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Virat Kohli
Kohli in 2017
Personal information
Born
(1988-11-05) 5 November 1988 (age 29)
Delhi, India
Nickname
Cheeku, King Kohli
Height
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Batting
Right-handed
Bowling
Right-arm medium
Role
Top-order batsman , Captain
Relations
Anushka Sharma (wife)
Website
www.viratkohli.club
International information
National side
India (2008-present)
Test debut (cap 269)
20 June 2011 v West Indies
Last Test
24 January 2018 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 175)
18 August 2008 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI
14 July 2018 v England
ODI shirt no.
18
T20I debut (cap 31)
12 June 2010 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I
8 July 2018 v England
T20I shirt no.
18
Domestic team information
Years
Team
2006–present
Delhi
2008–present
Royal Challengers Bangalore (squad no. 18 / formerly 5)
Career statistics
Competition
Test
ODI
T20I
FC
Matches
66 210 62 98
Runs scored
5,554 9,708 2,102 7,803
Batting average
53.40 58.13 48.88 53.81
100s/50s
21/16 35/47 0/18 27/23
Top score
243 183 90* 243
Balls bowled
163 641 146 631
Wickets
0 4 4 3
Bowling average
– 166.25 49.50 110.00
5 wickets in innings
0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match
0 n/a n/a 0
Best bowling
– 1/15 1/13 2/42
Catches/stumpings
63/– 101/– 28/– 94/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 15 July 2018
Virat Kohli ( pronunciation (help·info); born 5 November 1988) is an Indian international cricketer who currently captains the India national team. An elegant right-handed batsman, Kohli is regarded as one of the best batsmen in the world.[1] He plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL), and has been the team's captain since 2013.
Born and raised in Delhi, Kohli represented the city's cricket team at various age-group levels before making his first-class debut in 2006. He captained India Under-19s to victory at the 2008 Under-19 World Cup in Malaysia, and a few months later, made his ODI debut for India against Sri Lanka at the age of 19. Initially having played as a reserve batsman in the Indian team, he soon established himself as a regular in the ODI middle-order and was part of the squad that won the 2011 World Cup. He made his Test debut in 2011 and shrugged off the tag of "ODI specialist" by 2013 with Test hundreds in Australia and South Africa.[2] Having reached the number one spot in the ICC rankings for ODI batsmen for the first time in 2013,[3] Kohli also found success in the Twenty20 format, winning the Man of the Tournament twice at the ICC World Twenty20 (in 2014 and 2016). In 2014, he became the top-ranked T20I batsman in the ICC rankings, holding the position for three successive years till 2017. Since October 2017, he has also been the top-ranked ODI batsman in the world and is currently the 2nd ranked Test batsman in the world.[4]
Kohli was appointed the vice-captain of the ODI team in 2012 and handed over the Test captaincy following Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Test retirement in 2014. In early 2017, he became the limited-overs captain as well after Dhoni stepped down from the position. In ODIs, Kohli has the second highest number of centuries and the highest number of centuries in run-chases in the world. Kohli holds numerous Indian batting records including the fastest ODI century, the fastest batsman to 5,000 ODI runs and the fastest to 10 ODI centuries. He is only the second batsman in the world to have scored 1,000 or more ODI runs for four consecutive calendar years.[5] Among the T20I world records held by Kohli are: the fastest batsman to 2,000 runs and 1,000 runs,[6] most runs in a calendar year and most fifties in the format. He also holds the records of most runs in a single tournament of both the World Twenty20 and the IPL. He also has the highest historic rating points for an Indian batsman in ODIs (909 points)[7] and T20Is (897 points)[8] in ICC rankings and 2nd highest rating points in Tests (912 points) behind only Sunil Gavaskar.[9][10] He is the only batsman in history to average over 50 in Test matches, ODIs and T20Is simultaneously.[11]
Kohli has been the recipient of many awards such as the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy (ICC Cricketer of the Year) in 2017; ICC ODI Player of the Year in 2012, 2017 and Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World in 2016, 2017.[12] In 2013, he was given the Arjuna Award in recognition of his achievements in international cricket. The Padma Shri was conferred upon him in 2017 under the sports category.[13] Alongside his cricket career, Kohli co-owns FC Goa in the ISL, the IPTL franchise UAE Royals and the PWL team Bengaluru Yodhas. He also has other business ventures and over 20 brand endorsements. Kohli is ranked as one of the world's most famous athletes by ESPN[14] and one of the most valuable athlete brands by Forbes.[15] In 2018, Time magazine named Kohli one of the 100 most influential people in the world.[16]
Contents
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1 Early life
2 Youth and domestic career
3 International career
3.1 Early years
3.2 Rise through the ranks
3.3 Ascension to ODI vice-captaincy
3.4 Setting records
3.5 Overseas season
3.6 Test captaincy
3.7 No. 1 Test team and limited-overs captaincy
4 Indian Premier League
5 Playing style
6 International centuries
7 Records and achievements
8 Awards
9 Outside cricket
9.1 Personal life
9.2 Commercial investments
9.3 Endorsements
9.4 Charity
10 See also
11 References
12 Bibliography
13 External links
Early life
Virat Kohli was born on 5 November 1988 in Delhi into a Punjabi family.[17] His father, Prem Kohli, worked as a criminal lawyer and his mother, Saroj Kohli, is a housewife.[18] He has an older brother, Vikash, and an older sister, Bhavna.[19] According to his family, when he was three-years old, Kohli would pick up a cricket bat, start swinging it and ask his father to bowl at him.[20]
Kohli was raised in Uttam Nagar[21] and started his schooling at Vishal Bharti Public School. In 1998, the West Delhi Cricket Academy was created, and Kohli, a nine-year-old, was part of its first intake.[21] Kohli's father took him to the academy after their neighbours suggested that "Virat shouldn't waste his time in gully cricket and instead join a professional club".[18] Kohli trained at the academy under Rajkumar Sharma and also played matches at the Sumeet Dogra Academy at Vasundhara Enclave at the same time.[21] Sharma recounts Kohli's early days at his academy, "He oozed talent. It was so difficult to keep him quiet. He was a natural in whatever he did and I was most impressed with his attitude. He was ready to bat at any spot, and I had to literally push him home after the training sessions. He just wouldn’t leave."[22] In ninth grade, he shifted to Saviour Convent in Paschim Vihar to help his cricket practice.[18] Apart from sports, Kohli was good at academics as well, and his teachers remember him as "a bright and alert child".[23] Kohli's family lived in Meera Bagh until 2015 when they moved to Gurgaon.[24]
Kohli's father died on 18 December 2006 due to a stroke after being bed-ridden for a month.[18] Regarding his early life, Kohli has said in an interview, "I've seen a lot in life. Losing my father at a young age, the family business not doing too well, staying in a rented place. There were tough times for the family... It's all embedded in my memory."[25] According to Kohli, his father supported his cricket training during his childhood, "My father was my biggest support. He was the one who drove me to practice every day. I miss his presence sometimes."[26]
Youth and domestic career
A younger, chubbier Virat Kohli as seen in this photo from 2010. His chubby appearance in his childhood and early Professional years earned him the nickname "Cheeku".
Kohli first played for Delhi Under-15 team in October 2002 in the 2002–03 Polly Umrigar Trophy. He was the leading run-getter for his team in that tournament with 172 runs at an average of 34.40.[27] He became the captain of the team for the 2003–04 Polly Umrigar Trophy[28] and scored 390 runs in 5 innings at an average of 78 including two centuries and two fifties.[29] In late 2004, he was selected in the Delhi Under-17 team for the 2003–04 Vijay Merchant Trophy. He scored 470 runs in four matches at an average of 117.50 with two hundreds and top-score of 251*.[30] Delhi Under-17s won the 2004–05 Vijay Merchant Trophy in which Kohli finished as the highest run-scorer with 757 runs from 7 matches at an average of 84.11 with two centuries.[31] In February 2006, he made his List A debut for Delhi against Services but did not get to bat.[32]
In July 2006, Kohli was selected in the India Under-19 squad on its tour of England. He averaged 105 in the three-match ODI series against England Under-19s[33] and 49 in the three-match Test series.[34] India Under-19 went on to win both the series. At the conclusion of the tour, the India Under-19 coach Lalchand Rajput was impressed with Kohli and said, "Kohli showed strong technical skills against both pace and spin".[35] In September, the India Under-19 team toured Pakistan. Kohli averaged 58 in the Test series[36] and 41.66 in the ODI series against Pakistan Under-19s.[37]
"The way I approached the game changed that day. I just had one thing in my mind - that I have to play for my country and live that dream for my dad."
