Virat Kohli began his international cricket career on August 18, 2008, in an ODI against Sri Lanka. Over the past 16 years, he has become one of cricket’s greatest players.
Kohli first gained attention by leading India’s U-19 team to victory in the 2008 U-19 Cricket World Cup. He quickly moved up to the national team, making his debut the same year. Since then, Kohli has achieved many milestones.
He has received multiple awards, including ICC ODI Player of the Year (2012, 2017, 2018) and ICC Test Player of the Year (2018). In 2019, Kohli was honored with the ICC Spirit of Cricket award, reflecting his respect for the game.
Kohli holds records such as the fastest to reach 13,000 ODI runs and the most Player of the Series awards across all formats. He has also scored the most half-centuries in T20Is (38).
In recognition of his contributions to Indian sports, Kohli has received the Padma Shri (2017), the Arjuna Award (2013), and the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award (2018).
Virat Kohli’s 16-year journey in cricket has been truly outstanding, and his impact on the game continues to grow.
“He is our pride the chase master” Fans react to Virat Kohli’s most iconic cricket moment
A fan named John shared one of the greatest moments from Virat Kohli’s 16 years career on X.
He captioned,
“THE SHOT OF THE EMPEROR – One of the Iconic moments of Virat Kohli’s 16 year old career.”
Soon fans started sharing their opinions on Kohli’s 16 years long cricketing journey.
“He is our pride the chase master 🐐🐐🐐” a fan said.
“Not only Kings Career but in the Whole Cricket Played….this was most Iconic Moment 🔥🔥🔥🫡🫡” another fan said.
“Virat Kohli is one of the greatest batsmen in the world When he came back from Malaysia after winning the Under-19 World Cup in 2008, he said in an interview that I will become a bigger cricketer than Sachin. At that time, Virat was criticized a lot for this. But today Virat Kohli equaled Sachin sir in many matters. And wrote a different story of his greatness Salute to this great player” a fan opined.
Here are some more reactions from X:
“Except Kohli I never seen such a shot from anyone in the world 💪👌👌” a fan said.
“The innings from Virat will be remembered forever 🔥” another fan said.
“The hallmark of a Great batsman, Right from the time, the ball left the bowler’s hands to the boundary, Virat’s eyes were glued to the ball.” a fan detailed.
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