Essay on Virat Kohli

Important Points : Introduction - Early Life of Virat Kohli - Education of Virat Kohli - Cricket Career of Virat Kohli - Achievements of Virat Kohli - Conclusion.

Virat Kohli is the captain of the Indian cricket team and is the beloved player of millions. He is a right handed top order batsman. Kohli is considered one of the best batsmen in the world. He plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League and has been the captain of the team since 2013. However, he has decided not to captain from the year 2022. He is the favorite player of the youth.

Virat Kohli, the most brilliant player of the Indian cricket team, was born on 5 November 1988 in Delhi in a Punjabi family. His father's name is Mr. Prem Kohli who was a criminal lawyer but he passed away and his mother's name is Mrs. Saroj Kohli. He has an elder brother, Vikas, and an elder sister, Bhavna.

Virat ji completed his studies at Vishal Bharti Public School. Then the Cricket Academy was built in West Delhi and Virat Kohli joined it only at the age of 9.

Seeing his interest in cricket, his father got him enrolled in the West Delhi Cricket Academy. He trained at the academy under Rajkumar Sharma and also played matches at the Sumit Dogra Academy. In the year 2002, he played for the Delhi Under-15 team and became the leading run-getter in the 2002–03 Polly Umrigar Trophy tournament. He was made the captain of the team for the 2003–04 Polly Umrigar Trophy. He was selected in the Delhi Under-17 squad for the 2003–04 Vijay Merchant Trophy. He scored 470 runs in four matches at an average of 117.50 with two centuries. He repeated his stellar performances in the following season as well, and helped Delhi lift the Vijay Merchant Trophy in 2004–05.

His consistent performances earned him a place in the India Under-19 team on the tour of England in 2006. He scored 105 runs in the three-match ODI series, which the India Under-19 team won. He made a remarkable performance against the Pakistan U-19 cricket team later that year. His father died in 2006 when Kohli was 18 years old. His father was his biggest support and his untimely death plunged the family into financial trouble. With more responsibilities now on his young shoulders, Kohli started taking the game even more seriously.

In 2008, he led the Indian team to victory in the 2008 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup held in Malaysia. Subsequently, he was bought by the Indian Premier League franchise, Royal Challengers Bangalore, on a youth contract for $30,000. He was selected for the Indian ODI team for the tour of Sri Lanka in 2008. During the tour, he batted as a fast opener during the series as regular openers Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag both got injured. India eventually won the series 3–2 which was India's first ODI series win against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka.

He continued to perform consistently into 2009. He received his first match of the match award after scoring an unbeaten 79 against West Indies in a group match during the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy. Later in the same year he played in the home ODI series against Sri Lanka, scoring his maiden ODI century of 107 off 111 balls in the fourth match of the series.

He continued with his good form which earned him a place in the 2011 World Cup squad. Kohli played in every match in the tournament and scored an unbeaten 100 in the first match against Bangladesh, becoming the first Indian batsman to score a World Cup opening century. India reached the final, and Kohli scored 35 runs in the final against Sri Lanka. India won the World Cup for the first time since 1983 by winning the match by six wickets. During the West Indies' tour of India in June–July 2011, India sent a largely inexperienced team and Kohli was one of three uncertain players in the Test squad. He made his Test debut at Kingston in the first match of the Test series. India won the Test series 1-0 but Kohli was wanted against fast bowling. He scored just 76 runs in five innings in the series and was later dropped from the Test squad. He was remembered as a replacement for the injured Yuvraj Singh in the Test team India's four-match series in England in July and August 2011. After the 2011 World Cup, Virat cemented his place in the team. After which Virat became the number one batsman of Test and ODI cricket by playing an innings from one to one. After Mahendra Singh Dhoni left cricket in 2014, Virat became the captain of Test cricket as well. After which Virat, while captaining brilliantly, kept himself as well as the Indian team at the top of the rankings. And till date our country's team is at the top.

From July 2017 to March 2021, he was the world's top-ranked ODI batsman and from October 2018 to January 2020, he was the world's top-ranked Test batsman. Kohli has been the recipient of several awards such as Wisden leading cricketer in the world in 2016 and ICC World Cricketer of the Year in 2017, ICC ODI Player of the Year in 2012 and 2017, and 2011-12, 2014-15 and 2015-16. He was awarded the BCCI International Cricketer of the Year for the season. In 2013, he was given the Arjuna Award in recognition of his achievements in international cricket. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2017 under the sports category.

Along with his cricketing career, Kohli co-owns FC Goa in the ISL, IPTL franchise UAE Royals and PWL team Bengaluru Yoddha. He also has other business ventures and more than 40 brand endorsements. Kohli is at third place in terms of scoring the most runs as a captain. Virat Kohli is the highest run scorer Indian captain. Virat Kohli became the fastest player to score 12000 thousand runs as captain in the world record of Virat Kohli, in this case Virat left Ricky Ponting behind. Kohli scored 12000 runs in just 226 innings. He is the first player to score 3000 runs in T20. Virat Kohli has many world records to his name. Virat has been awarded the Arjuna Award and the Padma Shri award. This is one such player. He has been awarded the Man of the Year three times in a row.

Having secured a permanent place in all formats amidst many tough competitors, there is no doubt to say that Kohli is one of the best gems of Indian cricket. Virat Kohli is the epitome of passion and dedication. He is a source of inspiration for the youth, he is a disciplined batsman and a successful captain, who has given success to the Indian team under his captaincy and we hope that he continues to give his better performance in the future and make India cricket team the best team in the world.