Indian super captain Virat Kohli on Wednesday joined an elite list of cricketers as he became the fastest cricketer to complete 10,000 runs in one-day international cricket.

He reached the milestone in the 2nd ODI in Vizag against West Indies.

Kohli, who achieved the feat in his 205th innings, surpassed India legend great Sachin Tendulkar, who did it in 259 innings in 2001.

He got to super 10,000 runs with a single, off-spinner Ashley Nurse in his 213th ODI.

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1. Virat Kohli Biodata

Birthday:        :November 5,1988

Nationality:       :Indian

Famous: Cricketer

Known As: Cheeku

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Age:: 29 Years, Male

 

Height: 1.75 M

Spouse              -: Anushka Sharma

Father: Prem Kohli

Mother: Saroj Kohli

Siblings: Bhavna Kholi, Vikash Kholi

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2. Physical Appearance

Apart from being a genius cricketer, he has a dashing personality.

He looks quite cool and handsome in his appearance and Being a sportsperson, he maintains his fitness by doing workouts and other physical activities.

He weighs around 70 kg and his height is 5′ 9″ inches. His eyes are dark brown and the hair is black. He has a built-up body and His chest is around 40 inches, waist- 30 inches, and biceps are 14 inches.

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3. Family, Caste, Girlfriends, Wife:

Virat Kohli belongs to a middle-class Hindu family from Delhi. His caste is Khatri. His name of father is Late Prem Kohli and who was a criminal lawyer.

His mother name is Saroj Kohli who is a homemaker.

Virat is the youngest of three siblings. His sister name is Bhawna Kohli and his brother name is Vikas Kohli and Both always supported Virat in every situation.

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4. Virat Kohli & Anushka Sharma Bonding:

Virat Kohli was in a very high profile relationship with Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma.

• The pair reportedly broke up in early 2016, but they later patched up and got back together with very good bonding.
• Virat and actress Anushka Sharma got married on December 11, 2017. The two tied the knot as a married couple at Borgo Finocchieto in Tuscany, Italy.

Soon he was selected to play for the Indian team and established himself as a valuable middle-order Batsman.

 After having gained a reputation as an “ODI specialist”, he has proved his mettle in test cricket also.

Currently, he is the captain of the Indian team.

Virat Kohli is the captain of an Indian cricket team who is known as the Run Machine and King Kohli in the international cricket. He is an elegant and super batsman who usually bats on first down in the Indian cricket team.

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5. Fastest Innings to 10000 ODI Runs:

BATSMAN	INNS
V KOHLI	205
S TENDULKAR	259
S GANGULY	263
R PONTING	266
J KALIS	272

Apart from Kohli, the other Indians on the list are –

Sachin Tendulkar (18,426 runs)

 Sourav Ganguly (11,363 runs)

Rahul Dravid (10,889 runs)   and

 MS Dhoni (10,143 runs).

The India captain eventually scored an unbeaten 157 off 129 balls, which was his 37th ODI hundred and sixth against the Windies – which is the most any player has scored against the Windies.

In the process, he also became the fastest to 1,000 runs in a calendar year, taking just 11 innings to get there, really outstanding.

During the course of his 157*, Virat Kohli also completed 4,000 runs in ODIs in India. He became the 3rd player after Sachin Tendulkar (6976 runs) and MS Dhoni (4410 runs) to get to the milestone. 

At a venue set amidst picturesque hills, Kohli reached the benchmark when he played Ashley Nurse for a single in the 37th over of the second ODI against the West Indies.

Fortune, too, was on Kohli’s side as West Indies skipper Jason Holder dropped his Indian counterpart on 44.

Having an enviable record at the Dr YSR ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium with scores of 118, 117, 99 and 65, Kohli began his latest innings with a super boundary through the off-side.

Entering the game 81 short of 10,000, with this great achievement the run machine added another feather to his illustrious cap.

Kohli has been in sublime form across formats this fantastic year and has scored over 900 runs in ODIs alone.

 

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6. Highest Scores ODI-AT-ACA-VDCA Stadium:

He is currently the world’s No 1 batsman in both the Test and the one-day formats.

2018 is the sixth year overall and the second consecutive year in which Kohli has breached the 1000 ODI runs mark and he had amassed 1460 runs in ODIs in 2017.

Kohli’s journey has been awe-inspiring, from his first-class debut, winning the U-19 World Cup, captaining the Indian team, to rewriting the batting records at will.

