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1. Virat Kohli was born on 5th November 1988 in Delhi in a Punjabi family to Prem and Saroj Kohli. His brother Vikas Kohli is a businessman. His sister’s name is Bhavna Kohli.

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2. His nickname is “Cheeku”, his childhood coach Ajeet Chaudhury at the West Delhi Cricket academy gave him the nickname. 

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3. Kohli started his professional career by joining West Delhi cricket academy in 1998 and trained under Rajkumar Sharma. He played all age-group tournaments for Delhi before getting selected in the Indian U-19 team in 2006 for the tour of England. 

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4. Virat led India to win the 2008 U-19 World Cup 2008. He was the 3rd highest run-getter with 635 runs in 6 matches. 

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5. Kohli is one of the most passionate players the world has ever seen. During a Rajni Trophy match against Karnataka, his father died due to a stroke but determined Kohli decided to play the match and made 90 before attending the funeral of his father. 

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6. Virat was a part of the Indian team which won the 2011 World Cup under Dhoni’s leadership after 28 years. His first-ever World Cup and he ended up being a winner. 

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7. Virat Kohli owns many records in One Day cricket- i) quickest batsman to score 8000, 9000, 10000, 11000 & 12000 ODI runs. 

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8. Kohli is smacked the fastest ODI hundred by an Indian- 100 off 52 balls against Australia in 2013.

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9. Virat Kohli made his test debut in 2011 against West Indies but was a match to forget as he scored 4 & 15 in the first and second inning of the match.

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10. Kohli has hit 7 double centuries as a captain in Test, which is the most by any captain in the longest format of the game.