virat kohli

Virat Kohli was born on 5 November 1988 in Delhi. His father, Prem Kohli, worked as a criminal lawyer and his mother, Saroj Kohli, is a housewife. He has an elder brother, Vikash, and an elder sister, Bhavna. According to his family, when he was three-years old, Kohli would pick up a cricket bat, start swinging it and ask his father to bowl at him.
Kohli was raised in Uttam nagar and started his schooling at Vishal Bharti Public School. In 1998, the West Delhi Cricket Acadmay was created, and Kohli, a nine-year-old, was part of its first intake  .Kohli's father took him to the academy after their neighbors suggested that "Virat shouldn't waste his time in gully cricket and instead join a professional club". Kohli trained at the academy under Rajkumar sharma and also played matches at the Sumit Dogra Academy near Noida at the same time. In ninth grade, he shifted to Savier Convent in Paschim vihar to help his cricket practice. Apart from sports, Kohli was good at academics as well, and his teachers remember him as "a bright and alert child"^.
Kohli's father died on 18 December 2006 due to Brain stroke after being bed-ridden for a month.Regarding his early life, Kohli has said in an interview, "I've seen a lot in life. Losing my father at a young age, the family business not doing too well, staying in a rented place. There were tough times for the family... It's all embedded in my memory." According to Kohli, his father supported his cricket training during his childhood, "My father was my biggest support. He was the one who drove me to practice everyday. I miss his presence sometimes."



 Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	41	72	4	2994	169	44.02	5657	52.92	11	12	352	9	36	0
ODIs	171	163	23	7212	183	51.51	8016	89.97	25	36	673	72	83	0
T20Is	43	40	12	1641	90*	58.60	1214	135.17	0	16	173	32	20	0
First-class	73	120	11	5243	197	48.10	9560	54.84	18	20	665	24	67	0
List A	205	196	26	8654	183	50.90	9552	90.59	29	44	837	96	101	0
Twenty20	198	186	36	6040	108*	40.26	4608	131.07	2	43	569	179	84	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	41	7	150	70	0	-	-	-	2.80	-	0	0	0
ODIs	171	46	611	636	4	1/15	1/15	159.00	6.24	152.7	0	0	0
T20Is	43	12	146	198	4	1/13	1/13	49.50	8.13	36.5	0	0	0
First-class	73	21	618	324	3	1/19	2/42	108.00	3.14	206.0	0	0	0
List A	205	53	675	697	4	1/15	1/15	174.25	6.19	168.7	0	0	0
Twenty20	198	43	448	648	8	2/25	2/25	81.00	8.67	56.0	0	0	0