With his unbeatable super performances, Kohli has won several accolades including the Arjuna award, ICC World Cricketer of the year and multiple BCCI international Cricketer of the Year awards.

It’s an incredible achievement by Virat Kohli to complete 10,000 runs ODI before he is even 30 years old only. It’s only expected that Virat will reach many more batting milestones in future and give record breaking performance..

-CK Khanna, BCCI Acting President.

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7. 1000 Plus Runs By Virat Kohli ODI IN A YEAR:

Year	Match	Runs	Avg	100s
2011	34	1381	85.56	4
2012	17	1026	68.40	5
2013	34	1268	52.83	4
2014	21	1054	58.54	4
2017	26	1460	76.84	6
2018	11	1046	149.42	5

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 8. Virat Kohli Records:

He is an Indian international cricketer, counted amongst the top sportsmen in India.

•  Considered to be the best batsmen in the World in this present era.

•  He is known for his dependable and super powerful batting style and has single-handedly won several matches for India.
•  Virat became fascinated with cricket quite early on in his life and took to the bat when he was just only three.
•  His parents recognized his potential and had him enrolled at the West Delhi Cricket Academy when he was nine years old only.
•  In 2002, he played for Delhi Under-15 team and became the leading run-getter in the 2002–03 on the Polly Umrigar Trophy tournament. He was made the captain of the team for the 2003–04 in the Polly Umrigar Trophy.
• He was selected in the Delhi Under-17 team member for the 2003–04 Vijay Merchant Trophy. He scored 470 runs in four matches at an average of 117.50 with massive two hundred. He repeated his fabulous performance in the next season too and helped Delhi lift the 2004–05 Vijay Merchant Trophy.
• His consistent and super performances earned him a place in the India Under-19 squad on its tour of England in 2006. He averaged 105 in the three-match ODI series and the India Under-19 squad won. He also performed remarkably super against Pakistan’s U-19 cricket team later that year.
• His father died in 2006 when Kohli was just only 18. His father had been his biggest support but his untimely death plunged the family into a financial crisis. With more responsibilities on his young shoulders now, Kohli began taking the cricket game even more seriously.
•  He developed him as a very talented player and represented his city Delhi at various age-group levels and domestic cricket.
•  His first massive major success came in 2008 when he captained India Under-19 s to victory at the 2008 Under-19 World Cup.
• Following this, he was bought by the Indian Premier League franchise, Royal Challengers Bangalore and, for $30,000 on a year contract.
  

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9. Virat Kohli On ODI:

He was selected for the Indian ODI squad for the next tour of Sri Lanka in 2008. During this tour session, he batted as a makeshift opener throughout the series as both the regular openers Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag were injured.

• India eventually won the series 3–2 which was India’s first ODI series win against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka.
• He continued performing consistently better throughout 2009. He received his first man of the match award after scoring an unbeaten massive 79 against the West Indies in a group match during the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy.
• Later the same year he played in the home ODI series against Sri Lanka and scoring his first ODI century—107 off 111 balls—in the fourth match of the series.
• He continued with his good previous form which earned him a place in the 2011 World Cup squad.
• Kohli played in every match in the tournament and scored super- an unbeaten 100 in the first match against Bangladesh, becoming the first Indian batsman to score a century on World Cup debut.
• India reached the finals, and Kohli scored very important 35 runs in the finals against Sri Lanka. India went on to win the match by six wickets and lift the World Cup for the first time since 1983.
  

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10. Virat Kohli On Test Squad:

During the India tour session of West Indies in June–July 2011, India sent a largely inexperienced squad and Kohli was one of three uncapped players in the Test squad.

• He made his fantastic Test debut at Kingston in the first match of the Test series.
•  India won the Test series 1–0 but Kohli was found wanting against the fast bowling.
• He scored just 76 runs from five innings in the series and was subsequently dropped from the Test squad.

He was recalled to Test squad India’s four-match series in England in July and August 2011, as a replacement for the injured Yuvraj Singh.

•  He did not play in any Test match in the series and was moderately successful in the ODI series.
• He made his mark in the Test cricket during India’s tour of Australia in December 2011.
• India lost the Test series 4–0 but Virat Kohli was India’s top run-scorer in the series.
• He scored his maiden Test century in the first innings of the fourth and final match at Adelaide and he scored 116 runs in the innings.
  

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11. AS A Vice-Captain:

Kohli was appointed the vice-captain for the 2012 Asia Cup tournament in Bangladesh.

