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Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli profile: India batter, dated career statistics, captaincy record, awards, public brand link and a reuse-authorized photograph.
IndiaBorn 5 November 1988
Current statusAs checked 2026-10-22: ICC lists Kohli as an India batter with a 2026 last-match field. His T20I career ended after the 2024 T20 World Cup and BCCI recorded Test retirement on 2025-05-12. The ODI squad for the later 2026 New Zealand series had not yet been announced in the BCCI notice checked.
The verified profile
Virat Kohli is an Indian right-handed batter whose career spans a 2008 ODI debut, major India titles, format-specific records and a documented Test leadership legacy. This dossier keeps every statistic tied to its competition and snapshot date.
Factual references: Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13How to read the player
Kohli’s record is best understood as a sequence of format changes: an ODI-first rise after the 2008 Under-19 World Cup, a high-responsibility Test captaincy period, a 2022 T20I century comeback, and selective international retirements in 2024 and 2025. The analysis is original SportsHub4U editorial writing grounded in the listed sources.
Original analysis by SportsHub4U Cricket verification deskCareer, life and public work
Every section and number below is tied to the named source ledger. Sport-specific statistics retain their stated scope and verification date.
Test matches
Final Test-career total
Test runs
Final Test-career total
Test batting average
Final Test-career total
Test centuries
Final Test-career total
Test captaincy wins
40 wins in 68 Tests as India captain
T20I matches
Final T20I career total at retirement
T20I runs
Final T20I career total at retirement
T20I batting average
Final T20I career total at retirement
T20I strike rate
Final T20I career total at retirement
T20 World Cup runs
35 T20 World Cup matches, final T20I career snapshot
Personal background
Virat Kohli was born in Delhi, India, on 5 November 1988. Encyclopaedia Britannica records his early Delhi cricket development and his 2008 Under-19 World Cup captaincy. This profile keeps the background public and sport-specific; it does not add private residence, schooling, or family detail.
Professional journey
Kohli moved from India’s 2008 Under-19 World Cup triumph into senior ODI cricket, then Test cricket in 2011. His career expanded from an aggressive top-order batting role into national captaincy. BCCI records his Test leadership at 40 wins in 68 matches, while ICC’s career account traces the 2022 T20I century that followed a long international-hundred drought. For a related India batting profile, see [Rohit Sharma](/players/rohit-sharma).
Playing career and current status
The cleanest way to read the record is by format and date. BCCI’s 12 May 2025 release freezes the Test total at 123 matches and 9,230 runs. Olympics.com freezes the T20I total at retirement on 29 June 2024. At the 22 October 2026 check, ICC lists him as an India batter and shows a 2026 last-match field; BCCI’s 6 October 2026 New Zealand notice says the ODI squad will be announced later, so this dossier makes no unsupported claim about selection for that series.
Playing style
Kohli is a right-handed batter whose documented identity is built around top-order run-making, chase management and situation-aware tempo. His own BCCI interview describes adapting the same basic cricket shots to the demands of Tests, ODIs and T20s rather than treating each format as a separate batting identity. The tactical description here is editorial interpretation of those sourced comments and results, not a claim of firsthand observation.
Setbacks and comebacks
ICC records a downturn that included 1,020 days without an international hundred. The documented response was his 122 from 61 balls against Afghanistan in the 2022 Asia Cup, his first T20I century. It is a sourced performance sequence, not a medical or private-life narrative.
Post-playing work
No post-playing or coaching role is asserted. The available evidence reviewed here describes an active India batter in the ICC profile and does not establish a current formal leadership or mentoring appointment after his Test and T20I retirements.
Public ventures and business links
The official one8 site currently uses the wording “Designed With Virat” and publishes a “Virat’s Picks” collection. That is sufficient to document a public brand association. It is not sufficient to state ownership, investment amount, valuation, salary, net worth, or a foundation office, so none of those claims is made here. Continue through the [Cricket desk](/cricket) for related coverage.
Career timeline
Selected verified milestones
- Under-19 World Cup captain and ODI debut
Captained India to the Under-19 World Cup title and made his India ODI debut.
International Cricket Council - Test debut and senior World Cup role
Made his Test debut and was part of India’s victorious ODI World Cup squad.
International Cricket Council - First Test century
Scored his maiden Test century in Adelaide against Australia.
Board of Control for Cricket in India - Test captaincy transition
Scored 115 and 141 in Adelaide on his Test captaincy debut.
Board of Control for Cricket in India - T20I century comeback
After 1,020 days without an international hundred, scored 122 from 61 balls against Afghanistan in the Asia Cup.
International Cricket Council - T20I retirement after title win
Retired from T20Is after India won the 2024 T20 World Cup; he was Player of the Match in the final.
Olympics.com - Test retirement recorded by BCCI
BCCI confirmed his Test career ended at 9,230 runs in 123 matches.
Board of Control for Cricket in India
Achievement index
Source-linked reference points
ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Decade
Received the Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade.
Arjuna Award
Conferred the Arjuna Award at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
India’s 2024 T20 World Cup title
Scored 76 from 59 balls in the final and was named Player of the Match.
India’s 2011 ODI World Cup and 2013 Champions Trophy wins
A member of the India sides that won both titles.
Padma Shri and Khel Ratna
Britannica records the Padma Shri in 2017 and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 2018.
Sources and method
What supports this profile
SportsHub4U writes verified facts in original language and links to the source pages used. Each link records the evidence reviewed for this dossier.
- 01International Cricket Council
Virat Kohli | Player Profile
Accessed 2026-10-22 - 02Board of Control for Cricket in India
BCCI congratulates Virat Kohli on a legendary Test career
Accessed 2026-10-22 - 03Olympics.com
Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma announce retirement from T20I cricket after India’s historic T20 World Cup 2024 triumph
Accessed 2026-10-22 - 04International Cricket Council
The evolution of Virat Kohli
Accessed 2026-10-22 - 05Encyclopaedia Britannica
Virat Kohli
Accessed 2026-10-22 - 06Board of Control for Cricket in India
Virat receives Arjuna Award
Accessed 2026-10-22 - 07Board of Control for Cricket in India
ICC award a recognition of perseverance & hard work: Virat Kohli
Accessed 2026-10-22 - 08Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Happy birthday, Virat Kohli: The Emperor who grants life to dreams
Accessed 2026-10-22 - 09one8
one8: Performance Footwear, Apparel & Gear
Accessed 2026-10-22 - 10Wikimedia Commons
File:Virat Kohli during the India vs Aus 4th Test match at Narendra Modi Stadium on 09 March 2023.jpg
Accessed 2026-10-22 - 11Wikimedia Commons
File:PM with Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma during the India vs Australia 4th Test match at Narendra Modi Stadium.jpg
Accessed 2026-10-22 - 12Prime Minister’s Office, Government of India
PM with Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma during the India vs Australia 4th Test match
Accessed 2026-10-22 - 13Board of Control for Cricket in India
India and India A squads for New Zealand tour announced
Accessed 2026-10-22