The first match of the ODI series between India and New Zealand will be played on January 11 in Vadodara. For that, Virat Kohli has reached Vadodara, where the fans gave him a grand welcome, the video of which is going viral on social media. A huge crowd had gathered at the airport to see Virat Kohli and the fans cheered Kohli! Kohli! They welcomed him by raising slogans.

Virat Kohli was seen wearing a black T-shirt and dark glasses. At the airport, the security staff surrounded Virat Kohli, removed him from the crowd and took him to the car. People were seen shouting slogans of Kohli, Kohli to get a glimpse of Virat. Let us tell you that before Kohli, all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy has also reached Vadodara and other players are also expected to reach here soon.

India’s star batsman was recently seen playing for Delhi. He scored 208 runs in 2 matches for Delhi in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 tournament. He scored 131 runs against Andhra and 77 runs against Gujarat. During this period, Virat had also completed 16,000 runs in List-A cricket. He has left Sachin Tendulkar behind in terms of scoring the fastest 16 thousand List-A runs.

#WATCH Gujarat: Former Indian Captain and Star Cricketer Virat Kohli arrives at Vadodara for Team India’s ODI match against New Zealand on 11th January. pic.twitter.com/cQbhCghMZy

— ANI (@ANI) January 7, 2026

Kohli is in very good form

Virat Kohli made a comeback in the series against Australia, where he was out without opening the account in the first 2 matches. But after that Virat’s bat has been scoring runs. In 3 ODI matches against South Africa, he scored 302 runs including 2 centuries and one half-century. He scored 208 runs in only 2 matches of Vijay Hazare Trophy.

Kohli is only 25 runs away from touching the mark of 28,000 runs in international cricket. By doing this, he will become only the third batsman in the world after Sachin Tendulkar and Kumar Sangakkara.

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Virat Kohli might occasionally post his personal views on social media. Now one of his posts has set social media on fire (Virat Kohli Latest Tweet), which is being linked to his 2027 World Cup plan. Recently, the future of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma has been in discussion. Meanwhile, Virat posted on X and wrote that you fail only when you accept defeat.

Virat Kohli was practicing regularly in London before the Australia series. Even after reaching Australia, he has worked hard in the nets. He wrote in his recent social media post, “You really fail only when you give up.”

Just a few days ago, the Chief Selector of Team India had given a controversial statement that both Virat and Rohit are not committed to the 2027 ODI World Cup. He said that if both the senior players are fit then they should play in domestic cricket.

But now it seems as if Virat has tried to put all the rumors to rest through his social media post. His tweet is being seen as if he is in no mood to ‘give-up’ i.e. take retirement.

No one is even close to Virat in ODI

Virat Kohli can be called the best ODI batsman of the modern era, his figures are also a testimony to this. Virat Kohli is currently the third highest run scorer in ODI cricket. He has so far scored 14,181 runs in 302 ODI matches. He has the highest number of centuries (51) in this format.

Scoring more than 14 thousand runs and maintaining an average of 57.88 in such a long career is a big achievement in itself. Virat can surpass Kumar Sangakkara’s record of 14,234 ODI runs in the ODI series against Australia.

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Before leaving for Australia for the ODI series, Virat Kohli has made the GPA (General Power of Attorney) of a luxurious property in Gurugram in the name of his elder brother Vikas Kohli. This means that whatever financial work related to this property will be done, Virat will not need to come to India from London. Here you will know about his net worth. This fact may surprise you that the total earnings of top cricketers like Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya together is less than Virat Kohli’s net worth (Virat Kohli Net Worth in Rupees).

Net worth of Gill-Rohit and Hardik Pandya

Talking about former Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma, his net worth is said to be between Rs 215-230 crore. He takes a salary of Rs 7 crore a year from BCCI, while he earns Rs 50-60 crore annually from endorsement deals.

Hardik Pandya likes to live a very luxurious life. Is fond of expensive watches. His net worth is said to be between Rs 91-98 crore. He takes an annual salary of Rs 5 crore from BCCI, and apart from earning big from IPL, he also earns well from endorsement deals.

Talking about Shubhman Gill, his net worth has been estimated at Rs 32 crore. He earns more than Rs 20 crore in a year from BCCI and IPL alone. Apart from this, endorsement deals are also a big source of his income.

