World’s number 1 batsman King Kohli has been simply phenomenal in his 15 years of International career so far due to the sheer passion, commitment, and dedication that he has shown for his game. However, he has been involved in some controversial moments on the field, press interactions, etc.
Here, in this article, we will see some of the secrets from Virat Kohli’s career right from his fitness to controversial fights.
1. Kohli used to wear earrings during early days of his cricketing career:
Virat Kohli’s U-19 teammate Tanmay Srivastava recalled how coaches in Delhi would describe Kohli as a guy with an attitude just because he used to wear earrings during the junior days of his cricket career.
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2. His relationship with Brazilian model and actor Tamannah:
Virat Kohli before dating and marrying Bollywood actor Anushka Sharma, there were strong rumours going that he was in a relationship with actor Tamannah in 2011/12 time as the duo were shooting for an advertisement but after the advertisement shoot they never met each other. Also, Kohli was linked with a Brazilian beauty Izabelle Leite and it was reported that they both were in a relationship for a period of two years.
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3. Virat Kohli used a fake name for his marriage:
Virat Kohli got married to Anushka Sharma in December 2017 in Italy, since they do not want to do a big celebrity marriage and to keep their marriage secret both the couple used fake names to interact with the caterers. It was revealed that “Kohli” changed his name to “Rahul”.
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4. Lashes out at a journalist during net session of WC 2015:
Virat Kohli lost his cool and hurled abusive language against a journalist after completing his net session practice in the 2015 WC before the start of the IND vs WI game at Perth, as there was witty news written about him and his present wife Anushka Sharma.
Virat Kohli got engaged in a debate with a journalist in an aggressive manner after completing his net session, but later he got to know it was some other reporter who wrote that news thus he went and apologized to him.
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5. Change of behaviour in front of his Wife:
Virat Kohli’s U-19 teammate Pradeep Sangwan revealed how his behaviour changes when he is with his wife Anushka Sharma by narrating an incident in which “Kohli was seen making pranks as soon as Anushka crossed over to other side of the room and the moment his wife returned, he became a nice boy”.
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6. Asking Kyle Jamieson to bowl-in the Dukes ball during IPL 2021 net session:
Ex-RCB player Daniel Christian who played under Kohli’s leadership revealed that he tried to get Kyle Jamieson to bowl him with a dukes ball in the nets since India were scheduled to play New Zealand in WTC 2021 finals after IPL but the bowler (Jamieson) declined to do so.
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7. Loves to have Choley Bhaturey from Ram’s at Rajouri Garden:
Virat Kohli has been a fitness freak. He maintains a very strict diet to maintain his fitness but whenever he gets a chance he would love to have Choley Bhaturey from Ram’s at Rajouri Garden.
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8. AB de Villiers was scared to talk much with Virat Kohli:
AB de Villiers who played for the RCB franchise in IPL under Kohli’s captaincy revealed that he was scared to say anything to then RCB’s skipper Virat Kohli because he would buy whatever he wanted. AB de Villiers narrated in such a way that “Kohli is ridiculous, that I told him I like the coffee other day and now I’m getting an espresso machine (ordered on Amazon). It’s being delivered tomorrow.”
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9. Kohli eats only Vegetarian food since mid-2018:
Virat Kohli has joined the veggie club of players since the mid-2018 period and notably, his diet has been free from dairy and animal protein. Kohli admitted that he hasn’t had butter chicken and naan for several years. Kohli used to rely massively on animal protein for his muscles until 2018 but later made a move towards a vegetarian diet and he feels it has helped his game.
He stated that his cervical spine issue pushed him to take a decision to change his turn as a vegetarian completely.
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10. Most romantic person and biggest prankster off-field:
During Koffee with Karan show in 2018/19, Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul who participated as guests were asked to name the most romantic player from the Indian team and also who was the biggest prankster in the dressing room. Interestingly, both replied Virat Kohli to those two questions.
