Virat Kohli Bio

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VIRAT KOHLI 18



Personal information
Born5 November 1988 (age 31)
New Delhi, Delhi, India
NicknameChikoo
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleTop-order batsman
Relations
Anushka Sharma (wife) (m. 2017)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 269)20 June 2011 v West Indies
Last Test29 February 2020 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 175)18 August 2008 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI11 February 2020 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no.18
T20I debut (cap 31)12 June 2010 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I31 January 2020 v New Zealand
T20I shirt no.18
Domestic team information 

Years		Team
2006–presentDelhi
2008–presentRoyal Challengers Bangalore (squad no. 18)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 86 248 82 109
Runs scored 7,240 11,867 2,794 8,862
Batting average 53.63 59.34 50.80 54.03
100s/50s 27/22 43/58 0/24 32/28
Top score 254* 183 94* 254*
Balls bowled 163 641 146 631
Wickets 0 4 4 3
Bowling average – 166.25 49.50 110.00
5 wickets in innings – 0 0 0
10 wickets in match – 0 0 0
Best bowling – 1/15 1/13 1/19
Catches/stumpings 80/– 126/– 41/– 103/–





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