Virat Kohli Biography
Former Indian Skipper Virat Kohli was born in Delhi on 5th Nov 1988. His
father was a criminal lawyer and his mother was a housewife. During his
childhood days, he was signed up for a cricket academy that leads him on the
path to becoming a professional cricketer. He was an excellent student in his
studies as well as a great sportsman since his childhood. In 2006 Virat's dad
Passed away while he was playing the Ranji Trophy cricket match for Delhi
national team. while at that time he didn't attend the funeral of his father
due to his passion and dedication to cricket and he keeps on playing that game
and even scored a hundred as well in that game.
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| Virat Kohli Net Worth, Salary, Career, and Biography |
Net Worth of Virat Kohli in 2022
According to Forbes, he was ranked as the topmost sports celebrity across the
world. According to the various online sources he has approximately 115
million dollars and his main earnings through Sports leagues (IPL), brand
endorsements, and brand ambassador for various top brands like Audi, puma,
Valvoline, Hero, MRF, and much more.
He is just one of the three Indian cricketers selected for the nation's A+
contracts, which guarantee an annual salary of $1 million as of 2020. The
Indian superstar has 194 million followers on Instagram, and he is one of the
most influential sports celebrities on Instagram. he is also charging 3-10
crores for a single Instagram post and he is the highest-paid in the world. he
also owns various business and sports league franchises. Currently, he owns
Goa FC in Indian Super League (ISL) football, International Premier Tennis
League, PGA Tour and he invested in Chisel a Gym Chain and clothing company
Wrong and also he invested in various Indian startups.
Virat Kohli Career
After he won the Under-19 WorldCup for team India in 2008 he went into IPL and
start playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore. In August 2008, he was selected
to be part of the Indian squad and then his cricket journey started
internationally he was selected in the Indian squad for the world cup 2011.
He was given chances in the initial matches for team India and even he scored
100 against Bangladesh and scored 35 important runs in final against Srilanka
which was considered most valuable during that part of the situation. he
scored a total of 282 runs with the average of 35.25. After the retirement and
exclusions of Indian team legends like Sehwag Gambhir, Yuvraj Kohli becomes
the most important and consistent player for the team India every match he
performs well and that earns him the nickname "Run Machine". He was played at
one down for India and that becomes his favorite position and he scored most
of his runs in that position only. After a period of time, he was given the
captainship from dhoni and he leads India very well.
During his time of captaincy, he was so many test matches against Australia
England on their home soil which was considered impossible because most of the
Indian captains struggled in that and he successfully did that even dhoni was
one of the most successful captains of team India and won two world cups and
champions trophy and even he couldn't able to do that but Kohli and his team
breaking that barriers and click the victories from the opponents. Kohli's one
of the abilities is to chase the innings no matter what was the score he loves
to chase and he was successful most of the time.
Virat Kohli LifeStyle
Virat Kohli married Anushka Sharma who was a Bollywood Actress at the peak of
his career. They fell in love during their ad shoots for the brands and after
successfully dating for a couple of years they happily married and still
continue their beautiful relationship. Virat and Anuskha were blessed with
girl child Vamika Kohli last year and they both are made for each other
couple. Anushka supported Virat in his tough times after he failed at the
major ICC tournaments and they really looked out for each other. Virat has one
brother Vikas Kohli and one elder sister Bhavna Kohli.
Virat Kohli Age, Height, and Weight
As we all Know Virat is strict when comes to his fitness and he is very keen
on that he is a fitness freak who chooses even the water that he had to drink.
According to the sources his weight was 69 kg, age and height is 33 and 175
centimeters.