Virat Kohli Exclusive: Biography, Age, Height, Weight, Family, Net Worth, affairs

Virat Kohli, born 5 November 1988 is an Indian international cricketer and former captain of the India national cricket team. Virat is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time, he plays as a right-handed batsman for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League and for Delhi in domestic Indian cricket.

Kohli’s age in 2022 is 34 years and his height is 5 feet 9 inches, which is constant to 175 centimeters. His Figure weight is about 69 kg, he clasp a proper diet to retain his body maintain so that his body evaluation is 41-31-14. His eye color is Brown, & his hair color is also Black.

As of 2022, Virat Kohli’s net worth is estimated around $127 million. Kohli’s total earnings make him one of the richest cricketers in the world.

Kohli is India’s most successful test captain with 40 wins out of 68 tests, and one of the most successful test captains of all time, behind only Graeme Smith, Ricky Ponting and Steve Waugh.

Virat made his Test Cricket debut in 2011. He reached the number one place in the ICC rankings for ODI batsmen for the first time in 2013. He has won Man of the Tournament twice in 2014 and 2016 ICC World Twenty20. Kohli is also the leading run scorer in all formats including T20 Internationals as well as T20 World Cups.

In 2016, Kohli was ranked as one of the world’s most famous athletes by ESPN and one of the most valuable athlete brands by Forbes. In 2018, Time magazine named Kohli as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. In 2020, he was ranked 66th in Forbes list of the Top 100 highest-paid athletes in the world for the year 2020 with estimated earnings of over $26 million.

Virat Kohli Early life

Virat Kohli was born on November 5, 1988 in New Delhi into a Punjabi Hindu family. Virat’s father, Prem Kohli, worked as a criminal lawyer and his mother, Saroj Kohli, is a homemaker. Virat has 2 older siblings, brother Vikash and sister Bhavna.

He was raised in Uttam Nagar and started his schooling at Vishal Bharti Public School. In 1998, the West Delhi Cricket Academy was created and Kohli joined at the age of just nine years. Kohli trained at the academy under coaching of Rajkumar Sharma and played matches at the Sumeet Dogra Academy at Vasundhara Enclave.

To advance his cricket practice, in ninth grade Virat shifted to Saviour Convent in Paschim Vihar, while his family lived in Meera Bagh until 2015 when they moved to Gurgaon.

Kohli’s father died on December 18, 2006 due to a stroke after being bed-ridden for a month. According to Virat “My father was my biggest support. He was the one who drove me to practice everyday. I miss his presence sometimes.”

“Virat changed a bit after that day. Overnight he became a much more matured person. He took every match seriously. He hated being on the bench. It’s as if his life hinged totally on cricket after that day. Now, he looked like he was chasing his father’s dream which was his own too.”

Virat Kohli Personal Life

Virat Kohli started dating Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma in 2013 and the couple soon earned the portmanteau “Virushka”. His relationship with Anushka attracted substantial media attention, with persistent rumours and speculations in the media, as none of them publicly talked about their relationship. The couple got married on December 11, 2017 in a private ceremony in Italy. And their first child, a girl, was born on January 11, 2021.

Kohli revealed in 2018 that he completely stopped consuming meat due to cervical spine issue. In 2021, he clarified that he is a vegetarian and not a vegan.

Kohli has a lot of tattoos on his body, including tattoos of God Shiva in dhyan mudra on Kailash parvat because he worships Lord Shiva, Om, his parents names (Prem and Saroj), an Aadivasi sign, a monastery, Samurai warrior, the word ‘Scorpion’, and his ODI and Test cap numbers on his body.

Virat Kohli’s love life

3 most rumored love affairs of Virat Kohli before getting marriage to Anushka Sharma were also on media.

Virat and Sanjjanna were spotted on multiple public occasions together. That’s when the media fiasco began. But then Sanjjanna admitted that they’re just friends and closed off all the unnecessary comments.

During an interview, Kohli said that he started dating when he was 18 years old. Sakshi is a Kannad actress and rumored to be his girlfriend for a while, though it’s not verified.

Sarah is the Femina Miss India 2007 winner. Kohli and Sarah met at a party and later Kohli invited her for the World Cup 2011. Though the relationship didn’t continue after July 2011.

Meeting at the ‘Head and Shoulder’ ad Virat and Anushka became genuinely close. That leads them to be in a relationship for 4 years. After that, they tied the knot at a lavish destination wedding. And a couple of years later, they’re parents to their 8-month y.o daughter, Vamika.

Social-media following

Virat Kohli is the most followed cricketer on social media – Instagram , Facebook and Twitter. He became first cricketer and first Indian to reach huge 100 million followers on Instagram on March 1, 2021 and reached 200 million followers on June 8, 2022. He also became first cricketer to cross 50 million mark on Twitter on 13 September, 2022.

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