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— Kohli on his innings against Karnataka.[38]
Kohli made his first-class debut for Delhi against Tamil Nadu in November 2006, at the age of 18, and scored 10 in his debut innings. He came into the spotlight in December when he decided to play for his team against Karnataka on the day after his father's death and went on to score 90.[39] He went directly to the funeral after he was dismissed. Delhi captain Mithun Manhas said, "That is an act of great commitment to the team and his innings turned out to be crucial," while coach Chetan Chauhan lauded Kohli's "attitude and determination."[40] His mother noted that "Virat changed a bit after that day. Overnight he became a much more matured person. He took every match seriously. He hated being on the bench. It's as if his life hinged totally on cricket after that day. Now, he looked like he was chasing his father's dream which was his own too."[18] He scored a total of 257 runs from 6 matches at an average of 36.71 in that season.[41]
In April 2007, he made his Twenty20 debut and finished as the highest run-getter for his team in the Inter-State T20 Championship with 179 runs at an average of 35.80.[42] In July–August 2007, the India Under-19 team toured Sri Lanka. In the triangular series against Sri Lanka Under-19s and Bangladesh Under-19s, Kohli was the second highest run-getter with 146 runs from 5 matches.[43] In the two-match Test series that followed, he scored 244 runs at an average of 122 including a hundred and a fifty.[44]
"He is a very physical type of player. He likes to impose himself on the game, backs it up with his skill."
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— India's coach at the 2008 Under-19 World Cup Dav Whatmore on Kohli.[38]
In February–March 2008, Kohli captained the victorious Indian team at the 2008 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup held in Malaysia. Batting at number 4, he scored 235 runs in 6 matches at an average of 47 and finished as the tournament's third-highest run-getter and one of the three batsmen to score a hundred in the tournament.[45] His century (100 runs from 74 balls) against the West Indies Under-19s in the group stage, which was called "the innings of the tournament" by ESPNcricinfo,[46] gave India a 50-run victory and earned Kohli the man of the match. Kohli picked up a leg injury during the match, but recovered in time to play the quarterfinal match against England Under-19s.[47] He was instrumental in India's three-wicket semifinal win over New Zealand Under-19s in which he took 2/27 and scored 43 in the tense run-chase and was awarded the man of the match.[48] He scored 19 against South Africa Under-19s in the final which India won by 12 runs (D/L method). ESPNcricinfo commended him for making several tactical bowling changes during the tournament.[46]
Following the Under-19 World Cup, Kohli was bought by the Indian Premier League franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore for $30,000 on a youth contract.[49] In June 2008, Kohli and his Under-19 teammates Pradeep Sangwan and Tanmay Srivastava were awarded the Border-Gavaskar scholarship. The scholarship allowed the three players to train for six weeks at Cricket Australia's Centre of Excellence in Brisbane.[45] In July 2008, he was included in India's 30-man probable squad for the ICC Champions Trophy which was to be held in Pakistan in September 2008.[50] He was also picked in the India Emerging Players squad for the four-team Emerging Players Tournament in Australia. He was in fine form in that tournament and scored 206 runs in six matches at an average of 41.20.[51]
International career
Early years
In August 2008, Kohli was included in the Indian ODI squad for tour of Sri Lanka and the Champions Trophy in Pakistan. Prior to the Sri Lankan tour, Kohli had played only eight List A matches,[52] and his selection was called a "surprise call-up".[53] During the Sri Lankan tour, as both first-choice openers Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag were injured, Kohli batted as a makeshift opener throughout the series. He made his international debut, at the age of 19, in the first ODI of the tour and was dismissed for 12.[54] He made his first ODI half century, a score of 54, in the fourth match which helped India win the series.[54] He had scores of 37, 25 and 31 in the other three matches.[54] India won the series 3–2 which was India's first ODI series win against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka.
After the Champions Trophy was postponed to 2009, Kohli was picked as a replacement for the injured Shikhar Dhawan in the India A squad for the unofficial Tests against Australia A in September 2008.[55] He batted only once in the two-match series, and scored 49 in that innings.[56] Later that month in September 2008, he played for Delhi in the Nissar Trophy against SNGPL (winners of Quaid-i-Azam Trophy from Pakistan) and top-scored for Delhi in both innings, with 52 and 197. The match was drawn but SNGPL won the trophy on first-innings lead.[57] In October 2008, Kohli played for Indian Board President's XI in a four-day tour match against Australia. He made 105 and 16* in that match against a bowling line-up consisting of Brett Lee, Stuart Clark, Mitchell Johnson, Peter Siddle and Jason Krejza.[58]
Kohli was included in the squad for the home ODI series against England in November 2008 but was not given a chance to play, due to the inclusion of Tendulkar and Sehwag in the team.[59] In December 2008, Kohli was given a Grade D contract in the annual BCCI contracts list which entitled him to receive Rs 15 lakh.[60] He was then dropped from the squad for the five-match ODI series in Sri Lanka against Sri Lanka in January 2009.
Kohli was selected in the four-team Emerging Players Tournament in July–August 2009 held in Australia. He opened the innings for India Emerging Players in that tournament and finished as the leading run-getter with 398 runs from seven matches at an average of 66.33.[61] He scored 104 off 102 balls in the final against South Africa Emerging Players at Brisbane to help his team win the match by 17 runs and clinch the title.[62] At the conclusion of the tournament, Kris Srikkanth, the chairman of the national selection committee, was impressed with Kohli and remarked "I must say, opener Virat Kohli was outstanding. Some of the shots he played spoke about his ability."[63] Kohli has called this tournament as the "turning point" of his career.[64]
Kohli returned to the national team replacing the injured Gambhir in Indian squad for the tri-series in Sri Lanka.[65] He batted at number 4 for India in the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy because of an injury to Yuvraj Singh. In the inconsequential group match against the West Indies, Kohli scored an unbeaten 79 in India's successful chase of 130 and won his first man of the match award.[66] Kohli played as a reserve batsman in the seven-match home ODI series against Australia, appearing in two matches as injury replacement. He found a place in the home ODI series against Sri Lanka in December 2009 and scored 27 and 54 in the first two ODIs before making way for Yuvraj who regained fitness for the third ODI. However, Yuvraj's finger injury recurred leading to him being ruled out indefinitely.[67] Kohli returned to the team in the fourth ODI at Kolkata and scored his first ODI century–107 off 111 balls–sharing a 224-run partnership for the third wicket with Gambhir, who made his personal best score of 150. India won by seven wickets to seal the series 3–1.[54] The man of the match was awarded to Gambhir who gave the award to Kohli.[68]
Tendulkar was rested for the tri-nation ODI tournament in Bangladesh in January 2010, which enabled Kohli to play in each of India's five matches. Against Bangladesh, he scored 91 to help secure a win after India collapsed to 51/3 early in their run-chase of 297.[54] In the next match against Sri Lanka, Kohli ended unbeaten on 71 to help India win the match with a bonus point having chased down their target of 214 within 33 overs. The next day, he scored his second ODI century, against Bangladesh, bringing up the mark with the winning runs.[69] He became only the third Indian batsman to score two ODI centuries before their 22nd birthday, after Tendulkar and Suresh Raina.[70] Kohli was much praised for his performances during the series[64][71] in particular by the Indian captain Dhoni.[72] Although Kohli made only two runs in the final against Sri Lanka in a four-wicket Indian defeat,[54] he finished as the leading run-getter of the series with 275 runs from five innings at an average of 91.66.[73] In the three-match ODI series at home against South Africa in February, Kohli batted in two games and had scores of 31 and 57.[54]
Rise through the ranks
Raina was named captain and Kohli vice-captain for the tri-series against Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe in May–June 2010, as many first-choice players skipped the tour. Kohli made 168 runs at 42.00 including two fifties,[74] but India suffered three defeats in four matches and crashed out of the series. During the series, Kohli became the fastest Indian batsman to reach 1,000 runs in ODI cricket.[75] He made his T20I debut against Zimbabwe at Harare and scored an unbeaten 26.[76] Later that month, Kohli batted at 3 in a full-strength Indian team throughout the 2010 Asia Cup and scored a total of 67 runs at an average of 16.75.[77] His struggles with form continued in the tri-series against Sri Lanka and New Zealand in Sri Lanka where he averaged 15.
