Kohli tweeted, “This pic takes me back to school days. [271], In November 2020, Kohli was nominated for the Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade, as well as Test, ODI and T20I player of the decade. View this post on Instagram This pic takes me back to school days. He did his schooling from Vishal Bharti Public School. He made an unbeaten 139 off 126 balls to give his team a three-wicket win and a whitewash of Sri Lanka. — Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) January 11, 2021. His hundred was the first by a subcontinent batsman at the venue since 1998. “I think the best batsman in whit-ball cricket is Virat Kohli, best bower I’ll go for Mitchell Starc and I like Ravindra Jadeja an all-rounder,” said Udana. [201] Kohli noted that his team was looking for a win and not a draw, while also saying that it was "the best Test I have been part of". [346][347], In 2018, Kohli turned vegan after facing a cervical spine issue caused by high uric acid levels because of which his stomach started pulling calcium from his bones and hence had to cut his meat intake. During ODI series against West Indies in 2018, Kohli became the 12th batsman and fastest player to score 10,000 ODI runs. [173] India failed to win a single match on the tour, losing the second Test by 10 wickets in which he made 46 and 11. Kohli shifted to Saviour Convent in Paschim Vihar to polish his cricket skills when he was in ninth grade. He had an indifferent 2008 season, with a total of 165 runs in 12 innings at an average of 15.00 and a strike rate of 105.09. [290], Kohli is a naturally aggressive batsman[39] with strong technical skills. [49] He scored 19 against South Africa Under-19s in the final which India won by 12 runs (D/L method). He had that spark. [280], After Vettori's retirement, Kohli was appointed as the team's captain for the 2013 season. India batted second in their remaining four group matches in which Kohli scored 33*, 33, 44* and 38 against UAE, West Indies, Ireland and Zimbabwe respectively. [218] He was also instrumental in India winning the Asia Cup in Bangladesh the following month in which he scored 49 in a run-chase of 84 against Pakistan,[219] followed by an unbeaten 56 against Sri Lanka and 41 not out in the Final against Bangladesh in two more successful chases. Our cricketers are well known for scoring on the cricket field but will they will be able to perform in their college exams also? Virat Kohli is 29 years old Indian cricketer who has been playing for the Indian cricket team from the last decade. [118] Former Australian cricketer and commentator Dean Jones rated Kohli's innings as "one of the greatest ODI knocks of all time". He was made the captain of the team the next year. [151] He scored 34, 22 and 22 not out in India's group matches against South Africa, West Indies and Pakistan respectively, while India qualified for the semi-finals with an undefeated record. He made his personal best Test score of 169 in the first innings while sharing a 262-run partnership with Rahane, India's biggest partnership outside Asia in ten years. Averaging 45.28, he hit a total of 634 runs at a strike rate of over 138 including six fifties and a top-score of 99 and finished as the season's third-highest run-scorer. [33], In July 2006, Kohli was selected in the India Under-19 squad on its tour of England. The scholarship allowed the three players to train for six weeks at Cricket Australia's Centre of Excellence in Brisbane. From live updates to breaking news, Republic World brings you all the live updates online so that you don't miss out on the IND VS AUS extravaganza. [123] He scored 108 in the opening match against Sri Lanka in a 50-run Indian victory,[124] while India lost their next match to Bangladesh in which he made 66. [261] By winning the test series in Australia, he had become the first Indian and also the first Asian skipper to win a test series in Australia. Virat Kohli Recalls School Days While Sharing Picture With AB de Villiers, Mohammed Siraj and Devdutt Padikkal, RCB Skipper’s Caption Will Make You Nostalgic! Virat Kohli Discusses His First Cricketing Moment With Steve Smith Steve Smith and Virat Kohli had a share of their funny moment before India vs Australia Test matches. This website does not guarantee 100% accuracy of Virat Kohli net worth figure. ", "Live Cricket Scores & News International Cricket Council", "Kohli, Rohit smash hundreds in crushing victory", "Is Kohli up there with Tendulkar and Richards as an ODI batsman? [272][273] Also in November, Kohli played in his 250th ODI match, in the second match against Australia. [305][320] While many former cricketers have backed his aggressive attitude,[321][322][323] some have criticised it. India completed a 5–0 sweep of the series; their first in an away ODI series. ", "India vs South Africa, 6th ODI: Virat Kohli blasts 3rd hundred in 6-match series", "India create history in South Africa: Virat Kohli does what no other Indian captain could", "Virat Kohli to miss Afghanistan Test in favour of county cricket for Surrey: Report", "Kohli to play county cricket as preparation for England Tests", "Kohli ruled out of Surrey stint with neck injury", "Sam Curran praises Virat Kohli's century as England regret dropped catches", "Kohli displaces Smith as No.