Virat Kohli - The Performer

Virat , Current captain of Indian cricket team , Elegant right handed classy batsman who is considered as the Best batsman of this generation , one of the best fielders around the world and a player with great consistency and average .His records and ranking speaks more than him.After getting India the ODI World Cup at Under-19 level under his captaincy, Kohli was selected for the ODI team of India in 2008. From then onwards, he has been performing very consistently for India .Since then he was also picked up by the Bangalore franchise in Indian premiere league . He also went on to become the captain of the team in 2012.He is also called as Run machine,king of chases , Mr.Aggressive by his fans. He has hammered the opponent bowlers with his firm bottom-hand grip , shot selection and foot work . He is a skillful batsman with a great technique .

Virat ranks fifth-highest in the number of centuries in international cricket,he holds the record for the most centuries in the second innings,he became the first batsman to score four double centuries in consecutive Test series, He is a batsman having centuries in the soil of all the top cricket playing nations . And he is presently considered as the only batsman who is capable of breaking Sachin Tendulkar‘s record of Hundred hundreds in International cricket.Virat Kohli was awarded with Arjuna award for in 2013,Virat got BCCI’s Polly Umrigar award for being the International cricketer of the year 2011-2012, 2014-2015, & 2015-2018,he was also named as International cricketer of the year 2011-2012, & 2013-2014,In 2016 he got Wisden Leading cricketer in the world award,In 2017, he has got Padma Shri award , he is also recommended for rajiv gandhi khel ratna award this year. Indian cricket fans must be really proud to have this daring, tough and fiercely talented virat who is now a great inspiration for the youth and never fails to make our nation proud with his exceptional skills.

Batting career summary

	Innings	Runs	Average	100s	200s	50s
Test	122	6147	53.92	23	6	19
Odi	203	9779	58.21	35	0	48
T20	58	2102	48.88	0	0	18