If the net worth of Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya and Shubman Gill is taken together, it will be around Rs 350 crore. Even if this amount is tripled, Virat Kohli’s net worth will be more than that of Gill, Rohit and Pandya.

Virat Kohli’s net worth

According to media reports, Virat Kohli’s net worth is Rs 1050 crore. He gets a salary of Rs 7 crore in a year from BCCI, whereas RCB gave him Rs 21 crore in IPL 2025. Apart from this, endorsement deals and investment in many brands are also a good source of his income. Despite having such a net worth, Virat is not the richest Indian cricketer. Sachin Tendulkar is said to be the richest Indian cricketer with a net worth of around Rs 1300 crore.

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India has defeated West Indies 2-0 in the test series. After this, the Indian team faces a tough challenge from Australia. Team India’s Australian tour will run from October 19-November 8, where 3 ODIs and five T20 matches are to be played between the two teams. At present the most discussed topic is Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Now head coach Gautam Gambhir has broken his silence regarding his future.

Gautam Gambhir held a press conference after India’s Test series against West Indies, in which he was asked questions on the future of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in ODI cricket. He also repeated the same thing which Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar had said a few days ago.

Gautam Gambhir said, “The ODI World Cup is still two and a half years away. We need to think about the current situation. Both of them are excellent cricketers, I hope the Australian tour will be good for both of them.” Virat and Rohit will be playing an international match after 7 months, so it will not be easy for them to live up to the expectations of performing well.

Earlier, rumors have been floating that Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have been warned that now they cannot be kept in the team on the basis of past achievements. Now if they want to play ODI matches, they will have to perform consistently. Also let us tell you that ABP Live does not confirm these rumours.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli gave a strong performance and contributed significantly in helping India win the Champions Trophy. Apart from the Champions Trophy, they have also won the T20 World Cup together, but the dream of lifting the ODI World Cup trophy has not been fulfilled yet.

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Virat Kohli broke the silence on his Test retirement at a special gala dinner organized by former cricketer Yuvraj Singh. He also said that just 2 days ago, he has blackened his beard. Chris Gayle, Ravi Shastri and Peterson were also present in this program.

What did Virat Kohli answer on the question of Test retirement?

Chris Gayle, Kevin Pietersen and Ravi Shastri were on stage along with Yuvraj Singh at the program. Virat Kohli was not on stage earlier, later he also joined the veterans on the stage. The ‘Meat and Greet’ segment took place in the front part of the program, in which Gaurav Kapoor hosted and waged his Test retirement in front of Kohli.

On this, Virat Kohli laughed and said, “I have lost my beard 2 days in advance. When you have to blame the beard every four days, you understand that it is now time.”

What did Kohli say in praise of Ravi Shastri

Kohli shared and praised him with former cricketer and former head coach of Team India, Ravi Shastri. He admitted that if Shastri was not supported, then perhaps his test career would not have been the same as it is today.

Kohli said, “If I do not work with Ravi Bhai honestly, then what happened to me in Test cricket was not possible. The way Ravi Bhai supported me in the press conference, it is less to be seen. He has been an important part of my journey.”

When did Virat Kohli retire from Test

Kohli retired from Test before the team announcement for the Test series against England on May 12, 2025. Earlier, he had said goodbye to T20 format. Talking about the test, he was struggling with his form for some time. His last international series was against Australia (BGT).

Although he also returned to domestic after BGT, he played in the Ranji Trophy match but also failed there. On 7 May before Kohli, Rohit Sharma also took retirement from the Test. Now Kohli and Rohit will only be seen playing in ODI format.

Virat Kohli retired from international Test cricket on Monday, May 12. Whereas on May 7, 5 days before this, Rohit Sharma said goodbye to Test cricket. Now a report has revealed that Virat was also going to announce retirement from Test on May 7 with Rohit but he was asked to stop.

36 -year -old Virat Kohli made his Test debut against the West Indies on 20 June 2011. He played 123 matches in his 14 -year Test career. In this, he scored 9230 runs at an average of 46.85. Fans hoped that he would become the fourth batsman to score 10,000 runs in this format but he said goodbye to it before. Kohli has 30 centuries and 31 half -centuries in the Test.

