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Virat Kohli made his debut against Sri Lanka in 2008. He was dismissed for 12 runs in a debut match.
Virat Kohli has retired from Test cricket. Kohli announced his retirement through an Insta post on Monday. He said- ‘Test cricket took my test, gave me shape, taught the lessons that I will remember throughout my life.’
On the occasion of retirement from Kohli’s test, his professional career. Virat, who was called Chiku among family and friends, was born on 5 November 1988 in Delhi. Growing up in Uttam Nagar of Delhi, Kohli saw many ups and downs in his career. But, every time he made a strong comeback on the strength of hard work, dedication and strong intentions. He has scored 82 centuries in international cricket. He was given surnames like King Kohli, Chase Master and Run Machine.
Virat Kohli’s professional profile
Kohli’s domestic career
Balla held at the age of 9 Virat Kohli held a bat for the first time at the young age of 9 years. In 1997, Virat learned the nuances of cricket under the supervision of childhood coach Rajkumar Sharma.
Delhi captain for the first time in 2003, made List-A Debut in 2006 Virat Kohli stepped into domestic cricket in 2002 and played his first match for Delhi’s Under-15 team. Then in 2003, he was made the captain of the 2003 Under-15 team. After performing a strong performance this season, Kohli was selected in the Delhi team for the Vijay Merchant Trophy.
In this tournament, Kohli made Delhi champions. Kohli scored 757 runs in 7 matches. It consisted of two centuries of Kohli. In 2006, Virat started his list-a career against Services. At the same time, he played his first match against Tamil Nadu for Delhi in first class cricket.
Kohli made a first class debut against Tamil Nadu in 2006.
Father lost at the age of 18, yet reached to play In 2006, Virat Kohli’s father Prem Kohli died of a heart attack. Despite his father’s death, he reached the ground to play the match against Karnataka the next day. In that match, Virat scored an innings of 90 runs. It is said that Kohli’s real career started from here and after that Virat did not look back.
Kohli posted this photo on Father’s Day in 2020.
India made India under-19 champions in 2008, also made India debut In 2008, Virat Kohli made a lot of headlines under his captaincy, making the Indian team under-19 champions. Virat Kohli was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore as a strong performance in the under-19. On August 18 this year, Virat Kohli made his international debut against Sri Lanka. He scored 12 runs in 22 balls, opening with Gautam Gambhir. He scored 159 runs in 5 innings during India’s tour of Sri Lanka.
Kohli’s international career
Career’s first fifty in fourth match Virat Kohli put the first fifty in the fourth match of international career. He scored 54 runs on 66 balls in the fourth match of the ODI series. 7 fours were involved in this innings.
First century after 16 months of debut Kohli had to wait 16 months for the first international century. He scored the first international century against Sri Lanka on 24 December 2009 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. He scored 107 runs on 114 balls. The innings included 11 fours and a six.
Won 2011 ODI World Cup, takes innings with Gambhir In 2011, India defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets to win the ODI title after 28 years. India was chasing 275 runs against Sri Lanka in Wankhede, Mumbai. Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag had returned to the pavilion on the team score of 31 runs. Partnership was needed. Kohli scored an innings of just 35 runs, but shared an 83 -run partnership with Gambhir. India took out India from a poor start in the run chase.
Virat Kohli after winning the ODI World Cup.
After this, Virat Kohli was part of Team India, which won the Champions Trophy in 2013. Virat Kohli played a useful innings of 43 runs in the final. In this match played in Birmingham, Team India lost the wicket of Rohit Sharma for 19 runs. In such a situation, Kohli brought the team’s score to 100. He scored 176 runs in 5 matches of that tournament. It included a fifty.
Round of bad form There were many ups and downs in Kohli’s career. He was also seen struggling with poor form on several occasions. But, bounce back every time.
- No century in 24 innings in 2011 Kohli could not score a century in 24 innings even in 2011. Kohli’s poor form was seen between February 2011 to September 2011, when Kohli did not score a single century in 24 consecutive innings.
- Could only score 134 runs in England tour Between February 2014 and October 2014, he could not score a century in 25 innings of the three formats. It also includes the England tour, in which he was able to score only 134 runs in 5 Tests.
- 3 years out of form, returning from century after 1020 days In 2019, Kohli’s poor form returned again. A century did not come from his bat for about 3 years. He then made a comeback by playing an unbeaten 122 against Afghanistan in the 2022 Asia Cup.
Retired by winning 2024 T20 World Cup
Virat Kohli retired from T20 after winning the T20 World Cup.
Kohli announced his retirement from this format after winning the T20 World Cup on 29 June 2024. In Barbados, the Indian team defeated South Africa by 7 runs to win the T20 World Cup title after 17 years. In that match, Virat Kohli scored 76 runs on 59 balls. He was also the Player of the Final.
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Virat Kohli has retired from Test cricket. Kohli wrote on Instagram on Monday- Test cricket took my exam, gave me shape, taught the lesson that I will remember throughout my life. Kohli told BCCI on May 10 that I want to retire from Test cricket. The board had asked Kohli to consider his decision again. On 11 May, a board official spoke to him. Read full news
