Virat Kohli, who is recognized for his aggressive batting and successive captaincy in all formats of Cricket. Virat is a monstrous top-order batsman for India & RCB (IPL), have solid and versatile Batting technique and a part-time Right-arm-Medium bowler.

His ability in chasing the target in limited-over’s Cricket is phenomenal and fantastic fielding makes him complete player on the field. Virat is regarded as one of the best batsmen in the world.

Apart from Cricket, he loves to play Football and also plays charity Football games for spreading awareness among society and to contribute funds for NGOs. Kohli co-owns FC Goa in the ISL, the IPTL franchise UAE Royals and the PWL team Bangalore Yodhas. Virat is ranked as one of the most valuable athlete brand by Forbs.

Kohli came in international team after leading Team-India to conquer Trophy of Under-19 World Cup and after that he made his international debut in Aug 2008 vs. Sri Lanka in absence of trusted pair of Sachin -Sehwag.

Today he is known for his Passion towards Cricket and Fitness; make him one of the fittest athletes in the world. Virat gives valuable contribution in the winning of World Cup 2011 by scoring runs and a worthy Century in the tournament.

Virat wons ICC ODI Player of Year Award in 2012 and 2014. His aggression to win, marvelous skills with the Bat and leading capability also have made him the Captain of his IPL Team, Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2013. He consistently performing well for RCB, his IPL franchise.

After knowing his ability to assess the situation and seize the moment, Kohli was appointed as vice-captain of the ODI team in 2012 and handed over the Test captaincy of Indian Cricket Team following Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Test retirement in 2014.

Virat’s consistency from his debuts till today, made him one of the most dependable batsman in the Indian top order. In 2014, he received Man of the Tournament award in ICC World T20 and has led India to a record of winning Eight consecutive Test series.

In the year 2017, Kohli became the limited-overs captain as well after MS Dhoni stepped down from the position.

Today, he holds numerous Batting records and his consistency in all formats of the game leads to become one of the Most reliable player of the Team.
●Kohli is the second batsman with the most number of ODI tons (34) after Sachin Tendulkar's 49.
●Virat has record of scoring over 300 runs in a bilateral ODI series on six different occasions. No other player has done it more than four times till today. Kohli is the first batsman to score 4 double-centuries in 4 consecutive Test series.
●Kohli also became the only captain to score the most ODI runs in a year. The right-handed batsman scored 1460 runs in 2017 and surpassed former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting's 1424 runs in 2007.
●On October 29, 2017, Virat Kohli scored his 9000th ODI run in just his 194th innings, the fastest to do so. He broke AB de Villiers' record of making 9000 runs in 205 innings. Kohli has now scored six double hundred tons, the most by any captain.

Source: Cricadium