The fans hoped that Rohit Sharma would be the captain in the Test series to be held on England tour, but he suddenly shocked everyone with retirement. After this, news came that Virat Kohli has also told the BCCI that he will retire before the tour of England. After 5 days, Virat confirmed on these news, when he shared his retirement post. It has now been revealed that Kohli was going to share these posts with Rohit on May 7 but he was asked to stop, because on the same day Operation Sindoor was started and tension between India Pakistan increased.

Kohli postponed retirement due to ‘Operation Sindoor’!

According to the report of ‘The Indian Express’, Virat wanted to announce his retirement on social media on May 7. He informed the top BCCI officials about this but he asked Kohli to stay for a few days. This is because the Indian Army started ‘Operation Sindoor’ on its last night. There was a tension between India and Pakistan.

According to the report, after the announcement of India Pakistan ceasefire on Saturday, May 10, Kohli told the BCCI and the selectors that now he will soon give information about his retirement to the fans. Kohli took more time with the family, so Kohli took this decision.

Was the rules angry with the rules?

Let us tell you that Team India’s performance in the Domestic Test series against the Border Gavaskar Trophy and earlier New Zealand was poor. New Zealand defeated India in Test series 3–0. After this, India lost 1-3 in Australia. After this, news came that all the players who are not playing international, will also have to play in the domestic tournament. At the same time, the family members will be confined for how long the player will stay with the player at the time of a visit.

The world’s largest T20 League Indian Premier League is running in India. Today the 31st match of the tournament will be played between Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders. At the same time, the 5th match in Pakistan Super League is between Karachi Kings and Lahore Kalandars. Both leagues are being played in a window. People also like RCB because of Virat Kohli and hence this franchise was also seen in the Pakistan Super League.

Pakistan Super League 2025 was in front of Karachi Kings and Multan Sultans face to face in match number 3. As captain Mohammad Rizwan and David Warner’s battle won by Warner and defeated Multan Sultans by 4 wickets. In this match, RCB was seen, a fan came to see Virat Kohli’s RCB team’s jersey to see the match, whose photo is going viral on social media.

Virat kohli and rcb fan in psl karachi pic.twitter.com/ka6tp9NTB3

– ٰ Imran Sidddque (@ImranSidddique89) April 12, 2025

By the way, the fans of RCB team are very much around the world, most people like this franchise due to Virat Kohli. In international matches too, many times in Pakistan, Virat Kohli’s supporters have been seen. Kohli is also well liked in Pakistan.

Pakistan Super League is flying joke

James Vince, who played a century in this match, was given a hair dryer by Karachi Kings in reward, after which the league was ridiculed a lot. The picture of the bike kept in the stadium also went viral, due to that Pakistan became a joke.

The Royal Challengers Bangalore, captained by Rajat Patidar, have been looking good so far in IPL 2025. The team has won 4 out of 6 matches and is at number three in the points table. RCB’s next match is with Punjab Kings on Friday.

Indian cricketer Virat Kohli is currently playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL. On Thursday, news came that he has ended his agreement with sports product company Puma. Now another news has come about this contract, it has been told that the company wanted Virat Kohli to continue the agreement with him but Virat Kohli did not do so. The reason behind this has also come out.

Virat Kohli is in discussion due to ending the agreement with his puma. Let us tell you that Virat Kohli had signed an agreement with Puma for 8 years in 2017 for Rs 110 crore. Now according to the new news, the company had proposed Rs 300 crore to Virat Kohli for the next agreement, but this Virat turned down.

Puma wanted to retain Virat Kohli and offered Him a Deal Worth 300cr for the next 8 years, but he didnwara the contract. (Toi). pic.twitter.com/mxdffowle1

– Mufaddal Vohra (@Mufaddal_vohra) April 11, 2025

Puma in his statement greeted Virat Kohli for the future. The company described the time spent with him as memorable and beneficial for himself. The company’s statement in media reports quoted the company’s statement, “During this agreement we launched many extraordinary campaigns with them, new and best products were launched in the market.”

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According to a report, a firm named Sporting Beyond sees Virat Kohli’s work. The report quoted sources as saying that Kohli is now going to partnership with other company Agilitas. Kohli is also its co-founder. Kohli wants to take his brand One8 Commune globally. It is clear that Virat Kohli will focus more on his business after cricket, which he is planning from now on.