Birthday Special: Virat Kohli turns 25

New Delhi: Virat Kohli who celebrates his 25th birthday on Tuesday, November 5, is steadily setting up himself as the next big star of Indian cricket.With his laudable batting performance against the Aussies, everyone around the world is appreciating this cricketer's game.Born in 1988, a year previous to Sachin Tendulkar's debut, Kohli will have a significant part to play in the Little Master's send-off series as India will look to say goodbye to its iconic cricketer.Virat Kohli represented India in Malaysia to a World Cup win in 2008 in the Under-19 series and in the 50-over World Cup in 2011 made a century in India's opening match and a useful 30 odd runs as he lend a hand to his team in winning the title.Virat Kohli scored seven hundreds, four of them while chasing during his first three years in senior cricket as he grown from an aggressive young man who often got into wiles with fans and rivals to a mature one.In Australia, there was the middle finger pointing episode, Virat getting fined for offensive language and balk frequently but as time passed the Delhi lad who had splendid ability with the bat steadily sobered.Playing IPL for the Royal Challengers Bangalore, Kohli now captains the team and has shown enormous maturity that reminds many of his Under-19 charge to help India win in 2008.The right-handed-batsman was inducted in the Indian Test side in June 2011. Virat made his first ton in Adelaide which was India's single century of the 2011-12 series.Kohli's striking performance with the bat and his ripeness as a player in the team lead to Virat Kohli's promotion to vice-captain of the team.In the past several matches the birthday boy has been in a tremendous touch and form with robust blows and implausible number of runs coming off his bat that has lead to him clinching the No1 spot in the ODI batsmen rankings that were released on Sunday.Kohli is now the new highest earner from advertisements beating Indian captain MS Dhoni and Sachin Tendulkar as Advertisers have also seen the potential in him.Virat Kohli holds the record for the fastest century by an Indian batsman. The 25 year old just became the fastest batsman ever to score 17 hundreds in ODI.Kohli is also the premier batsman to make five back to back scores of 50 or more in ODIs on two separate occasions.Taking into account that Virat Kohli is just 25 and holds a number of records, the future for him seems really dazzling.On his birthday, fans took to Twitter to wish him and in return the generous guy replied, “Thank you everyone for the wishes. Your love and support is priceless.”