Virat Kohli Profile: Family, Age, Career info, Records & Stats

Virat Kohli Personal Information

India has produced many great cricketers, but Virat Kohli stands out for his big dreams. To achieve them, he mixed Sachin Tendulkar’s careful batting style with the fitness of top athletes, not just cricket players. This made him the best run-scorer across all cricket formats in his time. He made tough chases look simple and found the safest ways to pile up runs-lots of them.

His drive carried over to his role as captain. He pushed his bowlers hard, especially the fast ones, often picked an extra bowler over a batter, and led India to stay number one in Test rankings for a long time. Under him, India won their first Test series in Australia. He led India in 68 Tests, winning 40, making him the fourth-best captain globally, behind Graeme Smith, Ricky Ponting, and Steve Waugh.

Kohli scored Test hundreds against every country he played, except Bangladesh. In one-day internationals (ODIs), he was the fastest to reach 8,000, 9,000, 10,000, and 11,000 runs. He became the first batter to score 50 ODI hundreds, hitting this mark in the 2023 World Cup semi-final, with Tendulkar watching as Kohli broke his record.

From 2016 to 2018, Kohli scored 3,596 runs in 35 Tests, averaging 66.59, with 14 hundreds and eight fifties in 58 innings. His 2018 England tour was a highlight. But after 2019, his form dropped. His Test average, once over 55 after his best score of 254 against South Africa in Pune, fell to about 46 by the end.

He stopped playing Test cricket halfway through the 2025 IPL season. Fans showed up in white at Chinnaswamy Stadium to honor his Test career, but rain canceled the game. Still, their love showed how he made fans excited about Test cricket again, even though his average in his last 39 Tests was 30.72.

Though his Test career ended with 9,230 runs-fewer than the other top players like Joe Root, Steve Smith, and Kane Williamson-Kohli was okay with it. He soon won his first IPL trophy in 2025, after 18 tries, but said it was way less important than Test cricket.

Kohli won multiple world titles. He led India to the 2008 Under-19 World Cup and won four more with the senior team: the 2011 50-over World Cup, the 2013 and 2025 Champions Trophies, and the 2024 T20 World Cup, where he scored 76 in the final.

When he started, Kohli was a young talent with an amazing cover drive. He was set to be India’s next big batter as older stars retired. But he wanted more-to be a player opponents feared and who made every game intense. He lived every moment on the field and stayed fit and strong to do it. He changed how Indian cricket valued fitness, adding endurance tests for team selection.

He was India’s strongest captain. At the heart of every cricket ad campaign, he led when the BCCI had temporary leaders who didn’t challenge him. No one doubted his goal: to win matches for India. And his team won plenty.

Personal Information
Full Name	Virat Kohli
Date of Birth	November 5, 1988
Age	34 Years
Nationality	Indian
Birth Place	New Delhi
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Batting Style	Right hand Batsman
Bowling Style	Right arm Medium Bowler
Jersey No.	18
Wife	Anushka Sharma
Father	Prem Kohli
Mother	Saroj Kohli
Daughter	Vamika Kohli
Son	Akaay Kohli

When there comes talk of modern cricket, one name that frequently comes to mind is Virat Kohli. Known for his exceptional batting skills and aggressive style of play, Kohli has become global icon in this sport. This article aims to delve into Virat Kohli biography – personal and professional life, shedding light on family, age, career info, as well as impressive records and statistics.

Virat Kohli Family Background and Early Life:

Virat Kohli comes from middle-class Punjabi family with his father being criminal lawyer and mother a homemaker. He has one elder brother and sister. Kohli was raised in Uttam Nagar, Delhi where he attended school. From an early age cricket became his passion nurtured by his family.

Rise to Stardom:

Kohli’s journey began at a very young age when he started playing cricket in streets of Delhi. He joined the prestigious West Delhi Cricket Academy where coach Rajkumar Sharma recognized his talent. Under Sharma’s guidance, Kohli honed his skills showing great promise which led him to represent Delhi at various levels.

Virat Kohli Teams

Teams
Indian Cricket Team	Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)
India Blue	India A
India Under-19s	North Zone
Oil & Natural  Gas Co.	India Red
Delhi	Indian Board President’s 11
India Emerging Players	Rest of India

Debut of Virat Kohli

Format	Date
Test Matches	20 June, 2011 (IND vs WI)
ODI Matches	18 August, 2008 (SRI vs IND)
T20I Matches	12 June, 2010 (ZIM vs IND)
FC Matches	23 November, 2006 (Tamil Nadu vs Delhi)
List A Matches	18 February, 2006 (Delhi vs Services)
T20 Matches	03 April, 2007 (Delhi vs Himachal)

In 2008, Kohli made international debut for India in ODI match against Sri Lanka. Although he didn’t have an exceptional start, consistent performances earned him permanent place in the national team. His first century came in 2009 against Sri Lanka marking the beginning of a glorious career filled with records.