Kohli batting in an ODI against New Zealand in December 2010
Despite the poor run of form, Kohli was retained in the ODI squad for a three-match series against Australia in October, and in the only completed match of the series at Visakhapatnam, scored his third ODI century–118 off 121 balls–which helped India reach the target of 290 after losing the openers early.[78] Winning the man of the match, he admitted that he was under pressure to keep his place in the team after failures in the two previous series.[79] Part of a largely inexperienced team for the home ODI series against New Zealand, Kohli scored a match-winning 104-ball 105, his fourth ODI hundred and second in succession, in the first game,[80] and followed it up with 64 and 63* in the next two matches.[54] India completed a 5–0 whitewash of New Zealand, while Kohli's performance in the series helped him become a regular in the ODI team[81] and made him a strong contender for a spot in India's World Cup squad.[82] He was India's leading run-scorer in ODIs in 2010, with 995 runs from 25 matches at an average of 47.38 including three centuries.[83]
Kohli was India's leading run-getter in the five-match ODI series of the South African tour in January 2011, with 193 runs at an average of 48.25 including two fifties, both in Indian defeats.[84] During the series, he jumped to number two spot on the ICC Rankings for ODI batsmen,[85] and was named in India's 15-man squad for the World Cup.[86] The inclusion of both Kohli and Raina in the World Cup squad resulted in speculations about which of the two batsmen will make it to the playing eleven. Days before India's first match of the tournament, Indian captain Dhoni indicated that the in-form Kohli is likely to be preferred over Raina.[85]
Kohli played in every match of India's successful World Cup campaign. He scored an unbeaten 100, his fifth ODI century, in the first match against Bangladesh and became the first Indian batsman to score a century on World Cup debut.[87] In the next four group matches he had low scores of 8, 34, 12 and 1 against England, Ireland, Netherlands and South Africa respectively. Having returned to form with 59 against the West Indies, he scored only 24 and 9 in the quarterfinal against Australia and semifinal against Pakistan respectively.[54] In the final against Sri Lanka at Mumbai, he scored 35, sharing an 83-run partnership with Gambhir for the third wicket after India had lost both openers within the seventh over chasing 275.[88] This partnership is regarded as "one of the turning points in the match",[89] as India went on to win the match by six wickets and lift the World Cup for the first time since 1983.[90]
Kohli fielding during a match in December 2010
When India toured the West Indies in June–July 2011, they chose a largely inexperienced squad, resting Tendulkar and others such as Gambhir and Sehwag missing out due to injuries. Kohli was one of three uncapped players in the Test squad.[91] Kohli found success in the ODI series which India won 3–2, with a total of 199 runs at an average of 39.80.[92] His best efforts came in the second ODI at Port of Spain where he won the man of the match for his score of 81 which gave India a seven-wicket victory,[93] and the fifth ODI at Kingston where his innings of 94 came in a seven-wicket defeat.[54] Kohli made his Test debut at Kingston in the first match of the Test series that followed. He batted at 5 and was dismissed for 4 and 15 caught behind by Fidel Edwards in both innings.[94] India went on to win the Test series 1–0 but Kohli amassed just 76 runs from five innings,[95] struggling against the short ball[96] and was particularly troubled by the fast bowling of Edwards, who dismissed him three times in the series.[97]
Initially dropped from the Test squad for India's four-match series in England in July and August, Kohli was recalled as replacement for the injured Yuvraj,[98] though did not play in any match in the series. He found moderate success in the subsequent ODI series in which he averaged 38.80.[99] His score of 55 in the first ODI at Chester-le-Street was followed by a string of low scores in the next three matches.[54] In the last game of the series, Kohli scored his sixth ODI hundred–107 runs off 93 balls–and shared a 170-run third-wicket partnership with Rahul Dravid, who was playing his last ODI, to help India post their first 300-plus total of the tour.[100] Kohli was dismissed hit wicket in that innings which was the only century in the series by any player on either team and earned him praise for his "hard work" and "maturity".[101] However, England won the match by D/L method and the series 3–0.
In October 2011, Kohli was the leading run-scorer of the five-match home ODI series against England which India won 5–0. He scored a total of 270 runs across five matches including unbeaten knocks of 112 from 98 balls at Delhi, where he put on an unbroken 209-run partnership with Gambhir,[102] and 86 at Mumbai, both in successful run-chases.[54] Owing to his ODI success, Kohli was included, ahead of Raina, in the Test squad to face the West Indies in November. In competition with Yuvraj Singh for the number six position,[103] it was not until the final match of the series that Kohli was selected in the team. He scored a pair of fifties in the match,[94] with his first innings score of 52 ensuring India avoided follow-on.[104] India won the subsequent ODI series 4–1 in which Kohli managed to accumulate 243 runs at 60.75.[105] During the series, Kohli scored his eighth ODI century and his second at Visakhapatnam, where he made 117 off 123 balls in India's run-chase of 271,[106] a knock which raised his reputation as "an expert of the chase".[107] Kohli ended up as the leading run-getter in ODIs for the year 2011, with 1381 runs from 34 matches at 47.62 and four centuries.[108]
Ascension to ODI vice-captaincy
Having found a place in India's Test squad for the tour of Australia in December 2011, Kohli top-scored with 132 in a tour match against Cricket Australia Chairman's XI to strengthen his case for a spot in the playing eleven ahead of Rohit Sharma.[109] Batting at number 6, Kohli failed to go past 25 in the first two Tests, as his defensive technique was exposed.[110][94] While fielding on the boundary during the second day of the second match, he gestured to the crowd with his middle finger for which he was fined 50% of his match fee by the match referee. He top-scored in each of India's innings in the third Test at Perth, with 44 and 75, even as India surrendered to their second consecutive innings defeat.[111] In the fourth and final match at Adelaide, Kohli scored his maiden Test century of 116 runs in the first innings; it was the only century scored by an Indian in the series.[112] India suffered a 0–4 whitewash and Kohli, India's top run-scorer in the series, was described as "the lone bright spot in an otherwise nightmare visit for the tourists".[113]
Kohli fielding during a CB Series match against Australia in February 2012
In the first seven matches of the Commonwealth Bank triangular series against hosts Australia and Sri Lanka, Kohli made two fifties–77 at Perth and 66 at Brisbane–both against Sri Lanka.[54] India registered two wins, a tie and four losses in these seven matches, which meant that they needed a bonus point win their last group match against Sri Lanka at Hobart, to stay in contention for qualifying for the finals series.[114] Being set a target of 321 by Sri Lanka, Kohli came to the crease with India's score at 86/2 and went on to score 133 not out from 86 balls to take India to a comfortable win with 13 overs to spare.[115] India earned a bonus point with the win and Kohli was named Man of the Match for his knock, which included scoring 24 runs in an over by Lasith Malinga.[116] Former Australian cricketer and commentator Dean Jones rated Kohli's innings as "one of the greatest ODI knocks of all time".[117] However, Sri Lanka beat Australia three days later in their last group fixture and knocked India out of the series.[118] With 373 runs at 53.28, Kohli once again finished as India's highest run-scorer and lone centurion of the series.[119]
Kohli was appointed the vice-captain for the 2012 Asia Cup in Bangladesh on the back of his fine performance in Australia. Kris Srikkanth, the chairman of selectors, told reporters, "Hats off to Virat Kohli for the way he played. We have to start looking towards the future. The selection committee and the Board felt Kohli is future captaincy material."[120] Kohli was in fine form during the tournament, finishing as the leading run-scorer with 357 runs at an average of 119.[121] He scored 108 in the opening match against Sri Lanka in a 50-run Indian victory,[122] while India lost their next match to Bangladesh in which he made 66.[54] In the final group stage match against Pakistan, he scored a personal best 183 off 148 balls, his 11th ODI century. Coming in at 0/1, he struck 22 fours and a six in his innings to help India to chase down 330, their highest successful ODI run-chase at the time.[123][124] His knock was the highest individual score in Asia Cup history, the joint-second highest score in an ODI run-chase and the highest individual score against Pakistan in ODIs surpassing previous record of 156 by Brian Lara.[125] Kohli was awarded the man of the match in both matches that India won, but India could not progress to the final of the tournament.
In July–August 2012, Kohli struck two centuries in the five-match ODI tour of Sri Lanka–106 off 113 balls at Hambantota and 128* off 119 balls at Colombo–winning man of the match in both games.[126][127] India won the series 4–1 and on account of scoring the most number of runs in the series, Kohli was named player of the series.[128] In the one-off T20I that followed, he scored a 48-ball 68, his first T20I fifty, and won the player of the series award.[129] Kohli scored his second Test century at Bangalore during New Zealand's tour of India and won his first man of the match award in Test cricket.[130] India won the two-match series 2–0, and Kohli averaged 106 with one hundred and two fifties from three innings.[131] In the subsequent T20I series, he scored 70 runs off 41 balls, but India lost the match by one run and the series 1–0.[76] He continued to be in good form during the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka, with 185 runs from 5 matches at an average of 46.25.[132] He hit two fifties during the tournament, 50 against Afghanistan in the group stage[133] and 78* against Pakistan in the Super Eights, winning man of the match for both innings.[134]
Kohli's Test form dipped during the first three matches of England's tour of India with a top score of 20 and England leading the series 2–1.[94] He scored a patient 103 from 295 balls in the last match on a slow and low pitch at Nagpur,[135] keeping India in contention of drawing the series. ESPNcricinfo praised Kohli for having "demonstrated his growing maturity to play just the sort of innings his side required",[136] while Kohli described his knock as "a learning innings".[137] However, the match ended in a draw and England won their first Test series in India in 28 years.[138] Against Pakistan in December 2012, Kohli averaged 18 in the T20Is[139] and 4.33 in the ODIs,[140] being troubled by the fast bowlers, particularly Junaid Khan, who dismissed him on all three occasions in the ODI series.[141] Kohli had a quiet ODI series against England, apart from a match-winning 77* in the third ODI at Ranchi,[142] with a total of 155 runs at an average of 38.75.[143]
"I love watching Virat Kohli bat. He looks to me like an individual of my own heart. I love his aggression, and [he has] serious passion that I used to have. He reminds me of myself."
