Virat Kohli soon got a place in the ODI squad after Team India won the Under-19 World Cup. He got his first chance to play in Team India on August 18, 2008. He played the match against Sri Lanka. However, in this match, he appeared to be struggling like a new batsman, which was also natural. He had a lot of problems playing the balls of Sri Lankan pacer Chaminda Vaas. He stayed at the crease for a total of 33 minutes and played 22 balls. But concerning just 9 runs, he fell to right-arm pacer Nuwan Kulasekara.
Virat Kohli may not have impressed anyone in this innings, but the selectors gave him consistent chances as no one doubted Virat Kohli's talent. However, India chased down the target during the Commonwealth Series between Sri Lanka and Australia and their bat thundered against Sri Lanka. He hit Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga in a row and to stay in the series, India had to win the match in 35 overs which was possible only with Virat's bat. After that his bat remained silent for a long time, Virat was included in the ODI World Cup 2011 even after not performing much.
Virat scored a century against Bangladesh in his first World Cup match. However, his bat remained calm after that. He did bat hard against Sri Lanka in the final, but Tillakaratne Dilshan took a brilliant catch to end his innings. Virat Kohli emerged in ODI cricket in 2012, when India had a target of 330 runs against Pakistan in the Asia Cup. India had already lost Gambhir's wicket in the first over, but Virat, who came third, hit back at Pak and lifted the backs of all the bowlers. Kohli scored 183 off 148 balls, hitting 22 fours and 1 six. After the match, Pak captain Misbah-ul-Haq had said that he had not seen such an innings to date. Virat never looked back after that, even under his captaincy, Team India won many great matches. Today, after 13 years, Virat has scored 12,169 runs in 254 ODI matches for Team India, while he has 7,609 runs in 94 Test matches. Kohli has scored 3,159 runs in 89 International T20Is. With an average of more than 50 across all three formats.
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