Interesting and Unknown facts about Virat Kohli you should know

Indian skipper Virat Kohli is one of the best batsmen in the world. He also leads the IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore. He has been awarded many titles such as Arjuna Award in 2013, Padma Shri in 2017, and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 2018. He was born on 5th November 1988 in Uttam Nagar, Delhi. His father, Prem Kohli was a criminal lawyer and his mother Saroj Kohli is a housewife.

Kohli has one brother Vikas Kohli and one sister Bhavna Kohli. He got married to Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma in 2013.

Here, we will talk about some of the unknown and interesting facts about Virat Kohli. So, let’s look at that-

1. Virat is also often called ‘Chiku’. This nickname has been given to Virat by his coach Ajeet Chaudhary.
2. Virat Kohli loves to have tattoos. He has got tattoos done four times. He is fond of samurai warrior tattoos the most.
3. Virat Kohli used to like Karisma Kapoor at an early age.
4.  Virat Kohli first met Anushka Sharma in 2013 during an ad shoot for a shampoo. After that, Virat started dating Anushka and during a match, Virat Kohli gave a flying kiss publicly to Anushka Sharma sitting in the stadium. The two got married on 11 December 2017 in Italy.
5.  In 2017, Forbes magazine named Virat Kohli as India’s most valuable celebrity brand. In 2018, Forbes magazine ranked Virat 83rd in the list of top-100 highest-grossing players. He is the only Indian player to get a place on this list.
6. Virat Kohli is a big fan of Sachin but he gives most respect to “AB de Villiers”.
7. Virat Kohli started a charity called the Virat Kohli Foundation in March 2013 for the charity works for poor children and their education.
8. At the age of nine, Virat got his name enrolled in the West Delhi Cricket Academy. Here he got training from Rajkumar Sharma.
9.  Virat is the first player to score a century hat-trick in 3 consecutive Test innings while captaining him.
10. Virat Kohli’s story is very famous that his father Prem Kohli died on 18 December 2006 and the next day Virat played brilliant innings of 90 runs against Karnataka.
11. Virat Kohli was awarded the Padma Shri, India’s fourth-highest honour in 2013, and the Arjuna Award in 2013 itself. And in 2018, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India’s biggest sports award, was also awarded.
12. Kohli, who has been blown away by bowlers like Malinga, Dale Steyn, and Mitchell Johnson, says he is most afraid of Wasim Akram.
13. Virat Kohli is the only Indian player to score a century in the first match of the World Cup. He did this against Bangladesh in the 2011 World Cup.
14. Virat recorded to score most runs against Pakistan in an inning. He scored 183 runs against Pakistan in the 2012 Asia Cup. Before him, this record was in the name of Brian Lara, who scored 156 against Pakistan.
15. He played his first international ODI in 2008 against Sri Lanka and the first T20 match against Zimbabwe in 2010 and the first Test match in 2011 against West Indies.