04 November,2016 08:38 AM IST | | mid-day online correspondent
India's Test captain and stylish cricketer Virat Kohli turns 28 today. On his birthday, we give you some interesting facts and numbers and lesser-known trivia about the flamboyant batsman.
Virat Kohli
India's Test captain and stylish cricketer Virat Kohli turns 28 today. On his birthday, we give you some interesting facts and numbers and lesser-known trivia about the flamboyant batsman.
Virat Kohli
>> Virat Kohli's nickname is 'Cheeku'.
>> He started his schooling at Vishal Bharti before shifting to Savier Convent.
>> Virat Kohli first came into the limelight while playing for Delhi against Karnataka in a Ranji Trophy match on the day of his father's death. Choosing to stay and bat, he went on to score 90 runs.
>> The Under-19 Indian cricket team won the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup under Virat Kohli's leadership.
>> Virat Kohli was also instrumental in India's winning the 2009 Emerging Players Tournament in Australia. Kohli was the tournament's leading run scorer, compiling 398 runs from seven matches including two centuries and two fifties.
>> Playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore, Virat Kohli was the 2nd highest run getter in IPL 2011 behind Chris Gayle.
>> He is only one the third Indian to score two ODI centuries before his 22nd birthday. The other two are Sachin Tendulkar and Suresh Raina.
>> 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.
>> Between January 1, 2009 and September 1, 2011, Virat Kohli was India's second highest run-scorer in ODIs with 1,994 runs at an average of 47.47.
>> Since his ODI debut in 2008, he has scored 7,570 (as of 5 Nov 2016) from 176 matches at an average of 52.93, but even more impressively with a strike rate of 90.43. He has scored 26 hundreds and 38 fifties.
>> Kohli was named ODI Cricketer of the year in 2012.
>> Kohli is the fastest cricketer to reach 7,000 runs in ODIs.
>> He's the fastest Indian cricketer to reach 1000 runs, 4000, 5000, 6000 runs in ODIs
>> He is the fastest Indian and second fastest overall to hit 10, 15 and 20 hundreds in ODIs
>> He has scored the second most number of ODI centuries while chasing a total (16), one behind Sachin Tendulkar.
>> Kohli is the first cricketer to hit three Test centuries in his first three innings as captain.
>> The first Indian captain to score two Test double hundreds overseas.
>> In 2012, Virat Kohli was named as one of the 10 best dressed international men in a list that included US President Barack Obama.
>> Kohli was ranked 8th in ESPN's list of world's most famous athletes in 2016.
>> He has won the ICC ODI Player of the Year in 2012, Arjuna Award in 2013.
