#4 interesting facts- virat kohli

Here are some facts:

•  Virat Kohli was rewarded in the list of top 10 “best dressed international men” in 2012.He is the only one & first athlete who is chooses as a Brand Ambassador of BSF.

•  His nickname is “chikku”.  The story behind it was when one day kohli did his haircut very awkward or shortens his hair. So his teammates named him “chikku” as there was a character named as a “chikku” in an old magazine.

• Virat Kohli is one of the few Indian cricketers who loves & to have a tattoo. Virat has a Golden Dragon tattoo on his forearm. 

• Any sportsman’s greatest strength is not letting your personal life come into the way of your sport. Virat first showed his sportsmanship while representing Delhi against karnataka in the Ranji trophy on the day of his father’s death. He displayed great character to stay on, and went on to score 90 runs.

• Virat is only the third Indian batsman to score two ODI hundreds before his 22nd birthday, where the other two’s were done by Sachin Tendulkar and Suresh Raina.3

• Kohli became the fastest Indian batsman to reach the runs of 1000, 3000, 4000 and 5000 runs in ODI cricket, where the latest achievement on his way to his 18th ODI century in Napier 2015.

• In 2016, according to ESPN sports, he was ranked as the 7^th most marketable athlete in the world .In 2014, he was ranked as the 2nd most marketable athlete in the world