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— Former West Indies captain Sir Viv Richards on Kohli.[144]
Kohli scored his fourth Test century (107) at Chennai in the first match of the home Test series against Australia in February 2013. He said he was "feeling hungry for this series" after a poor run of form in the two previous series and also disappointed on getting out soon after reaching the hundred-run mark.[145] India completed a 4–0 series sweep, becoming the first team to whitewash Australia in more than four decades.[146] Kohli averaged 56.80 in the series and cemented his spot in the Test team.[147]
Setting records
Kohli batting against South Africa at Cardiff during the Champions Trophy in June 2013
In June 2013, Kohli featured in the ICC Champions Trophy in England which India won. He scored a match-winning 144 against Sri Lanka in a warm-up match.[148] He scored 34, 22 and 22 not out in India's group matches against South Africa, West Indies and Pakistan respectively, while India qualified for the semifinals with an undefeated record. In the semifinal against Sri Lanka at Cardiff, he struck 58 not out in an eight-wicket win for India.[54] The final between India and England at Birmingham was reduced to 20 overs after a rain delay. India batted first and Kohli top-scored with 43 from 34 balls, sharing a sixth-wicket partnership of 47 runs off 33 balls with Ravindra Jadeja and helping India reach 129/7 in 20 overs. India went on to secure a five-run win and their second consecutive ICC ODI tournament victory.[149]
Kohli stood-in as the captain for the first ODI of the triangular series in the West Indies after Dhoni injured himself during the match. India lost the match by one wicket, and Dhoni was subsequently ruled out of the series with Kohli being named captain for the remaining matches.[150] In his second match as captain, Kohli scored his first hundred as captain, making 102 off 83 balls against the West Indies at Port of Spain in a bonus point win for India.[151] Many senior players including Dhoni were rested for the five-match ODI tour of Zimbabwe in July 2013, with Kohli being appointed captain for an entire series for the first time.[152] In the first game of the series at Harare, he struck 115 runs from 108 balls, helping India chase down the target of 229 and winning the man of the match award.[153] He batted on two more occasions in the series in which he had scores of 14 and 58 not out. India completed a 5–0 sweep of the series; their first in an away ODI series.[154]
Kohli had a successful time with the bat in the seven-match ODI series against Australia. After top-scoring with 61 in the opening loss at Pune, he struck the fastest century by an Indian in ODIs in the second match at Jaipur. Reaching the milestone in just 52 balls and putting up an unbroken 186-run second-wicket partnership with Rohit Sharma that came in 17.2 overs,[155] Kohli's innings of 100 not out helped India chase down the target of 360 for the loss of one wicket with more than six overs to spare. This chase was the second-highest successful run-chase in ODI cricket, while Kohli's knock became the fastest hundred against Australia and the third-fastest in a run-chase.[156] He followed that innings with 68 in the next match at Mohali in another Indian defeat,[54] before the next two matches were washed out by rain. In the sixth ODI at Nagpur, he struck 115 off only 66 balls to help India successfully chase the target of 351 and level the series 2–2 and won the man of the match.[157] He reached the 100-run mark in 61 balls, making it the third-fastest ODI century by an Indian batsman, and also became the fastest batsman in the world to score 17 hundreds in ODI cricket.[158] India clinched the series after winning the last match in which he was run out for a duck. At the conclusion of the series, Kohli moved to the top position in the ICC ODI batsmen rankings for the first time in his career.[3]
Kohli batted twice in the two-match Test series against the West Indies, and had scores of 3 and 57 being dismissed by Shane Shillingford in both innings. This was also the last Test series for Tendulkar and Kohli was expected to take Tendulkar's number 4 batting position after the series.[159] In the first game of the three-match ODI series that followed at Kochi, Kohli made 86 to seal a six-wicket win and won the man of the match.[160] During the match, he also equalled Viv Richards' record of becoming the fastest batsman to make 5,000 runs in ODI cricket, reaching the landmark in his 114th innings.[161] He missed out on his third century at Visakhapatnam in the next match, after being dismissed for 99 playing a hook shot off Ravi Rampaul.[162] India lost the match by two wickets, but took the series 2–1 after winning the last match at Kanpur.[163] With 204 runs at 68.00, Kohli finished the series as the leading run-getter and was awarded the man of the series.[164]
Overseas season
India toured South Africa in December 2013 for three ODIs and two Tests. Kohli averaged 15.50 in the ODIs, including a duck.[165] In the first Test at Johannesburg, playing his first Test in South Africa[166] and batting at 4 for the first time,[94] Kohli scored 119 and 96. His hundred was the first by a subcontinent batsman at the venue since 1998.[167] Regarding Kohli's hundred, South Africa bowling coach Allan Donald said, "The one word that comes to my mind is responsibility. I think he [Kohli] showed great discipline and responsibility. It reminds me of Sachin Tendulkar when they came here in 1996."[168] The match ended in a draw, and Kohli was awarded man of the match.[169] India failed to win a single match on the tour, losing the second Test by 10 wickets in which he made 46 and 11.[94]
"Kohli is the next chosen one. He exudes the intensity of Dravid, the audacity of Sehwag, and the extraordinary range of Tendulkar. That doesn't make him better, simply sui generis, his own unique kind."
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— Former New Zealand captain Martin Crowe on Kohli.[170]
Kohli continued to amass runs on the subsequent New Zealand tour. He averaged 58.21 in the five-match ODI series[171] in which his efforts of 111-ball 123 at Napier, 65-ball 78 at Hamilton and 78-ball 82 at Wellington[54] all went in vain as India were defeated 4–0. He made 214 runs at 71.33 in the two-match Test series that followed[172] including an unbeaten 105 on the last day of the second Test at Wellington that helped India save the match.[173]
India then travelled to Bangladesh for the Asia Cup and World Twenty20. Dhoni was ruled out of the Asia Cup after suffering a side strain during the New Zealand tour, which led to Kohli being named captain for the tournament.[174] Kohli scored 136 off 122 balls in India's opening match against Bangladesh, sharing a 213-run third-wicket stand with Ajinkya Rahane, which helped India successfully chase 280.[175] It was his 19th ODI century and his fifth in Bangladesh, making him the batsman with most ODI centuries in Bangladesh.[176] India were knocked out of the tournament after narrow losses against Sri Lanka and Pakistan, in which Kohli scored 48 and 5 respectively.[54]
Dhoni returned from injury to captain the team for 2014 ICC World Twenty20 and Kohli was named vice-captain. In India's opening match of the tournament against Pakistan, Kohli top-scored with 36 not out to guide India to a seven-wicket win. He scored 54 off 41 balls in the next game against West Indies and an unbeaten 57 from 50 balls against Bangladesh, both in successful run-chases.[76] In the semifinal, he made an unbeaten 72 in 44 deliveries to help India achieve the target of 173 with six wickets and five balls to spare.[177] He won the man of the match for this knock which he called "my best T20 innings".[178] India posted 130/4 in the final against Sri Lanka, in which Kohli scored 77 from 58 balls, and eventually lost the match by six wickets.[179] Kohli had made a total of 319 runs in the tournament at an average of 106.33, a record for most runs by an individual batsman in a single World Twenty20 tournament,[180] for which he won the Man of the Tournament award.[179]
Kohli and other senior players were rested for India's tour of Bangladesh ahead of the England tour. India conceded a 3–1 defeat in the five-match Test series against England despite leading it 1–0 after the first two Tests. Kohli fared poorly in the series averaging just 13.40 in 10 innings with a top score of 39.[181] He was dismissed for single-digit scores on six occasions in the series and was particularly susceptible to the swinging ball on off stump line, being dismissed several times edging the ball to the wicket-keeper or slip fielders. Man of the series James Anderson got Kohli's wicket four times,[182] while Kohli's batting technique was questioned by analysts and former cricketers.[183][184] Geoffrey Boycott said, "Jimmy Anderson ate him for breakfast. Every time Kohli came in, all he did was bowl at off stump, around the corridor of uncertainty and Kohli nicked it. He is playing with his bat too far away from his pad. He has to look at video replays of his technique and get back to basics".[185] India won the ODI series that followed 3–1, but Kohli's struggles with the bat continued with an average of 18 in four innings.[186] In the one-off T20I, he scored 41-ball 66, his first fifty-plus score of the tour on the last match of the tour.[76] India lost the match by three runs, but Kohli reached the number one spot for T20I batsmen in the ICC rankings.[187]
Kohli had a successful time during India's home ODI series win over the West Indies in October 2014. His 62 in the second ODI at Delhi was his first fifty across Tests and ODIs in 16 innings since February,[188] and he stated that he got his "confidence back" with the innings.[189] He struck his 20th ODI hundred–127 runs in 114 balls–in the fourth match at Dharamsala. India registered a 59-run victory and Kohli was awarded man of the match.[190] Dhoni was rested for the five-match ODI series against Sri Lanka in November, enabling Kohli to lead the team for another full series. Kohli batted at 4 throughout the series and made scores of 22, 49, 53 and 66 in the first four ODIs, with India leading the series 4–0. In the fifth ODI at Ranchi, Kohli came in to bat with India at 14/2 in pursuit of 287. He made an unbeaten 139 off 126 balls to give his team a three-wicket win and a whitewash of Sri Lanka.[191] Kohli was awarded player of the series, and it was the second whitewash under his captaincy.[192] During the series he became the fastest batsman in the world to go past the 6000-run mark in ODIs.[193] With 1054 ODI runs at 58.55 in 2014, he became the second player in the world after Sourav Ganguly to make more than 1,000 runs in ODIs for four consecutive calendar years.[5]
Test captaincy
Kohli with coach Duncan Fletcher before the Sydney Test
For the first Test of the Australian tour in December 2014, Dhoni was not part of the Indian team at Adelaide due to an injury, and Kohli took the reins as Test captain for the first time.[194] Kohli scored 115 in India's first innings, becoming the fourth Indian to score a hundred on Test captaincy debut.[195] In their second innings, India were set a target of 364 to be scored on the fifth day. Kohli came in to bat when the Indian innings was reduced to 57/2 and started batting aggressively. He put on 185 runs for the third wicket with M Vijay before Vijay's dismissal, which triggered a batting collapse. From 242/2, India was bowled out for 315 with Kohli's 141 off 175 balls being the top score.[196] Kohli noted that his team was looking for a win and not a draw, while also saying that it was "the best Test I have been part of".[197] Kohli's second innings ton was hailed by several Australian commentators as the finest fourth-innings performance they had ever seen in Australia.[198]
Dhoni returned to the team as captain for the second match at Brisbane where Kohli scored 19 and 1 in a four-wicket defeat for India.[94] In the Melbourne Boxing Day Test, Kohli was India's top-scorer in both innings. He made his personal best Test score of 169 in the first innings while sharing a 262-run partnership with Rahane, India's biggest partnership outside Asia in ten years.[199] Kohli followed it with a score of 54 in India's second innings on the fifth day, helping his team draw the Test match.[94] Dhoni announced his retirement from Test cricket at the conclusion of this match, and Kohli was appointed as the full-time Test captain ahead of the fourth Test at Sydney.[200] Captaining the Test team for the second time, Kohli hit 147 in the first innings of the match and became the first batsman in Test cricket history to score three hundreds in his first three innings as Test captain.[201] He was dismissed for 46 in the second innings and India hung in for another draw.[202] Kohli's total of 692 runs in four Tests was the most by any Indian batsman in a Test series in Australia.[201]
In January 2015, India failed to win a single match in the tri-nation ODI series against the hosts Australia and England. Kohli was unable to replicate his Test success in ODIs, failing to make a two-digit score in any of the four games.[54] Kohli's ODI form did not improve in the lead-up to the World Cup, with scores of 18 and 5 in the warm-up matches against Australia and Afghanistan respectively.
