Achievements

The Cricket Academy of West Delhi was constituted in the year of 1998 and Kohli was an integral part of its preceding intake. He entered spotlight when he played for the national capital, Delhi in a match of Ranji Trophy against Karnataka on the day, when his father died. By selecting to bat and stay, he continued to score 90 runs. The captain of team, Mithun Manhas, said that this is an accomplishment of great commitment for the team and his innings converted into crucial.

Kohli showed his captaincy to the winning team of India at the 2008 U/19 cricket world cup, which was organized in Malaysia. By choosing batting at number 4, he made a total score of 235 runs just in 6 matches at an average of 47, thereby including a century against the West Indies U-19. This player was also praised for having many tactical changes of bowling in the tournament. His great mother said that he changed a bit soon after that particular day. This player became highly matured individual overnight. He played each match very seriously. He disliked being seated on the bench. It seemed as his life totally inclined on cricket after that particular day.

Kohli was pivotal in the victory of India in the year of 2009 emerging players tournament held in Australia.  In the final match played against the country of South Africa, this player made a century and India continued to win the match by 17 runs. This player came out as a leading scorer of the tournament, thereby aggregating 398 runs from the source of seven matches, which includes two fifties and two centuries.

Indian Premier League

2008

This great player also played for Royal Challengers Bangalore at 2008 Indian Premier League. This player was bought for $ 30, 000 before first season in the year of 2008. This player could not do well, just scoring only 165 runs in 13 innings at an average of 15 and taking two wickets only with his outstanding bowling.

2009

In the second season, he made a considerable improvement, by scoring 246 runs in just 16 innings at an average rate of 22.26. He took 9 catches and affected two run outs.

2010

This player made a score of 307 runs, which included two half centuries, in just 13 innings with an average run rate of 22.36, in the third season. In the fourth season, he was the only player of the Royal Challengers to be given preference over the likes of Ross Taylor, Jacques Kallis, and Rahul Dravid, 

2011

This player was second greatest run maker in the tournament behind Chris Gayle.

2012

The 2012 Indian Premier League took place in the months of April and May and this player made a score of 364 runs from only 16 matches accompanied by two half centuries.

ODI

By following a century in the Emergency Players Tournament in the country of Australia in the year of 2008, this player was chosen in ODI squad for tour of India to Sri Lanka. This player made a debut in one day international against the country of Sri Lanka in the Idea Cup held in the year of 2008.

This player was given preference over Raina for 2011 World Cup and became the first Indian to have scored a remarkable century on the debut of World Cup.

Tests

When the country India made its tour to the West Indies in June and July 2011, they selected a mostly inexpert squad, resting Tendulkar and several others like Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir and missing out due to injuries. Kohli was only one of three uncapped players in the Test squad. India won the Test series 1–0 but Kohli continued his struggle on his debut in the format. This player struggled with the short ball collecting just 76 runs from the source of five innings.