Virat Kohli is an Indian international cricketer. He is known for this right-handed batting and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler. He is the current captain of the Indian team in Test cricket and vice-captain in limited overs formats. He was born on November 05th 1988. His parents are Saroj kohli and Prem Kohli. Here are many Interesting facts about Virat Kohli that many are not aware.

1. He runs The Virat Kohli Foundation for underprivileged kids which shows he believes in giving it back to society

2. In Tendulkar’s absence, he won’t just be shouldering a billion expectations to the World Cup, he is also India’s official ambassador for the W0rld Cup 2015.

3. His nick name is “Chikku”.

4. In 2006, during his debut Ranji season, Kohli decided to play the match against Karnataka even then his father’s was expired on the same day. Kohli went on to score a crucial 90 for his team.

5. Virat Kohli’s nickname ‘Chikku’ was given to him by Delhi State coach Ajit Chaudhary.

6. Kohli loves batting especially against Pakistan.

7. Brand Virat Kohli is ranked fourth and is valued at US$ 56.4 mn behind SRK, Ranbir Kapoor and MS Dhoni.

8. During the 2011 World Cup, Virat Kohli became the first Indian to score a century on World Cup debut. He made 282 runs in 9 innings at an average of 35.25.In 2011, Virat Kohli achieved what no Indian had done before! He became the first Indian to score a century on World Cup debut in the 2011 World Cup.

9. In 2012, Kohli was named vice-captain of the Indian ODI team for the Asia Cup in March.

10. In 2012, Virat Kohli was named as one of the 10 best dressed international men in a list that included US President Barack Obama.

11. In 2013, Virat Kohli had overtaken MS Dhoni in endorsement deals after signing a Rs.10 crore deal with German sports goods giant, Adidas.

12. He is the third Indian to score two ODI centuries before his 22nd birthday. The other two are Sachin Tendulkar and Suresh Raina.

13. The Under-19 Indian cricket team won the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup under Virat Kohli’s leadership.

14. In November 2013, Virat Kohli became the No.1 ODI batsman in the world.

​15. In May 2014, the Indian batting star Virat Kohli was rated second behind British Formula One racer Lewis Hamilton in the list of most marketable athletes by the UK magazine, ‘SportsPro’.

16. Kohli is also the fastest cricketer to hit 20 ODI centuries. He took only 133 innings to do so. Whereas the previous record was held by Sachin Tendulkar who, in contrast, took a whopping 197 innings to get 20 ODI tons. Kohli is also the fastest cricketer to get 15 ODI centuries.

17. Virat began his schooling at Vishal Bharti before shifting to Savier Convent.

18. In September 2014, Kohli also achieved the No.1 ranking in the ICC T20 batsmen list.

19. ​Virat Kohli prepares for life after cricket, becomes the co-owner of the Indian Super League football team FC Goa.

20. ​Former New Zealand captain Martin Crowe once says “Kohli exudes the intensity of Rahul Dravid, audacity of Virender Sehwag and the extraordinary range of Sachin.”

21. In October this year, Virat Kohli’s Twitter followers crossed 4 million! Kohli’s selfie after reaching 4 million followers on twitter!!

22. Karishma Kapoor, the beautiful Bollywood actress was Kohli’s first crush!!

23. Kohli loves tattoos. He has gotten himself inked four times and his favorite tattoo is the one sporting a Samurai Warrior.

24. Only 8 cricketers ever have scored 20 ODI centuries and Virat Kohli is one of them. From the other seven, the only player who hasn’t retired is Chris Gayle with 21 centuries. Which means Kohli has more centuries than Sehwag, Gilchrist, Dravid, Hayden, Kallis, Jayawardene, and Sangakkara. And he is just 26!

25. He has I-don’t-care attitude

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