Kohli batting against UAE at Perth during a group stage match of the 2015 World Cup
In the first match of the World Cup against Pakistan at Adelaide, Kohli hit 107 in 126 balls, sharing 100-plus partnerships with both Dhawan and Raina, to help India set a total of 300 and win the match by 76 runs. For his knock, he was awarded the man of the match award, his 20th in ODIs and first in a World Cup match.[203] He was dismissed for 46 in India's second match against South Africa after another century partnership with opening batsman Dhawan. India went on to post 307 in 50 overs and register a 130-run victory in the match. India batted second in their remaining four group matches in which Kohli scored 33*, 33, 44* and 38 against UAE, West Indies, Ireland and Zimbabwe respectively.[54] India went on to secure wins in these four fixtures and top the Pool B points with an undefeated record.[204] In India's 109-run victory in the quarterfinal over Bangladesh, Kohli was dismissed by Rubel Hossain for 3 edging the ball to the wicket-keeper. India was eliminated in the semifinal by Australia at Melbourne, where Kohli was dismissed for 1 off 13 balls, top-edging a short-pitched delivery from Mitchell Johnson.[54]
Kohli had a slump in form when India toured Bangladesh in June 2015. He contributed only 14 in the one-off Test which ended in a draw and averaged 16.33 in the ODI series which Bangladesh won 2–1.[205] Kohli ended his streak of low scores by scoring his 11th Test hundred in the first Test of the Sri Lankan tour which India lost. India came back and won the next two matches to seal the series 2–1, Kohli's first series win as Test captain and India's first away Test series win in four years.[206]
During South Africa's tour of India, Kohli became the fastest batsman in the world to make 1,000 runs in T20I cricket, reaching the milestone in his 27th innings.[207] In the ODI series, he made 77 at Rajkot and a match-winning 138 in the fourth ODI at Chennai that helped India draw level in the series.[208] India lost the series after a defeat in the final ODI and Kohli finished the series with an average of 49.[209] India came back to beat the top-ranked South African team 3–0 in the four-match Test series under Kohli's captaincy, and climbed to number two position on the ICC Test rankings.[210] He scored a total of 200 runs in the series at 33.33, including 44 and 88 in the fourth match at Delhi.[94]
No. 1 Test team and limited-overs captaincy
Kohli started 2016 with scores of 91 and 59 in the first two ODIs of the limited-overs tour of Australia. He followed it up with a pair of hundreds–a run-a-ball 117 at Melbourne and 106 from 92 balls at Canberra–in the next two matches. During the course of the series, he became the fastest batsman in the world to cross the 7000-run mark in ODIs, getting to the milestone in his 161st innings, and the fastest to get to 25 centuries. After the ODI series ended in a 1–4 loss, the Indian team came back to whitewash the Australians 3–0 in the T20I series. Kohli made fifties in all three T20Is with scores of 90 not out,[211] 59 not out[212] and 50, winning two man of the matches as well as the man of the series award.[213] He was also instrumental in India winning the Asia Cup in Bangladesh the following month in which he scored 49 in a run-chase of 84 against Pakistan,[214] followed by an unbeaten 56 against Sri Lanka and 41 not out in the Final against Bangladesh in two more successful chases.[215]
Kohli maintained his match-winning form in the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 in India, scoring 55 not out in another successful run-chase against Pakistan.[216] He struck an unbeaten 82 from 51 balls in India's must-win group match against Australia in "an innings of sheer class" with "clean cricket shots".[217][218] The knock helped India win by six wickets and register a spot in the semifinal; Kohli went on to rate the innings as his best in the format.[219] In the semifinal, Kohli top-scored once again with an unbeaten 89 from 47 deliveries, but West Indies overhauled India's total of 192 and ended India's campaign. His total of 273 runs in five matches at an average of 136.50 earned him his second consecutive Man of the Tournament award at the World Twenty20.[220]
Playing his first Test in the West Indies since his debut series, Kohli scored 200 in the first Test at Antigua to ensure an innings-and-92-run win for India, their biggest win ever outside of Asia. It was his first double hundred in first-class cricket and the first made away from home by an Indian captain in Tests.[221] India went on to wrap the series 2–0 and briefly top the ICC Test Rankings before being displaced by Pakistan at the position. He scored another double hundred–211 at Indore in the third Test against New Zealand–as India's 3–0 whitewash victory saw them regain the top position in the ICC Test Rankings.[222] In the subsequent ODI series, Kohli set up two wins for India batting second with unbeaten knocks of 85 at Dharamsala and 134-ball 154 at Mohali.[223] He then made 65 in the series-deciding fifth game at Visakhapatnam which India won.
Kohli got double centuries in the next two Test series against England and Bangladesh, making him the first batsman ever to score double centuries in four consecutive series. He broke the record of Australian great Donald Bradman and Indian Rahul Dravid, both of whom had managed to get three. Against England, he got his then-highest Test score of 235.[224] He followed it up with ODI centuries against the West Indies and Sri Lanka in consecutive series, equalling Ricky Ponting's tally of 30 ODI centuries.[225][226][227] In October 2017, he was adjourned the ODI player of the series against New Zealand for scoring two ODI centuries, during the course of which he made a new record for the most runs (8,888), best average (55.55) and highest number of centuries (31) for any batsman when completing 200 ODIs.[228][229] Kohli made several more records during the 3 match Test series against Sri Lanka at home in November. After scoring a century and a double century in the first two Tests, he ended up scoring yet another double century in the third Test, during which he became the eleventh Indian batsman to surpass 5000 runs in Test cricket while scoring his 20th Test century and 6th double century.[230] During this match he also became the first batsman to score six double hundreds as a captain.[231] With 610 runs in the series, Kohli also became the highest run-scorer by an Indian in a three-match Test series and the fourth-highest overall.[232] India comfortably won the three-match series 1–0 and Kohli was adjudged man of the match for the second and third Test matches and player of the series. With this win, India equalled Australia for the record streak of nine consecutive series wins in Test cricket.[233] He ended the year with 2818 international runs, which is recorded as the third-highest tally ever in a calendar year and the highest tally ever by an Indian player.[232]
Kohli fared average in the test matches as India lost 1-2 during the South Africa tour in January–February 2018, but came back strongly to score 558 runs in the 6 ODIs, making a record for the highest runs scored in a bilateral ODI series.[234] This included three centuries, remaining unbeaten in two with a best of 160*.[235] India won the ODI series 5-1, Kohli becoming the first Indian captain to win an ODI series in South Africa.[236]
In March 2018, Kohli decided to play county cricket in England in June, in order to improve his batting before the start of India's tour to England the following month.[237][238] He signed to play for Surrey, but a neck injury ruled him out of his stint in England before it even began.[239]
Indian Premier League
In March 2008, Kohli was bought on a youth contract by the Indian Premier League franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore for $30,000. He had an indifferent 2008 season, with a total of 165 runs in 12 innings at an average of 15.00 and a strike rate of 105.09.[240] He fared slightly better in the second season in which he made a total of 246 runs at 22.36, striking at over 112, while his team made it as far as the final.[241] In the 2010 season, Kohli was the third highest run-getter for his team with 307 runs, averaging 27.90 and improving his strike rate to 144.81.[242]
Ahead of the 2011 season, Kohli was the only player retained by the Royal Challengers franchise. Kohli was made vice-captain of the team that year and also captained the team in a few matches when the regular skipper Daniel Vettori was injured. The Royal Challengers coach Ray Jennings opined that the 22-year-old would become the future captain of not only the franchise but also the Indian team.[243] Kohli was the second-highest run-getter of the season, only behind teammate Chris Gayle, and his team finished as runners-up of the IPL. Kohli accumulated a total of 557 runs at an average of 46.41 and a strike rate of over 121 including four fifties.[244] In the 2012 IPL, he was moderately successful, averaging 28 for his 364 runs.[245]
Kohli at the 2015 IPL opening ceremony
After Vettori's retirement, Kohli was appointed as the team's captain for the 2013 season. The Royal Challengers finished fifth on the league table that year, but Kohli found success with the bat. Averaging 45.28, he hit a total of 634 runs at a strike rate of over 138 including six fifties and a top-score of 99 and finished as the season's third-highest run-scorer.[246] Bangalore finished seventh in the next season in which Kohli made 359 runs at 27.61.[247] He found success with the bat in the 2015 IPL in which he led his team to the playoffs. He finished fifth on the season's leading run-getters list with 505 runs at an average of 45.90 and a strike rate of more than 130.[248]
At the 2016 IPL, the Royal Challengers finished runners-up and Kohli broke the record for most runs in an IPL season (of 733 runs) by scoring 973 runs in 16 matches at an average of 81.08, winning the Orange Cap. He scored four centuries in the tournament, having never scored one in the Twenty20 format before the start of the season, and also became the first player to reach the 4000-run milestone in the IPL. At the launch event of his biography, 'Driven: The Virat Kohli Story' in New Delhi, in October 2016, Kohli announced that RCB would be the IPL franchise that he would permanently play for.[249]
Kohli missed the start of the 2017 season due to a shoulder injury. Morever, RCB finished the tournament at the bottom of the table, with Kohli scoring the most runs for his team, with 308 from 10 matches.
