Virat Kohli: A Mysterious Monarch of the Modern Cricket
Virat Kohli is a cricket player who was born on 5 th November 1988 in Delhi, India, one of the most powerful and influential cricketers in the recent history of the game. He is 36 years of age (as of July 2025) and has created a legacy that is characterised by extraordinary batting ability and ability to play aggressively, and never stopping to seek perfection in every format of the game.
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Residing at around 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 meters) tall, Kohli’s disciplined yet strong physiology helps him deliver in using his dynamic batting style and astonishing endurance. Born in Delhi in a Punjabi Hindu family, his early days in Delhi took him to his cricketing path. He is married to Bollywood superstar, Anushka Sharma, and reportedly they have a daughter, Vamika, born early 2021. The couple had also welcomed their second child be it a son named Akaay.
A Record of a career:
The career of Kohli is like a cloth of shattered records and never thought before records. The rise of becoming the captain of the India senior national team in all forms of the game after the resounding success of the 2008 ICC Under-19 world cup champions illustrates his potential and ability to lead a team. ODI Maestro: Kohli is the highest scorer in centuries in One Day Internationals (ODIs) breaking the record by a cricketing icon Sachin Tendulkar. He also becomes the quickest to get to 8,000, 9,000, 10, 000, 11, 000, 12, 000 and 13, 000 ODI runs, displaying the greatest steadiness. ODI: His ability to race after totals in one day internationals has made him be labelled as the Chase Master. T20I Giant: He is the leading run-getter in the T20 International category and had continued to provide match-winning knocks in the shortest format of the game. At the 2014 and 2016 T20 World Cups he was Player of the Tournament, and at the 2023 ODI World Cup. He has recently stated that he will retire in T20 international cricket after India wins the 2024 T20 world cup. Test Captaincy: As a Test captain, Kohli has taken the Indian team to the heights it has never reached in the Test matches, having won the first-ever Test series in Australia in 2018-19. He is the most winning Test captain in India with 40 Test matches as a captain and he retired as a Test captain in 2022 and as a Test cricketer in 2025. IPL Supreme: Kohli has the record of the most run-scorer in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL). It was also during his time as he led Royal Challengers Bangalore to their maiden IPL title in 2025. ICC achievements: He is the first international cricketer in the world to score over 900 ICC rating points across all three formats of international cricket (Test, ODI and T20I) He has been in the top position of ICC ODI batsmen ranking over a very long time and has won many ICC honors
Batsmen Edn-Beyond The Batting Crease:
More than his prowess on the cricketing field, Virat Kohli has been renowned as the perfect example of how a player should maintain fitness standards in the field of Indian cricket and has transformed the physical conditioning sector of Indian cricket completely. He is a role model to millions of people around the world by virtue of his aggressive but passionate attitude at the field and a disciplined life away from it. He promotes healthy living and is a strongly placed leader in terms of image and popularity and hence a good choice to endorse or support social causes. The story of Virat Kohli can be described as a tale of hard work, determination, and the self-price a player is willing to pay in devotion to his game which makes him one of the most iconic cricketers there ever was.