), he was selected in the Delhiunder-17team. There, his team won the Vijay merchant tournament (2004-2005), and again Kohli was the highest run-scorer. In July2006, he played for Indiaunder-19team. There, his team won both ODI and test series against England. His performance was appreciated by CoachLalchand Rajput. In November2006, he played his debut match against Tamil Nadu for Delhi.
Kohli got test captaincy
In December2014, for the Australian tour, Kohli got test captaincy due to Dhoni's injury. However, Dhoni returned to the team as Captain from the second match of the series, but at the last of the third match of the series, Dhoni announced his retirement from Test Cricket, and Kohli became the full-time Captain for the test team. As a captain of the test team, he gave his best performance in all the matches. He scored692in all four matches that were the highest by an Indian batsman in test series in Australia.
Kohli's love life and marriage
Kholi never hides his affair with his girlfriend, Anushka Sharma (Bollywood actress). The couple started dating in 2013, and very soon, the lovebirds started living in a relationship. Their fans give them the name 'Virushka'. The couple tied in wed-lock on 11th January 2017 in Florence, Italy. This year on 11 th January, the couple was blessed with a baby girl and gave her the name 'Vamika'.
So, overall, Virat Kohli is a very talented cricketer and a kind person. He is very popular among cricket fans as well as among children. He is also cast in aSuper V(Super Virat). It is an animated superhero series in which he is portrayed as a superhero that discovers hidden superpowers. An episode of the documentary series "Mega Icons" is dedicated to Kohli's achievements in cricket.Read more on..
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