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Virat Kohli is Born on November 5, 1988 Virat Kohli is a former captain of the Indian national cricket team and an international cricketer from India. He is a right-handed batsman who competes for Delhi in domestic cricket and Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League.

1. First Indian batsman in ODI history to score three straight hundreds

 

The Indian captain helped his team win the series 3-1 against the West Indies in 2018 by smashing three consecutive centuries.

 

2. In the Indian Premier League, the Indian captain has never participated in an auction.

 

Virat Kohli was unexpectedly chosen as the top player in the 2008 auction by the Royal Challengers Bangalore despite being the captain of the U-19 Indian side.

 

3. Indian Premier League edition with the most runs
 

The most runs scored in a single season of the IPL belong to Royal Challengers captain Virat Kohli, who did it in 2016. In 16 matches, he scored 973 runs, including four hundreds, and helped the side win the game.

 

4.First player in T20Is to take a wicket off his first ball

 

In the T20I format, Virat Kohli became the first cricketer to take a wicket after his first delivery. MS Dhoni gave Virat a chance to bowl during the 2011 England trip so he could practise his bowling. He bowled a wide with his opening delivery, but MS Dhoni quickly stumped Kevin Pietersen.

 

5. First Indian player to score a century in an ODI World Cup match

 

Virat Kohli made his World Cup debut in 2011 and helped the Indian team defeat Bangladesh by 87 runs with a century against them.

 

 

6. During a 2013 photo session, Virat and Anushka first got to know one another.

 

The Indian skipper and Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma first crossed paths in 2013 while working on a Clear Shampoo commercial. Finally getting married in 2017, the couple now has a daughter named Vamika.

 

7. Sakshi Dhoni and Anushka Sharma are classmates.
 

Sakshi Dhoni, the wife of Dhoni, and Anushka Sharma, the spouse of Virat, attended St. Mary's together as students. While Col. Ajay Kumar Sharma, the father of Anushka Sharma, was also stationed in the same state, Sakshi's father was transferred to Assam.

 

8. Cricketer with the fastest 23,000 international runs

 

With 23,000 runs in 490 innings, Indian captain Virat Kohli recently surpassed Sachin Tendulkar's previous mark. During the away test series against England in 2021, he accomplished the feat.

 

9. First Asian to surpass 150 million Instagram followers

 

Virat Kohli just made history by being the first Asian figure to surpass the 150 million follower threshold. The only figures with greater fans than the Indian captain are the footballers Ronaldo, Messi, and Neymar.

10. Test cricket: Most double centuries for India

The only Indian captain to strike a century abroad is Virat Kohli, who holds the record with seven double centuries in the test format against West Indies