In the 2018 season, Kohli was retained by RCB for a price tag of 17 crore, the highest for anybody that year.
Playing style
Kohli playing the flick shot during the 2015 Cricket World Cup
Kohli is a naturally aggressive batsman[38] with strong technical skills.[250] He usually bats in the middle-order, but, on many occasions, has opened the innings as well. He bats with a slightly open-chested stance[251][252] and a strong bottom-hand grip,[253][254] and is said to have quick footwork.[255] He is known for his wide range of shots, ability to pace an innings and batting under pressure.[256][257][258] He is strong through the mid-wicket and cover region.[259] He has said that the cover drive is his favourite shot, while also saying that the flick shot comes naturally to him.[20] He does not play the sweep shot often, being called "not a natural sweeper of the cricket ball".[260] His teammates have praised his confidence, commitment, focus and work ethics.[261][262][263] Kohli is also known to be a "sharp" fielder.[264][265]
Kohli is regarded as the best limited-overs batsmen in the world, especially while chasing.[266][267] In ODIs, he averages more than 67 in matches batting second as opposed to around 47 batting first.[268] 21 of his 35 ODI hundreds have come in run-chases and he holds the record for most hundreds batting second.[269] Regarding his impressive record batting second, Kohli has said "I love the whole situation that comes with chasing. I like the challenge of testing myself, figuring out how to rotate strike, when to hit a boundary."[20]
Kohli is often compared to Sachin Tendulkar, due to their similar styles of batting, and sometimes referred to as Tendulkar's "successor".[159][168] Many former cricketers expect Kohli to break Tendulkar's batting records.[270][271] Kohli has stated that growing up his idol and role model was Tendulkar and that as a kid he "tried to copy the shots [Tendulkar] played and hit sixes the way he used to hit them."[272] Former West Indies great Vivian Richards, who is regarded as the most destructive batsman in cricket, stated that Kohli reminds him of himself.[144] In early 2015, Richards said Kohli was "already legendary" in the ODI format,[273] while former Australian cricketer Dean Jones called Kohli the "new king of world cricket".[274]
Kohli is noted for his on-field aggression and was described in the media as "brash" and "arrogant" during his early career.[263][275] He has got into confrontations with players and umpires on several occasions.[263][276] While many former cricketers have backed his aggressive attitude,[277][278][279] some have criticised it.[263][280] In 2012, Kohli had stated that he tries to limit his aggressive behaviour but "the build-up and the pressure or the special occasions make it tough to control the aggression."[281]
International centuries
Main article: List of international cricket centuries by Virat Kohli
As of April 2018[update], Kohli has scored 21 Test and 35 ODI centuries which makes him the second most successful centurion in ODI cricket after Sachin Tendulkar.[282]
Records and achievements
Fastest century
Fastest century by an Indian cricketer in ODIs (in 52 balls).[156]
Milestones
Fastest Indian to reach 1,000 runs in ODIs.[283]
Fastest Indian and third fastest in the world to reach 5,000 runs in ODIs.[284]
Fastest Indian and second fastest in the world to reach 6,000 runs in ODIs.[285]
Fastest Indian and second fastest in the world to reach 7,000 runs in ODIs.[286]
Fastest player to reach 8,000 runs in ODIs.[287]
Fastest player to reach 9,000 runs in ODIs.[288]
Fastest Indian and second fastest in the world to reach 10 centuries in ODIs.[289]
Fastest Indian and second fastest in the world to reach 15 centuries in ODIs.[290]
Fastest Indian and second fastest in the world to reach 20 centuries in ODIs.[291]
Fastest Indian and second fastest in the world to reach 25 centuries in ODIs.[292]
Fastest in the world to reach 30 centuries in ODIs.[293]
Fastest in the world to reach 35 centuries in ODIs.[294]
Fastest in the world to reach 1,000 runs in T20Is.[207]
Fastest in the world to reach 15,000 international runs.[295]
Joint fastest batsman with Hashim Amla to reach 50 centuries across all forms of international cricket (348 innings).[296]
Only batsman in history to average more than 50 in Test matches, ODIs and T20Is simultaneously; also possesses the highest combined average across all formats among Test players who have played in at least two formats.[297]
Highest historic rating points by an Indian batsman in ODIs (909 points), achieved on 16 February 2018, and T20Is (897 points), achieved on 7 September 2014, in ICC rankings.[298]
Fastest player, in terms of innings, to score 17,000 runs in international cricket (363).[299]
He holds the rare feat of crossing 900 ratings points in ICC rankings in both Tests and ODIs - one among five batsmen to have done so - and only the second batsman after AB de Villiers to do it simultaneously.[300]
First batsman to score 500 runs in a bilateral ODI series.[301]
Fastest in the world to score 2,000 runs in terms of innings in T20Is (56).[302]
Most runs in a calendar year / series
Most ODI runs in 2010 by an Indian cricketer.[83]
Most ODI runs in 2011 by any cricketer.[108]
Most ODI runs in 2012 by an Indian cricketer.[303]
Most ODI runs in 2013 by an Indian cricketer.[304]
Most ODI runs in 2014 by an Indian cricketer.[305]
Most ODI runs in 2016 by an Indian cricketer.[306]
Most Test runs in 2012 by an Indian cricketer.[307]
Most Test runs in 2015 by an Indian cricketer.[308]
Most Test runs in 2016 by an Indian cricketer.[309]
Most combined international runs scored in a year by an Indian – 2818 international runs in 2017.[310]
Highest run scorer by an Indian in a three-match Test series – 610 runs against Sri Lanka in 2017.[311]
Most ODI runs in 2017 by any cricketer.[312]
Most runs in a bilateral ODI series by a player - 558 runs against South Africa in 2018.[313]
Captaincy records
Most consecutive Test series win (9) as a captain from 2015–2017 (equal with Ricky Ponting from 2005–2008).[314]
First cricketer to score three centuries in his first three innings as Test captain. He is also the second Test captain to score centuries in his first two Test innings after Greg Chappell.[201]
First Indian Test captain to score a double century overseas.[315]
First Indian Test captain to score two or more double centuries.[316]
Fastest captain to score 1000 ODI runs.[317]
First ever batsman to score double centuries in four consecutive series in Tests.[318]
Fastest captain to score 2000 ODI runs.[319]
First Indian captain to score a hundred and a duck in the same Test.[320]
First captain to score 10 international hundreds in a calendar year.[321]
Most Test centuries as a captain of India (12).[322]
Most double centuries by a captain in Test cricket (6).[323]
Most centuries (11) by a captain in a calendar year (2017).[321][324]
Most runs as captain of India in Tests .[325]
Most ODI centuries as a captain of India (13).[326]
First Test captain to score centuries in each game of a three-match Test series.[327]
Awards
Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy (ICC Cricketer of the Year): 2017[328]
ICC ODI Player of the Year: 2012,[329] 2017[330]
ICC ODI Team of the Year: 2012, 2014, 2016 (captain), 2017 (captain)[331]
ICC Test Team of the Year: 2017 (captain)[332]
Polly Umrigar Award for international cricketer of the year: 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
Padma Shri: 2017[13]
Arjuna Award: 2013[333]
Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World: 2016, 2017[12]
CEAT International Cricketer of the Year: 2011–12, 2013–14[334]
Outside cricket
Personal life
Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli at Vogue Awards
Kohli started dating Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma in 2013; the couple soon earned the celebrity couple nickname "Virushka".[335][336] Their relationship attracted substantial media attention, with persistent rumours and speculations in the media, as neither of the two publicly talked about it.[337] The couple married on 11 December 2017 in a private ceremony in Florence, Italy.[338][339]
Kohli has admitted that he is superstitious. He used to wear black wristbands as a cricket superstition; earlier, he used to wear the same pair of gloves with which he had "been scoring". Apart from a religious black thread, he has also been wearing a kara on his right arm since 2012.[340]
Commercial investments
According to Kohli, football is his second favourite sport.[341] In 2014, Kohli became a co-owner of Indian Super League club FC Goa. He stated that he invested in the club with the "keenness of football" and because he "wanted football to grow in India".[342] He added, "It's a business venture for me for the future. Cricket's not going to last forever and I'm keeping all my options open after retirement."[341]
In September 2015, Kohli became a co-owner of the International Premier Tennis League franchise UAE Royals,[343] and, in December that year, became a co-owner of the JSW-owned Bengaluru Yodhas franchise in Pro Wrestling League.[344]
In November 2014, Kohli and Anjana Reddy's Universal Sportsbiz (USPL) launched a youth fashion brand WROGN. The brand started to produce men's casual wear clothing in 2015 and has tied up with Myntra and Shopper's Stop.[345] In late 2014, Kohli was announced as a shareholder and brand ambassador of the social networking venture 'Sport Convo' based in London.
