Virat Kohli

pWotD Episode 2378: Virat Kohli.<br /><br />Welcome to popular Wiki of the Day where we read the summary of a popular Wikipedia page every day.<br /><br />With 481,345 views on Sunday, 5 November 2023 our article of the day is Virat Kohli.<br /><br />Virat Kohli (Hindi pronunciation: [ʋɪˈɾɑːʈ ˈkoːɦli] ; born 5 November 1988) is an Indian international cricketer and the former captain of the Indian national cricket team. He currently represents Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL and Delhi in domestic cricket. Kohli is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of the sport. He is the highest run scorer in T20i and IPL. <br /><br />The International Cricket Council named him the male cricke the decade in 2020.ade.ad<br /><br />Kohli has contributed to India's successes in winning the 2011 World Cup and the 2013 Champions trophy. Kohli is currently fourth-highest run-scorer in international cricket and stands second in the list of cricketers by number of international centuries scored while equalling Sachin Tendulkar in scoring most One Day International centuries. Born and raised in New Delhi, Kohli trained at the West Delhi Cricket Academy and started his youth career with the Delhi Under-15 team. He made his international debut in 2008 and quickly became a key player in the ODI team. He made his T20I debut in 2010 and later made his Test debut in 2011. In 2013, Kohli reached the number one spot in the ICC rankings for ODI batsmen for the first time. During 2014 T20 World Cup, he set a record for the most runs scored in the tournament. In 2018, he achieved yet another milestone, becoming the world's top-ranked Test batsman, making him the only Indian cricketer to hold the number one spot in all three formats of the game. His form continued in 2019, when he became the first player to score 20,000 international runs in a single decade. In 2021, Kohli made the decision to step down as the captain of the Indian national team for T20Is, following the T20 World Cup and in early 2022 he stepped do