Virat Kohli pronunciation (helpinfo) (born 5 November 1988 in Delhi) is an Indian international cricketer.

He is a middle order batsman, who can also open the batting. He can also bowl right arm medium [1] pace. Kohli was the captain of the victorious Indian team at the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup held ] in Malaysia. He represents Delhi in first-class cricket and is the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore franchise in the Indian Premier League(IPL). He also played for the West Delhi Cricket [3] Academy. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut in 2008 and was part of the Indian team which won the 2011 World Cup. Despite being a regular in the ODI side, Kohli only played his first Test in 2011 against West Indies in Kingston. But on the disastrous 2011/12 India tour of Australia, in which India's senior batsmen struggled [4] throughout, Kohli stood out, scoring his first Test hundred in Adelaide. Kohli was the recipient of the ICC ODI Player of the Year award in 2012.

He has an elder brother, Vikash, and an elder sister, Bhavna.Virat attended school at Vishal Bharti and Savier Convent. Virat's father, Prem, worked as a lawyer and died in December 2006. [

2008 Kohli played for Royal Challengers Bangalore at the 2008 Indian Premier League. He was bought for $30,000 before the first season in 2008. He did not perform well, scoring only 165 runs in 13 innings at an average of 15 and taking only 2 wickets with his bowling. 2009 But he improved marginally in the second season, scoring 246 runs in 16 innings with an average of 22.36 and taking 9 catches and effecting 2 run outs. 2010 In the third season, he scored 307 runs, including two half centuries, in 13 innings at an average of 27.90. In the fourth season of the IPL, he was the only player that Royal Challengers Bangaloreretained, preferred over the likes of Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis and Ross Taylor. 2011 He scored the second most runs in the tournament behind Chris Gayle. 2012 The 2012 Indian Premier League followed in April and May and Kohli scored 364 runs fron 16 matches, [15] with two half-centuries. 2013 He was named as the captain of the Royal Challengers Bangalore team for the 6th season.
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