In 2015, Kohli invested ₹90 crore (US$13 million) to start a chain of gyms and fitness centres across the country. Launched under the name Chisel, the chain of gyms is jointly owned by Kohli, Chisel India and CSE (Cornerstone Sport and Entertainment), the agency which manages Kohli's commercial interests.[346] In 2016, Kohli started Stepathlon Kids, a children fitness venture, in partnership with Stepathlon Lifestyle.[347]
Endorsements
Kohli was signed up by sports agent Bunty Sajdeh of Cornerstone Sport and Entertainment after the 2008 Under-19 World Cup. Sajdeh recalls, "I didn’t go after them after they became stars. In fact, I watched Virat at the 2008 ICC Under-19 World Cup in Kuala Lumpur. I was mighty impressed with his attitude and the way he was marshalling his team. He had that spark. And I told Yuvi to set up the meeting."[348] Sajdeh manages Kohli's endorsement deals, along with those of other Indian cricketers Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma and Murali Vijay. It was reported in 2013 that Kohli's brand endorsements were worth over ₹100 crore.[349] His bat deal with MRF is said to be the costliest deal in Indian cricket history.[348] In 2017, he signed an eight-year endorsement deal with Puma worth about ₹110 crore, becoming the first Indian sportsperson to sign a ₹100 crore deal with a brand.[350]
In 2014, American Appraisal estimated Kohli's brand value at US$56.4 million placing him fourth on the list of India's most valued celebrity brands.[351] The same year, UK-based magazine SportsPro rated Kohli as the second most marketable athlete in the world behind only Lewis Hamilton, placing him above the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Usain Bolt.[352] In an October 2016 report by Duff & Phelps on India's most valued celebrity brands, Kohli's brand value was estimated to be US$92 million, second only to that of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan.[353]
In 2017, Kohli was ranked 7th in the list released by Forbes as the Most Valuable Brand among athletes ahead of players like Lionel Messi, Rory McIlroy and Stephen Curry with an estimated brand value of $14.5 million.[354] In 2018, Kohli was again listed 83 in the Top 100 highest paid athletes in the world.
As of September 2017, Kohli has endorsement deals with 17 brands.[355] Among the brands he endorsed in early 2018 are American Tourister, Audi, Boost, Colgate-Palmolive, Gillette, Gionee, Herbalife, MRF, Manyavar, New Era, Puma, Punjab National Bank, Tissot, Uber and Vicks.[356][357] The brands Kohli previously endorsed include 3C Company, Celkon Mobiles, Cinthol (from Godrej), Clear (from Unilever), Fair & Lovely, Fastrack (from Titan), Pepsi, Flying Machine, Mattel, Munch (from Nestle), Oakley, Red Chief Shoes, Royal Challenge (from United Breweries), Sangam Suitings and Toyota Motors.[358][359][360]
Charity
Kohli at a VKF charity event in June 2016
In March 2013, Kohli started a charity foundation called Virat Kohli Foundation (VKF). The organisation aims at helping underprivileged kids and conducts events to raise funds for the charity.[361] According to Kohli, the foundation works with select NGOs to "create awareness, seek support and raise funds for the various causes they endorse and the philanthropic work they engage in."[362] In May 2014, eBay and Save the Children India conducted a charity auction with VKF, with its proceeds benefiting the education and healthcare of underprivileged children.[363]
Kohli has captained the All Heart Football Club, owned by VKF, in charity football matches against All Stars Football Club, owned by Abhishek Bachchan's Playing for Humanity. The matches, known as "Celebrity Clasico", feature cricketers playing for All Heart and Bollywood actors in the All Stars team, and are organized to generate funds for the two charity foundations.[364]
See also
List of cricketers by number of international centuries scored
List of cricketers who have scored centuries in both innings of a Test match
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Bibliography
Lokapally, Vijay (2016). Driven: The Virat Kohli Story. New Delhi: Bloomsbury Publishing India. ISBN 9385936263.
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Awards
Preceded by
Kumar Sangakkara ICC ODI Player of the Year
2012 Succeeded by
Kumar Sangakkara
Preceded by
Ravichandran Ashwin Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy
2017 Succeeded by
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Afghanistan
Asghar Stanikzai
Australia
Test & ODI
Tim Paine
T20I
Aaron Finch
Bangladesh
Test
Mushfiqur Rahim
ODI
Mashrafe Mortaza
T20I
Shakib Al Hasan
England
Test
Joe Root
ODI & T20I
Eoin Morgan
India
Virat Kohli
Ireland
Test & ODI
William Porterfield
T20I
Gary Wilson
New Zealand
Kane Williamson
Pakistan
Sarfraz Ahmed
South Africa
Faf du Plessis
Sri Lanka
Test
Dinesh Chandimal
ODI & T20I
Angelo Mathews
West Indies
Test & ODI
Jason Holder
T20I
Carlos Brathwaite
Zimbabwe
Graeme Cremer (Interim captain)
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1932–1933/34: Nayudu
1936: Vizianagaram
1946: Pataudi, Sr.
1947/48–1952/53: Amarnath
1951/52–1952/53: Hazare
1954/55; 1958/59: Mankad
1955/56; 1958/59: Ahmed
1955/56–1956/57; 1958/59: Umrigar
1958/59: Adhikari
1959: Gaekwad
1959: Roy
1959/60: Ramchand
1960/61–1961/62; 1961/62: Contractor
1961/62–1974/75: Pataudi, Jr.
1967/68: Borde
1970/71–1974: Wadekar
1974/75; 1979: Venkataraghavan
1975/76; 1978/79–1984/85: Gavaskar
1975/75–1978/79: Bedi
1979/80; 1979/80: Viswanath
1982/83–1986/87: Kapil Dev
1987/88–1988/89: Vengsarkar
1987/88: Shastri
1989/90: Srikkanth
1989/90–1998/99: Azhar
1996/97–1999/00: Tendulkar
2000/01–2005/06: Ganguly
2003/04; 2004/05; 2005/06–2007: Dravid
2005/06; 2009; 2010; 2012: Sehwag
2007–2008: Kumble
2008–2014: Dhoni
2014/15; 2015–: Kohli
2016/17: Rahane
Italics denote deputised captaincy
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1974: Wadekar
1975–1979: Venkataraghavan
1975/76–1978/79: Bedi
1980/81–1985/86: Gavaskar
1980/81: Viswanath
1982/83–1992/93: Kapil Dev
1983/84: Kirmani
1984/85: Amarnath
1986/87–1991/92: Shastri
1987/88–1988/89: Vengsarkar
1989/90: Srikkanth
1989/90–1999: Azharuddin
1996–1999/00: Tendulkar
1997/98–1999/00: Jadeja
1999–2005: Ganguly
2000/01–2007: Dravid
2001/02: Kumble
2003–2011: Sehwag
2007–2016: Dhoni
2010–2014: Raina
2011: Gambhir
2013–present: Kohli
2015: Rahane
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2006: Sehwag
2007–2016: Dhoni
2010–2011: Raina
2015: Rahane
2016-: Kohli
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ICC World Twenty20 Player of the Series
2007: Afridi
2009: Dilshan
2010: Pietersen
2012: Watson
2014: Kohli
2016: Kohli
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India squads
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1 Dhoni (c)
2 Tendulkar
3 Kumar
4 Dravid
5 Harbhajan
6 Raina
7 Karthik
8 Mishra
9 Nayar
10 Nehra
11 Gambhir
12 Sharma
13 RP Singh
14 Pathan
15 Kohli
Coach: Kirsten
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India squad – 2011 Cricket World Cup (2nd Title)
3 Harbhajan
5 Gambhir
7 Dhoni (c & †)
10 Tendulkar
11 Chawla
12 Yuvraj
13 Patel
18 Kohli
28 Pathan
34 Khan
36 Sreesanth
44 Sehwag (vc)
48 Raina
64 Nehra
99 Ashwin
Coach: Kirsten
Praveen Kumar was injured and replaced by Sreesanth.
