No matter what you're going through, there's a light at the end of the tunnel and it may seem hard to get to it but you can do it and just keep working towards it and you'll find the positive side of things.
2. PERSONAL LIFE
Virat Kohli was born on 5 November 1988 in
Delhi to Prem and Saroj Kohli. He has an elder
brother, Vikash, and an elder sister, Bhavna.
Kohli attended school at Vishal Bharti and
Savier Convent. His father, Prem, worked as a
lawyer and died in December 2006.Little is
known of Kohli's personal life.
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3. EARLY CAREER
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The West Delhi Cricket Academy was created in 1998 and Kohli was part of its first
intake.[Kohli first came into the spotlight when he played for Delhi in a Ranji
Trophy match against Karnataka on the day of his father's death. Choosing to stay
and bat, he went on to score 90 runs. Mithun Manhas, the team's captain,
remarked that "That is an act of great commitment to the team and his innings
turned out to be crucial".
Kohli captained the victorious Indian team at the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup
held in Malaysia.Batting at number 4, he scored 235 runs in 6 matches at an
average of 47, including a century against the West Indies U-19s.[14] He was also
commended for making several tactical bowling changes during the
tournament.His mother noted that "Virat changed a bit after that day. Overnight
he became a much more matured person. He took every match seriously. He hated
being on the bench. It's as if his life hinged totally on cricket after that day."
Kohli was instrumental in India's win of the 2009 Emerging Players Tournament in
Australia. In the final against South Africa, Kohli scored a century and India went
on to win the game by 17 runs. Kohli emerged as the leading run scorer of the
tournament, aggregating 398 runs from seven matches including two centuries
and two fifties.
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4. KHOLI CAME IN WHEN – SACHIN ,SHEWAG,YUVARAJ
WERE INJURED
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Kohli made his debut in One Day Internationals against Sri Lanka in the Idea Cup in 2008
when both Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag were injured. He opened the batting in the
first match, and was dismissed for 12. But he made a crucial 37 in a low-scoring second
match in the series, which helped India win and level the series. He made his first halfcentury, a score of 54, in the fourth match which helped India win the series. Kohli was then
dropped from the squad for the five-match ODI series in Sri Lanka against Sri Lanka in
January 2009.
Kohli played in the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy after Yuvraj Singh was injured, and since
mid-2009 has been the reserve ODI batsman. Yuvraj regained fitness for the home series
against Australia, so Kohli only played in occasional matches in the series.
In the absence of the injured Yuvraj, Kohli got a chance to play in the 4th ODI when Sri
Lanka toured India in December 2009. He scored his first ODI century, milking singles with
Gautam Gambhir with whom he shared a 224-run partnership for the third wicket as India
won by seven wickets to seal the series 3–1.
Senior batsman Sachin Tendulkar was rested for the tri-nations tournament in Bangladesh in
January 2010 which enabled Kohli to play in each of India's five matches.
He was much praised for his performances during the tournament, and became only the third
Indian to score two ODI centuries before their 22nd birthday, following the footsteps of
Tendulkar and Suresh Raina.
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