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title: "Interesting facts about Virat Kohli"  
description: "Here are some interesting facts one should need to know about India's 'run-machine' the one and only one King, Virat Kohli"  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-11-24  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1652/interesting-facts-about-virat-kohli  
category: "sports"  
tags: ["Virat Kohli", "Virat", "Kohli", "run machine", "Indian skipper", "Virat Kohli facts", "Kohli facts", "cricket", "king Kohli"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# Interesting facts about Virat Kohli

![Interesting facts about Virat Kohli](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/48e9023e-0aac-4519-84ae-ec6acd791a95/images/b1fe5b25-6e76-4a9d-ba3b-45bdc83eb4b8.jpeg) ![Interesting facts about Virat Kohli](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/48e9023e-0aac-4519-84ae-ec6acd791a95/images/e0f18e4f-d70a-4479-914d-25535969d613.jpeg) India’s ‘run-machine’ Virat Kohli is the first Indian player and second in the world to score the speediest 10 centuries in ODIs. ![Interesting facts about Virat Kohli](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/48e9023e-0aac-4519-84ae-ec6acd791a95/images/fea6ffe2-b060-4720-ba2f-26436d1b19ae.jpeg) Cricketer Virat Kohli is the first player to score back-to-back three centuries in Test cricket while captaining the team ![Interesting facts about Virat Kohli](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/48e9023e-0aac-4519-84ae-ec6acd791a95/images/a782a2c6-cf5b-48ab-8c9a-7fb01231a8cf.jpeg) Virat Kohli is the fastest batsman to score 8000 runs, 9000 runs, 10000 runs, 11000 runs, and 12000 runs in ODI cricket ![Interesting facts about Virat Kohli](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/48e9023e-0aac-4519-84ae-ec6acd791a95/images/49b499e8-6f5c-4a9d-be45-94efe9453efb.jpeg) Virat is the only Indian cricketer to hit a ton in his World Cup debut. He achieved this feat against Bangladesh in the 2011 World Cup. ![Interesting facts about Virat Kohli](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/48e9023e-0aac-4519-84ae-ec6acd791a95/images/245886fb-4676-4603-9d19-e7dd45078d9e.jpeg) Not many know, Virat Kohli is the first cricketer to take a wicket off the 'non-legal delivery' in T20Is. He picked the wicket of Kevin Pietersen ![Interesting facts about Virat Kohli](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/48e9023e-0aac-4519-84ae-ec6acd791a95/images/fb0a8674-f96c-4e67-91df-492ee64d5eaf.jpeg) Virat Kohli is one of the few players in IPL history who has been never auctioned in the cash-rich league. In 2008, he was picked by Royal Challengers ![Interesting facts about Virat Kohli](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/48e9023e-0aac-4519-84ae-ec6acd791a95/images/965fc32d-e281-4242-8b63-aa00919d758f.jpeg) Forbes named Virat Kohli as India's most valuable celebrity brand in 2017. He reportedly gets over 100 crores from the brand endorsement.

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