Virat Kohli was born on 5 November 1988 in New Delhi

His father, Prem Kohli, worked as a criminal lawyer

His mother, Saroj Kohli, is a homemaker

Virat is an Indian international cricketer and former captain of the India national cricket team

He plays for Delhi in domestic cricket and Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League as a right-handed batsman

He is often considered one of the best batsmen of his era and is widely regarded as one of the greatest all-format batsmen of all time

Kohli made his Test debut in 2011. He reached the number one spot in the ICC rankings for ODI batsmen for the first time in 2013

He also holds the world record of being the fastest to 23,000 international runs

In 2016, he was ranked as one of the world's most famous athletes by ESPN and one of the most valuable athlete brands by Forbes

Kohli started dating Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma in 2013; the couple soon earned the celebrity couple nickname "Virushka"