ESSAYS VIRAT KOHLI
ESSAYS
VIRAT KOHLI
Cricketer Virat Kohli is an
inspiration and a role model for the youth today.
Virat Kohli, born on 5th November, 1988 is an Indian International Cricketer
who currently captains the India national team. Performing consistently in all
three formats of the game, he has been recognised as the future star of Indian
Cricket by many of the former cricketers like Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri and
Wasim Akram. He is the one who proved his worth in a very short span of time.
A right hand batsman, often regarded as one of the best batsmen in the world,
Kohli is ranked as one of the world's most famous athletes by ESPN and one of
the most valuable athlete brands by forbes. He plays for the Royal Challengers
Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL), and has been the team's captain
since 2013.
Born and raised in Delhi, Kohli represented the city's cricket team at various
age-group levels before making his first class debut in 2006. He captained India
under-19 to victory at the 2008 Under - 19 World Cup in Malaysia and a few
months later, made his ODI debut for India against Sri Lanka at the age of 19.
He made his test debut in 2011 and shrugged of the tag of 'ODI Specialist by
2013 with test hundreds in Australia and South Africa. In 2014, he became the
top-ranked T 20 I batsman in the ICC rankings, holding the position for three
successive years till 2017 and is currently ranked 3rd in the world, as of February
2018.
Since October 2017, he has been the top ranked ODI Batsman in the world and
the 2nd ranked Test Batsman in the world. Kohli has been the recipent of many
awards such as the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World in 2016. ICC World
Cricketer of the Year in 2017, ICC ODI Player of the Year in 2012 and 2017,
and the BCCI's International Cricketer of the year for the 2011-12, 2014-15 and
2015-16 seasons. In 2013, he was given the Arjuna Award in recognition of his
achievements in International cricket. The Padma Shri was conferred upon him in
2017 under the sport category. Alongside his cricket career, Kohli co-owns
FC Goa in the ISL, the IPTL franchise UAE Royals and the PWL team
Bengaluru Yodhas. He also has other business ventures and over 20 brand
endorsements. Apart from leaving his impact on cricket, Virat Kohli has
also taken several initiatives to work for the social cause. In March 2013,
Kohli started a charity foundation called "Virat Kohli Foundation". The
organisation aims at helping underprivileged kids and conducts events to
raise funds for the charity. In May 2014, ebay and save the children India conducted a charity auction with VKF, with its proceeds benefitting the education and healthcare of underprivileged children.