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India squad – 2012 ICC World Twenty20
– Virender Sehwag
2 Ashoke Dinda
3 Harbhajan Singh
5 Gautam Gambhir
7 MS Dhoni (c & wk)
11 Piyush Chawla
12 Yuvraj Singh
18 Virat Kohli
34 Zaheer Khan
48 Suresh Raina
55 Lakshmipathy Balaji
56 Irfan Pathan
77 Rohit Sharma
90 Manoj Tiwary
99 Ravichandran Ashwin
Coach: Duncan Fletcher
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India squad – 2013 ICC Champions Trophy (2nd title)
7 Dhoni (c & †)
8 Jadeja
9 Mishra
1 I Sharma
3 Raina
18 Kohli (vc)
6 Vijay
25 Dhawan
99 Ashwin
19 Karthik
15 B Kumar
56 I Pathan
73 Yadav
23 V Kumar
Coach: Fletcher
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India squad – 2014 ICC World Twenty20 runners-up
7 Dhoni (c) & (wk)
18 Kohli (vc)
77 Aaron
99 Ashwin
84 Binny
25 Dhawan
8 Jadeja
15 Kumar
99 Mishra
11 Shami
17 Rahane
3 Raina
6 Mohit
45 Rohit
12 Yuvraj
Coach: Duncan Fletcher
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India squad – 2015 Cricket World Cup Semi-Finalists
48 Raina
5 Rayudu
6 Mohit
7 Dhoni (c & †)
8 Jadeja
11 Shami
15 Kumar
18 Kohli (vc)
20 Axar
25 Dhawan
27 Rahane
45 Rohit
73 Yadav
84 Binny
99 Ashwin
Coach: Fletcher
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India squad – 2016 ICC World Twenty20 Semi-Finalists
7 Dhoni (c) & (wk)
99 Ashwin
93 Bumrah
25 Dhawan
8 Jadeja
18 Kohli (vc)
6 Negi
64 Nehra
33 Pandya
27 Rahane
48 Raina
11 Shami
45 Rohit
3 Harbhajan
12 Yuvraj
1 Pandey
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India squad – 2017 ICC Champions Trophy runners-up
18 Kohli (c)
99 Ashwin
93 Bumrah
25 Dhawan
8 Jadeja
9 Dhoni (wk)
81 Jadhav
15 Bhuvneshwar
11 Pandya
27 Rahane
11 Shami
45 Rohit
12 Yuvraj
19 Yadav
9 Karthik
Coach: Kumble
Dinesh Karthik was not initially in the squad, but was named as replacement for Manish Pandey.
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Delhi cricket team – current squad
34 Awana
22 Bhatia
Bisht
9 Chand
25 Dhawan
5 Gambhir (c)
29 Ishant
18 Kohli
M Kumar
Manan
V Mishra
7 Nagar
Narwal
15 Negi
64 Nehra
Rawal
8 Sangwan
Sood
33 Suyal
Tokas
Coach: Dahiya
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Royal Challengers Bangalore – current squad
18 Virat (c)
69 de Kock (†)
17 de Villiers
97 Sarfaraz
42 McCullum
Vohra
Moeen Ali
de Grandhomme
10 Woakes
3 Chahal
4 Khejroliya
19 Umesh
15 Negi
9 Choudhary
Saini
Ashwin
23 Mandeep
555 Sundar
Siraj
Anderson
Coulter-Nile
Joshi
Parthiv (†)
Southee
Deshpande
Head Coach: Daniel Vettori
Assistant Coach: Trent Woodhill
Bowling coach: Ashish Nehra
Batting coach: Gary Kirsten
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ICC Team of the Year
2015
World Test XI
David Warner (Aus)
Alastair Cook (c) (Eng)
Kane Williamson (NZ)
Younus Khan (Pak)
Steve Smith (Aus)
Joe Root (Eng)
Sarfraz Ahmed (wk) (Pak)
Stuart Broad (Eng)
Trent Boult (NZ)
Yasir Shah (Pak)
Josh Hazlewood (Aus)
12th Man: Ravichandran Ashwin (Ind)
World ODI XI
Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)
Hashim Amla (SA)
Kumar Sangakkara (wk) (SL)
AB de Villiers (c) (SA)
Steve Smith (Aus)
Ross Taylor (NZ)
Trent Boult (NZ)
Mohammed Shami (Ind)
Mitchell Starc (Aus)
Mustafizur Rahman (Ban)
Imran Tahir (SA)
12th Man: Joe Root (Eng)
2016
World Test XI
David Warner (Aus)
Alastair Cook (c) (Eng)
Kane Williamson (NZ)
Joe Root (Eng)
Ben Stokes (Eng)
Adam Voges (Aus)
Jonny Bairstow (wk) (Eng)
Ravichandran Ashwin (Ind)
Rangana Herath (SL)
Mitchell Starc (Aus)
Dale Steyn (SA)
12th man: Steve Smith (Aus)
World ODI XI
David Warner (Aus)
Quinton de Kock (wk) (SA)
Rohit Sharma(Ind)
Virat Kohli (c) (Ind)
AB de Villiers (SA)
Jos Buttler (Eng)
Mitchell Marsh (Aus)
Ravindra Jadeja (Ind)
Mitchell Starc (Aus)
Kagiso Rabada (SA)
Sunil Narine (WI)
12th man: Imran Tahir (SA)
2017
World Test XI
David Warner (Aus)
Dean Elgar (SA)
Virat Kohli (c) (Ind)
Steve Smith (Aus)
Cheteshwar Pujara (Ind)
Ben Stokes (Eng)
Quinton de Kock (wk) (SA)
Ravichandran Ashwin (Ind)
Kagiso Rabada (SA)
Mitchell Starc (Aus)
James Anderson (Eng)
World ODI XI
David Warner (Aus)
Quinton de Kock (wk) (SA)
Rohit Sharma(Ind)
Virat Kohli (c) (Ind)
Babar Azam (Pak)
AB de Villiers (SA)
Ben Stokes (Eng)
Hasan Ali (Pak)
Trent Boult (NZ)
Rashid Khan (Afg)
Jasprit Bumrah (Ind)
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ICC Player of the Year
Player of the Year
2004: Dravid
2005: Kallis/Flintoff
2006: Ponting
2007: Ponting
2008: Chanderpaul
2009: Johnson
2010: Tendulkar
2011: Trott
2012: Sangakkara
2013: Clarke
2014: Johnson
2015: Smith
2016: Ashwin
2017: Kohli
Test
2004: Dravid
2005: Kallis
2006: Ponting
2007: Yousuf
2008: Steyn
2009: Gambhir
2010: Sehwag
2011: Cook
2012: Sangakkara
2013: Clarke
2014: Johnson
2015: Smith
2016: Ashwin
2017: Smith
One Day International
2004: Flintoff
2005: Pietersen
2006: Hussey
2007: Hayden
2008: Dhoni
2009: Dhoni
2010: de Villiers
2011: Sangakkara
2012: Kohli
2013: Sangakkara
2014: de Villiers
2015: de Villiers
2016: de Kock
2017: Kohli
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Batsmen with a Test batting average above 50
Australia
Don Bradman (99.94)
Adam Voges (61.87)
Steve Smith (61.37)
Greg Chappell (53.86)
Ricky Ponting (51.85)
Jack Ryder (51.62)
Michael Hussey (51.52)
Steve Waugh (51.06)
Matthew Hayden (50.73)
Allan Border (50.56)
England
Herbert Sutcliffe (60.73)
Eddie Paynter (59.23)
Ken Barrington (58.67)
Wally Hammond (58.45)
Jack Hobbs (56.94)
Len Hutton (56.67)
Ernest Tyldesley (55.00)
Joe Root (52.77)
Denis Compton (50.06)
India
Vinod Kambli (54.20)
Sachin Tendulkar (53.78)
Virat Kohli (53.40)
Rahul Dravid (52.31)
Sunil Gavaskar (51.12)
Cheteshwar Pujara (50.51)
New Zealand
Kane Williamson (50.35)
Pakistan
Javed Miandad (52.57)
Mohammad Yousuf (52.29)
Younis Khan (52.05)
South Africa
Graeme Pollock (60.97)
Jacques Kallis (55.37)
Dudley Nourse (53.81)
AB de Villiers (50.66)
Sri Lanka
Kumar Sangakkara (57.40)
West Indies
George Headley (60.83)
Everton Weekes (58.61)
Garfield Sobers (57.78)
Clyde Walcott (56.68)
Charlie Davis (54.20)
Brian Lara (52.88)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul (51.37)
Viv Richards (50.23)
Zimbabwe
Andy Flower (51.54)
Minimum 20 innings. Currently active players are listed in italics.
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Captains of Indian national sports teams
Major teams
(World level)
Cricket (M: Virat Kohli (Test,ODI & T20I), W: Mithali Raj, M U19: Prithvi Shaw)
Field hockey (M: P. R. Sreejesh, W: Rani Rampal)
Kabaddi (M: Ajay Thakur, W: Mamatha Poojary)
Tennis (M: Mahesh Bhupathi)
Continental level
Football (M: Sunil Chhetri, M U23: Laxmikant Kattimani, W: Oinam Bembem Devi, W U19: Grace Dangmei)
Volleyball (M: Prabagaran, W)
Minor teams
Ice hockey (M: Mushtague Giri, M U18: Stanzin Namgyal)
Handball (M, W: Rajwant Kaur)
Netball: Prachi Tehlan
Rugby 7's (M: Nasser Hussain, W: Surabhi Date)
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