Former India captain Virat Kohli who has represented the team across formats, married Anushka Sharma, the famous Bollywood actress.
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Former India captain Virat Kohli was born on 5th November 1988. He has represented the national team across formats. Apart from Team India, he plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League. He also led the team until last year as well. And, he is considered one of the best batsmen in recent time as well.
Between 2013 and 2022, he led Team India in more than 200 matches across all three formats. With 40 wins out of 68 test matches, Kohli is the most successful test captain for India as well. He made his Test debut in 2011 and reached the number one spot in the ICC rankings for ODI batsmen for the first time in 2013 as well. He has won Man of the Tournament twice at the ICC World Twenty20 (in 2014 and 2016) and also holds the world record of being the fastest to 23,000 international runs as well.
Having started playing at the tender age of 9, he soon grab the limelight and in 2006, Kohli was selected in the India Under-19 squad as well. And, in 2008, he led the victorious Indian team in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup. Since then there is no looking back for him. Royal Challengers Bangalore bought him for IPL and he went on to lead the team as well. Moreover, not only his batting but also his fitness level inspired the youngsters and he led the national team quite successfully before Rohit Sharma replaced him.
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He is one of the most valuable athlete brands by Forbes. Moreover, in 2018, Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world as well. In 2020, he was ranked 66th in Forbes list of the top 100 highest-paid athletes in the world 2020 with estimated earnings of over $26 million as well.
Anushka Sharma is a famous Bollywood actress.
Yes, Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma have a daughter – Vamika.
Anushka Sharma was born on 1 May 1988. She is an Indian actress and film producer also. She has appeared in Forbes India’s Celebrity 100 since 2012 and was also featured by Forbes Asia in their 30 Under 30 list of 2018 as well.
Sharma had her first modelling assignment for the fashion designer Wendell Rodricks way back in 2007 and later moved to Mumbai to pursue her career as a model. She made her acting debut opposite the Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan in the movie Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi in 2008 which became a huge hit. Later, she starred in Yash Raj Films like – Band Baaja Baaraat (2010) and Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012); winning the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for the latter as well.
Anushka Sharma later played some strong characters like NH10 (2015), Dil Dhadakne Do (2015), Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016), and Sui Dhaaga (2018). She also featured in Sultan (2016), Rajkumar Hirani’s religious satire PK (2014) and biopic – Sanju (2018).
Apart from these, Sharma is the co-founder of the production company Clean Slate Filmz, under which she has produced many films so far, including NH10. Sharma got married to Virat Kohli in Italy on 11 December 2017. On 11 January 2021, they were blessed with a baby girl – Vamika.