• In the final group match against Pakistan, he scored super 183 whilst chasing—the highest individual score against Pakistan in ODIs—and broke West Indies’ Brian Lara’s long-standing record of 156.
• Despite his great super performances, India could not progress to the final of the tournament.
• His string of successful stints continued throughout the year of  2013. He played well in the seven-match ODI series against Australia and striking the fastest century by an Indian in ODIs in the second match at Jaipur by blasting a super 100 score off just 52 balls.
• His fighting innings of 100 not out helped India chase down the target of 360.
• Even though better known for his blazing performances in ODIs, Kohli is also a skilled test player also
  

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12. Virat Kohli As an Indian Captain:

In 2014, he was named the captain of the Indian test team. In the Australian tour the same year, he amassed a total of 692 runs in four Tests—the most by any Indian batsman in a Test series in Australia ever.

• His career saw a temporary slump in 2015 when he was unable to make any big scores, unfortunately.
• However, he soon regained his form very fast and became the fastest batsman in the world to make 1,000 runs in T20I cricket during South Africa’s tour of India later the same year.
• Kohli again was in terrific form in 2016. Due to his superlative batting performances helped India reach the semi-finals of 2016 T20 World Cup, held in India.
  

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13. Virat Kohli-ICC – ODI Player of the Year:

• He received the Arjuna Award from Indian Govt.in 2013 in recognition of his achievements in international cricket.

Soon he was selected to play for the Indian team and established himself as a valuable middle-order Batsman.

 After having gained a reputation as an “ODI specialist”, he has proved his mettle in test cricket also.

Currently, he is the captain of the Indian team.

Virat Kohli is the captain of an Indian cricket team who is known as the Run Machine and King Kohli in the international cricket. He is an elegant and super batsman who usually bats on first down in the Indian cricket team.

 He is famous for breaking the several records in international cricket. He is at no. 5 in the list of most hundreds by a batsman in the international cricket.

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14. MOST 100s ODIs AGAINST WEST INDIES:

100s	Player	Matches	Averages
6	V.KOHLI	29	70.16
5	H.GIBS	29	42.96
5	AB  DEVILLIERS	24	67.32
5	H.AMLA	15	81.78

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15. Records:

• He is the only first Indian to score a century on World Cup debut match (2011) and third Indian to make 2 ODI hundreds by the age of 22 (after Sachin Tendulkar & Suresh Raina).
• He is fastest Indian cricketer to complete 1000, 3000, 4000, 5000, and 7500 runs in ODI cricket and to score 25 ODI tons.
• He made the massive fastest century (of 52 balls) against Australia at Jaipur, India in 2013. 
• He is the third cricket player to score 3 double hundreds in a calendar year after Don Bradman and Ricky Ponting.
• He shares the record of 4 double hundreds with Sir Don Bradman, Graeme Smith, and Michael Clark.

Virat Kohli Aggression On Field.

• He won the ICC ODI Player of the Year Award in 2012 and 2017.
  
  

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Virat Kohli ICC Player Of The Year 2012.

• He was given the prestigious –Arjuna Award (2013) and Padma Shri Award (2017) by the Government of India.

•   In 2018, the Government of India conferred Virat Kohli with the prestigious- Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.
• He is the co-owner of the ‘UAE Royals’ International Premier Tennis League team also.
• He has a total of five tattoos on his body. The first on his left shoulder is ‘God’s eye’ which symbolizes the power of seeing and understanding.
• The second tattoos on his left shoulder are ‘Japanese Samurai warrior’ which symbolizes the loyalty self-discipline and respect, ethical behavior towards life.
• . The third tattoos on his left arm is a ‘Monastery’ which is a symbol of a place of peace and power. Fourth on his left arm is ‘Lord Shiva in meditation on Mount Kailash,’ and the last one on his right bicep is a ‘Scorpion’ which is his Zodiac representation.

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16. Virat Kohli Worth:

He owns a restaurant also- in Delhi named ‘Nueva.’

He is fond of cars also and has Audi Q7, Audi S6, Audi R8 V10, Audi R8 LMX, Audi A8L W12 Quattro, and Toyota Fortuner.

• His net worth is around ₹400 crore and His Test match fee is ₹15 lakh, ODI- 6 Lakh, T20- 3 Lakh, and IPL- 17 crore. His retainer fee is ₹7 crore.
• His home address is DLF City Phase-1, Block-C, and Gurugram, Haryana, India.
• He loves watching the matches of great Roger Federer and old cricket videos. He likes soccer and tennis very much beside Cricket.

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  17. Virat Kohli Image

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