One notable Virat Kohli record is that he is the fastest batsman to score 8,000-13,000 runs in ODIs along with an impressive batting average of over 53.67 across formats accumulating more than 25,000 runs overall including scoring 77 centuries and 132 fifties internationally.

Virat Kohli Stats by Tournament

Tournament	Mat	Inn	Runs	100s	50s	4s	6s
Indian Premier League	250	242	7725	8	53	685	248
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup	20	20	915	1	5	85	23
Asia Cup	12	11	492	1	4	47	13
ICC Champions Trophy	12	11	453	0	3	46	7
ICC Cricket World Cup	28	28	1125	3	6	99	6

Captaincy and Leadership:

In 2017, Kohli took over captaincy from MS Dhoni leading Indian cricket across formats reaching new heights consistently performing well. Virat Kohli, the former captain of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the Indian Premier League (IPL), has had a remarkable career in the tournament.

IPL Career:

Kohli made his IPL debut in 2008 as a young player representing RCB. Over the years, he established himself as one of most consistent performers in the league. He quickly became an integral part of RCB’s batting line-up and eventually took over as captain from 2013 until 2021.

His performances earned him four Orange Caps for being the tournament’s leading run-scorer (in 2016, 2017, 2019, and 2020). With over seven thousand runs to his name across multiple seasons, Kohli is also among top run-getters in IPL history.

Under Kohli’s leadership, RCB consistently qualified for playoffs but fell short of winning their maiden title despite reaching three finals (in 2009, 2011, and most recently in 2016).

Virat Kohli Stats in every Format

Format	Mat	Inn	Runs	100s	50s	H.S	4s	6s
ODIs	302	290	14181	51	74	183	1325	152
TESTs	123	210	9230	30	31	254	1027	30
T20Is	125	117	4188	1	38	122	369	124
T20s	411	394	13434	9	104	122	1195	435
LISTAs	336	323	15623	55	82	183	1489	176
FIRSTCLASS	156	259	11485	37	39	254	1341	45

List of Virat Kohli Awards

Awards

Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy: 2017, 2018

ICC ODI Player of the Year: 2012, 2017

ICC Test Team of the Year: 2017 (c)

Padma Shri: 2017

ICC ODI Team of the Year: 2012, 2014, 2016 (c), 2017 (c)

Arjuna Award: 2013

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna: 2018

Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Men’s Cricketer (2010-2020)

Virat Kohli: Along the Years

Year	Age	Achievement
2008	19	Won the 2008 U-19 World Cup
2008	19	ODI Debut against Sri Lanka
2008	19	Joined Royal Challengers Bengaluru
2010	22	T20I Debut against Zimbabwe
2011	23	Won the 2011 ICC World Cup
2011	23	Test debut against West Indies
2012	24	Vice-captain of the Indian ODI team
2012	24	ICC ODI Player of the Year
2013	25	No 1 batsman in ODI rankings
2014	26	Man of the Tournament at the 2014 ICC World Twenty20
2014	26	Appointed Test captain
2015	27	Played in the 2015 ICC World Cup
2016	28	Man of the Tournament at the 2016 ICC World Twenty20
2016	28	Most runs ever in a single IPL edition (973)
2016	28	Joint-most centuries in a single IPL edition (4)
2016	28	Captained RCB to finish as runners-up
2017	29	ICC Cricketer of the Year
2017	29	Appointed as the ODI captain
2018	30	Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
2018	29	Became the fastest ODI batter to achieve 10000 ODI runs.
2019	30	Most runs in IPL history
2019	30	Captained India to the semi-final of 2019 World Cup
2019	31	ICC Spirit of Cricket Award
2020	32	ICC Cricketer of the Decade
2022	33	Completed 100 Test matches for India
2022	33	Scored his first T20 International Century
2022	34	Most runs in ICC World T20 2022 (296)
2023	34	Most centuries by a batter in IPL history
2023	35	Player of the Tournament in ICC Cricket World Cup 2023
2023	35	ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year 2023

Personal Life:

Kohli is married to Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma and they have a daughter named Vamika Kohli and a son named Akaay Kohli. They are considered one of the power couples in India where both enjoying successful careers.

Out of the field, Kohli has been actively participating in philanthropic activities through his foundation providing education to underprivileged children. And apart from that he has also been actively vocal about women empowerment and animal rights.

The whole profile of Virat Kohli is testament to talent, dedication and determination. From his early days in Delhi to becoming one of the greatest batsmen world has seen, Kohli’s journey has been extraordinary. With numerous records and honours under his belt, he has established himself as modern-day legend of game. Moreover, Kohli’s role as captain and leadership skills have added another dimension to remarkable career. As Kohli continues to shine on cricket field, fans can only wonder what more he has in store for future.

                                               

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