Virat Kohli
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 35 |
Date of birth | November 5,1988 |
Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
Born | New Delhi |
India | |
Height | 176 (cm) |
ODI debut (cap 175) | 18 August 2008 |
Sri Lanka | |
Test debut (cap 269) | 20 June 2011 |
West Indies | |
Last ODI | 28 January 2019 |
New Zealand | |
T20I debut (cap 31) | 12 June 2010 |
Zimbabwe | |
Spouse | Anushka Sharma |
Bat | Right-handed |
Children | Vamika Kohli |
Siblings | Bhavna Kohli |
Vikash Kohli | |
Vikas Kohli | |
Bhawna Kohli Dhingra | |
Parents | Prem Kohli |
Saroj Kohli | |
Teams | India national cricket team |
Royal Challengers Bangalore | |
Delhi cricket team | |
Batting style | Right-handed |
Weight | 69 (kg) |
Picked date | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
India national cricket team | |
Number of centuries | 75 |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 416726 |
ICC ODI Team of the Year
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy
ICC ODI Player of the Year Award
Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World
CNN-IBN Indian of the Year
People's Choice Awards India for Favorite Sportsperson
Arjuna Award for Cricket
CNN-IBN Indian of the Year Popular Choice Award
ICC Award for Test Player of the Year
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award for Cricket
Virat Kohli Life story
Virat Kohli is an Indian international cricketer and the former captain of the Indian national cricket team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of the sport, he plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL and Delhi in domestic cricket.
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Can India cricketers win World Cup for a billion fans?
By Suresh MenonSports writer
Can India win The 2023 World Cup ?
The Answer is, yes, of course, they can.
They have The Best team in The World , they are playing At Home and they have an excellent recent record, where five of The Top nine one-day teams participated.
But we also have to acknowledge that a few other teams have roughly The same chance of winning: Australia, England, Pakistan, New Zealand , South Africa . Only The Last two have not won before.
Ever since they won their first World Cup in 1983 in England, India have gone into every edition of The Tournament As One of The favourites - including At Home Four Years later. But a senior player in 1987 turned traditional thinking on its head by asserting that playing At Home would mean additional pressure.
Familiarity with conditions would be trumped by unrealistic crowd expectations, went The Argument .
India were eventually knocked out of The Tournament in The semi finals.
But The fate wasn't repeated in 2011 when they won At Home , with The Final stroke being a six hit by skipper Ms Dhoni .
Between 1983 and 2011, India Made it to The Final in South Africa in 2003, but collapsed in a heap against Australia.
Now expectations are high again from The Team to repeat The triumph of 2011.
But a World Cup is a strange beast. Teams need to pace themselves over More Than Six Weeks . The Format , which sees each of The 10 teams playing against each other, means that an early loss might not matter.
It happened in 1992 when Pakistan were on The Verge of being eliminated but " fought like cornered tigers" as urged by their skipper Imran Khan , and went on to win The Tournament .
Pacing is crucial, since a team can peak too early or not late enough, play their best before The Final And Then Fade Away , as happened with India in South Africa in 2003.
The Greatest challenge for coaches is to keep their players fit and time their peaks perfectly. Different players have different rhythms, and to ensure that their peaks coincide at The Right Time Is The Essence of The preparation during a World Cup .
Winning The Asia Cup in such an emphatic Fashion - And Then dismissed Sri Lanka for 50 in The Final - has meant that expectations are high.
It was heartening for India that their two major players who were returning from injury got into The groove immediately. Jasprit Bumrah Set Up Indian victories with early wickets, bowling with The kind of skill that has taken him to The Top of his profession.
Kl Rahul , who was told just Five Minutes before The Match against Pakistan that he would be playing, responded with a century, and kept wickets in The Tournament with his usual lack of fuss.
Younger players are also doing well. Opener Shubhman Gill moved to Number Two in The World rankings behind Pakistan's Babar Azam , while Ishan Kishan has been playing well against some of The Best bowling in The World . Virat Kohli - The only player in The Team who played The 2011 Final - Made a stunning century against Pakistan in The Asia Cup .
However, The lack of a batter in The Top half who can also bowl a few overs restricts their manoeuvrability and might have an effect as The Tournament progresses.
Kuldeep Yadav has Made a slight technical adjustment to his bowling, with a more straightened run-up and bowling slightly quicker and it is paying him dividends.
Most teams that have won The World Cup have been able to call upon six or even seven bowlers (Sri Lanka in 1996 being an excellent example), thus covering for an out-of-form performer or injury during a match.
For India to win, a majority of The batters and all five bowlers have to be consistent. Team selection will therefore be of utmost importance. The Key might be all-rounder Hardik Pandya , and his fitness to consistently bowl through The Tournament .
Since The heydays of The West Indies and The First Three World Cups from 1975, there have not been absolute favourites, although Australia won thrice in a row at The Turn of The Century .
And that is The Charm of The World Cup - Three different countries have won The Last Three editions.
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