Background and career
Virat Kohli (born 5 November 1988) is an Indian international cricketer and former all-format captain of the Indian national cricket team. He is a right-handed batter and an occasional right-arm medium-pace bowler. Considered one of the greatest batters in cricket, he has been acclaimed for his batting skills and records. Kohli has the most centuries in ODIs and the second-most centuries in international cricket with 86 tons across all formats. He is also the leading run-scorer in the Indian Premier League.
Kohli was the captain of the 2008 U19 World Cup winning team and was a crucial member of the Indian teams that won 2011 Cricket World Cup, 2013 Champions Trophy, 2024 T20 World Cup, and 2025 Champions Trophy. He plays for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Indian Premier League and for Delhi in domestic cricket. In 2013, Kohli was ranked number one in the ODI batting rankings. In 2015, he achieved the same in T20I cricket. In 2018, he was ranked number one in Test cricket, making him the only Indian to hold the top spot in all three formats. He is the first player to score 20,000 international runs in a decade. He was the Cricketer of the Decade for 2011 to 2020.
Kohli has won ten ICC Awards, making him the most awarded player in international cricket history. He won the ODI Player of the Year award four times, in 2012, 2017, 2018, and 2023. He won the Cricketer of the Year award on two occasions, in 2017 and 2018. In 2018, he became the first player to win all three major ICC awards including Cricketer of the Year, ODI Player of the Year and Test Player of the Year in the same year. He was honored with the Spirit of Cricket Award in 2019 and given the Cricketer of the Decade and ODI Cricketer of the Decade in 2020. Kohli was named the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for three consecutive years.
Kohli has won the most Player of the Series and second-most Player of the Match awards to his name in all three formats combined. He was honoured with the Arjuna Award in 2013, the Padma Shri in 2017, and India's highest sporting honour, the Khel Ratna Award, in 2018. Time included him on its 100 most influential people in the world list in 2018. Kohli has been deemed one of the most commercially valuable athletes, with estimated earnings of ₹634 crore (equivalent to ₹692 crore or US$72 million in 2026) in 2022.
After winning the 2024 T20 World Cup being named Player of the Match award in the final, Kohli announced his retirement from T20Is. On 12 May 2025, at the age of 36, he announced his retirement from the Test cricket. He is married to actress Anushka Sharma, and they have two children.
How Virat Kohli makes money
In 2013, it was reported that his endorsements were valued at over ₹100 crore (US$10 million). In 2017, Kohli entered into a notable endorsement agreement with Puma that spanned over eight years and was estimated to be worth around ₹1.1 billion (US$11 million).
Sources
Net-worth figure: Celebrity Net Worth, in USD. Biography and career facts: the person's Wikipedia article and linked reporting. Snapshot date for all StarWorth figures: 28 October 2026.
