How tall is Virat Kohli?

Virat Kohli's listed height is 175 cm (5'9"). He is taller than about 93% of men in India.

Where 175 cm sits among men in India

Taller than about 93% of men in India born in 1988 (average 165.1 cm).

Kohli next to his teammates

KL Rahul is 5 cm taller than Virat Kohli (180 cm), teammate at India national cricket team from 2014 to 2018.

About Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli is an Indian international cricketer and former all-format captain of the Indian national cricket team, born on 5 November 1988 in Delhi. He is a right-handed batter and an occasional right-arm medium-pace bowler. He captained the 2008 U19 World Cup winning team.

Kohli has the most centuries in ODIs and the second-most in international cricket, with 86 across all formats, and he is the leading run-scorer in the Indian Premier League, where he plays for Royal Challengers Bengaluru. He was a member of the Indian teams that won the 2011 Cricket World Cup, the 2013 Champions Trophy, the 2024 T20 World Cup and the 2025 Champions Trophy. In 2018 he became the only Indian ranked number one in all three formats. He has won ten ICC Awards and was named Cricketer of the Decade for 2011 to 2020.

At a listed 175 cm (5'9"), Kohli is 5 cm shorter than KL Rahul, listed at 180 cm (5'11"), his teammate in the India national cricket team from 2014 to 2018.

Frequently asked

How tall is Virat Kohli in feet and inches? Virat Kohli is 5'9" tall, which is 175 cm, 68.9 inches or 1.75 m.

How tall is Virat Kohli compared to KL Rahul? KL Rahul is 5 cm taller than Virat Kohli: 180 cm (5'11") vs 175 cm (5'9").

Is Virat Kohli tall for men in India? At 175 cm he is taller than about 93% of men in India born in 1988, whose average height is 165.1 cm.

Sources

• Virat Kohli on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Virat Kohli on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 175 cm.

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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