15 Interesting Facts About Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli is an Indian cricketer and the current captain of the Indian national team. He’s a right-handed top-order batsman and is regarded as one of the best cricketers of all time.
Here we dive into 10 interesting facts about Virat Kohli.
15. Virat’s Legacy as a Test Captain:
Virat Kohli has the most test wins by an Indian captain at home. He surpassed MS Dhoni to hold this record on February 25th, 2021, after a victory over England in the 3rd day and night test. His highest score in Test is 254* which is also the highest score by an Indian captain in Tests. He’s is the only cricketer in the world to have scored a hat-trick of centuries in his first three Test innings as a captain.
14. Virat Kohli’s pinnacle of centuries:
He has scored the most ODI centuries, Test centuries and Test runs by an Indian captain.
13. Virat Kohli and his unnatural connection with December 19:
On December 19, 2016, under Virat Kohli’s leadership, India scored 759/7 due to Karun Nair’s astonishing 303* and KL Rahul’s splendid 199 runs from 311 balls and declared against England in the Chennai Test. This was their highest ever test innings total. On the same date in 2020, Under Kohli’s leadership again, India were thrashed by Australian bowlers completely shattering all hopes of Indian fans as the Indian batsmen were all out for just 36 runs. This was their lowest ever test innings total.
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He’s the fastest batsman to score 8000 runs,9000 runs, 10000 runs, 11000 runs, and 12000 runs in ODI cricket. He was ranked the no1 ODI batsman until 3.4 years. He even broke Sachin Tendulkar’s record of the fastest 20 ODI centuries. Sachin made it to 20 centuries in 197 innings while Virat took just 133 innings!
11. Who gave him the nick name?
Virat Kohli’s famous name Cheeku was given to him by former Delhi coach Ajit Chaudhary when he joined the Delhi Ranji team. Dhoni was caught calling him Cheeku a number of times behind the stumps and hence he is now worldwide nicknamed as Cheeku.
10. Virat Kohli in World Cups:
He’s the only Indian to score a century on World Cup debut. He has also won Man of the tournament twice in T20 World Cup which is the most by any cricketer
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He’s the only batsman in history to average 50+ in all 3 formats at the same time.
8. Virat Kohli’s award-winning streaks:
He’s the first and only cricketer to be named ICC cricketer of the year, Test cricketer of the year, and ODI cricketer of the year in a single year. He was also named the ICC player of the decade (2010-19). In the year 2012, he was awarded ICC cricketer of the year when he was just 23 years old! He has also won the Arjuna Award, Padma Shri & Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.
7. Pakistan’s Nightmare:
Virat holds the record of highest individual score against Pakistan. In the 2012 edition of the Asia Cup, Virat smashed 183 runs from just 148 balls.
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Sir Viv Richards who’s considered one of the best and destructive cricketers of all time once stated that Kohli reminds him of himself. Aaron Finch too once stated that Virat Kohli is probably the best ODI player of all time.
5. Why Did Virat Go Vegetarian?
A documentary named ‘Game Changers’ on Netflix, displayed many athletes around the world. In response to the documentary, Virat revealed that he turned vegetarian due to an injury in his cervical spine during the tour of South Africa in early 2018 which forced him to change his diet. He also stated that his bones were getting weaker due to this injury and he felt a lot better after turning vegetarian.
4. Virat’s Splendid Rankings:
Virat has the highest rating points in the ICC rakings by an Indian batsman in Tests:(937 POINTS), ODIS (911 POINTS) & T20IS (897 POINTS)
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Virat is the only player in IPL history to never get auctioned. He was kept as a draft player by RCB in 2008 and since then he has always been retained and never auctioned.
2. Virat Kohli’s Mental Strength:
Virat played his debut Ranji season in 2006. He decided to play the match against Karnataka despite his father Prem Kohli’s demise the same day. He scored a crucial knock of 90 runs.
1. Virat Kohli’s Dressing Sense:
In 2012, he was named one of the best 10 Best Dressed International Men in a list that also included US President Barrack Obama.
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