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Virat Kohli

Nationality
India
Role
Batter
Batting Style
Right-hand bat
Bowling Style
Right-arm medium
Date of Birth

Biography

Virat Kohli is an Indian batter who has represented India in Test, One Day International (ODI), and Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) lists him as a right-handed batter who also bowls right-arm medium pace.

Beyond the national side, Kohli is closely associated with the Royal Challengers Bengaluru franchise in the Indian Premier League (IPL). That franchise previously competed under the Royal Challengers Bangalore name; the club announced its rename to Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2024. Crichub does not invent match totals, averages, or personal records on this profile.

Career Overview

Kohli's public career spans India's men's national team across formats and a long-running IPL franchise association with the Bengaluru side. National selection and franchise contracts are season- and series-specific.

Readers following formats, scoring, and scorecards can pair this profile with Crichub guides such as Cricket Match Formats Explained, How Cricket Scoring Works, and How to Read a Cricket Scorecard. Tournament context sits on the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup and IPL series hubs.

International Career

According to the BCCI player page, Kohli's India debuts were in ODIs in 2008, T20Is in 2010, and Tests in 2011. The same page continues to present him in a Team India context as of the 2026-11-10 editorial check.

Captaincy windows and squad roles change by series. Crichub does not treat any leadership title as permanent. Confirm current selection from BCCI announcements for the series you are following.

Franchise Career

Kohli has been retained by Royal Challengers Bengaluru for IPL 2026, as listed in the official TATA IPL 2026 player retentions announcement (checked 2026-11-10).

Crichub has not yet modelled a Royal Challengers Bengaluru team entity, so no franchise row appears in the structured teams list below. The IPL association is described here from official retention evidence and should be rechecked after each auction or retention cycle.

Major Achievements

  • Established multi-format India international with BCCI-listed debuts in ODI (2008), T20I (2010), and Test (2011).
  • Retained by Royal Challengers Bengaluru for the IPL 2026 season under the official IPL retentions list.
  • Career statistics are omitted until a single maintainable authoritative table is locked for Crichub.

Sources

Reference links used while preparing this player profile.

National Team

  • National Team

    India

    India men's national team; BCCI player page Team India context checked 2026-11-10. RCB franchise evidenced for IPL 2026 retentions but team entity not yet in data — not modelled here.

Related Series

  • ICC Men's Cricket World Cup

    The ICC's flagship men's One Day International championship contested by national teams on a multi-year cycle.

  • Indian Premier League

    India's flagship franchise Twenty20 cricket league, organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

Related Guides

  • Scoring and Statistics

    How Cricket Scoring Works

    Learn how cricket scoring works: runs off the bat, boundaries, extras, wickets, overs, targets, and run rate — without mixing in league-only bonuses.

  • Scoring and Statistics

    How to Read a Cricket Scorecard

    Learn how to read a cricket scorecard: batting rows, dismissal abbreviations, bowling figures, extras, and fall of wickets, with a labelled fictional example.

  • Match Formats

    Cricket Match Formats Explained

    Compare Test, ODI, and T20 cricket: match length, overs, rhythm, and how major tournaments map to each format.

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