#1. In 2006, During he is debut Ranji season, Kohli decided to play the match against Karnataka despite his father's death the same day. Kohli went on to score a crucial 90 for his team.
#2. Only 8 cricketers ever have scored 20 ODI centuries and Virat Kohli is one of them. From the others 7, the only player who has not retired is Chris Gayle with 21 centuries.
#3. His pet name in the dressing room is "Chiku".
#4. After Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli is only the fourth cricketer to score 1000+ runs for 3 consecutive calendar years in ODI cricket.
#5. In 2012, Virat Kohli was included in the list of top 10 "well dress International man."
#6. Virat Kohli is one of the few Indian cricketers to have a tattoo. Virat dons a Golden Dragon on his forearm.
#7. Kohli named 3rd "most marketable athlete" in the world beating Lionel Messi, Lewis Hamilton and Neymar.
#8. Former New Zealand captain Martin Crowe wrote: "Virat Kohli exudes the intensity of Rahul Dravid, audacity of Virender Sehwag and he extra-ordinary range of Sachin Tendulkar. It won't be wrong to say Kohli also has the much needed aggression of Sourav Ganguly."