Virat Kohli

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Virat Kohli
India
Personal information
Full name Virat Kohli
Born 5 November 1988 (1988-11-05) (age 19)
Delhi, India
Role Bowler
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Domestic team information
Years Team
2006-present Delhi
2008-present Royal Challengers Bangalore
First-Class debut 23 Nov 2006: Delhi v Tamil Nadu
List-A debut 18 Feb 2006: Delhi v Services
Career statistics
First Class List A Twenty20
Matches 11 8 5
Runs scored 630 226 179
Batting average 45.00 32.28 35.80
100s/50s 2/1 0/2 0/1
Top score 169 62 76
Balls bowled 12 - -
Wickets 0 - -
Bowling average - - -
5 wickets in innings - - -
10 wickets in match - - -
Best bowling - - -
Catches/stumpings 7/- 4/- 3/-

As of 16 April 2008
Source: [Player Profile: Virat Kohli from Cricinfo]

Virat Kohli (b. November 5, 1988) is an Indian cricketer. He was the captain of the victorious Indian team at the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup held in Malaysia. He represents Delhi in first-class cricket. He played for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2008 Indian Premier League.

Contents

[edit] Career

Virat is an aggressive middle order batsman. He is known for his shots through the cover region and can also bowl right arm medium pace. [1] His preferred position is number 4.

[edit] 90 Against Karnataka

Virat first came into the limelight when he scored 90 runs for Delhi in a Ranji trophy match against Karnataka on the day of his father's death.[2]. The innings was crucial in saving the match for Delhi.

[edit] 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup

Virat captained the victorious Indian team at the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup held in Malaysia .[3]Batting at number 4, he scored 235 runs in 6 matches at an average of 47, including a century against the West Indies U-19s.[4]He was also commended for making several tactical bowling changes during the tournament. [5]

[edit] Indian Premier League

Kohli played for Royal Challengers Bangalore at the 2008 Indian Premier League. [6] He made an impact in the second match where he took an excellent catch to dismiss Luke Ronchi and also scored 23 runs off 14 balls.[7]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Virat Kohli profile. Retrieved on 2008-04-16.
  2. ^ Father dead, he bats to save Delhi (2006-12-20). Retrieved on 2008-04-16.
  3. ^ Tense win hands India trophy (2008-03-02). Retrieved on 2008-04-16.
  4. ^ Virat Kohli's Stats at the 2008 U-19 World Cup (2008-03-02). Retrieved on 2008-04-16.
  5. ^ The ones to watch. Retrieved on 2008-04-16.
  6. ^ Hopes the biggest draw in low-profile auction (2008-03-28). Retrieved on 2008-04-16.
  7. ^ Boucher seals thrilling win for Bangalore (2008-04-20). Retrieved on 2008-04-20.
v • d • e
Royal Challengers Bangalore – current squad

2 Steyn • 3 Kallis • 5 Kohli • 6 Chanderpaul • 7 Jaffer • 8 P.Kumar • 9 Boucher • 10 Kumble • 13 Bracken • 14 Arunkumar • 18 White • 19 Dravid (c) • 21 Taylor • 22 Misbah • 23 V.Kumar • 24 Joshi • 27 Chipli • 29 Noffke • 34 Khan • 36 Goswami • 41 Abdur Razzak • 66 Patil • 77 Akhil •  Aiyappa •  Appana • Coach Prasad
  This biographical article related to Indian cricket is a stub. See the WikiProject Cricket for article coordination. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.