Virat kohli Biography | Childhood, Struggling period, Career, bad times, Achievements

Virat Kohli was born on 5^th November 1988 in a Punjabi family in Delhi. His Father was a criminal lawyer and his mother is a Housewife. He did his schooling from Vishal Bharti public school, Delhi up to class 8^th and after that he is transferred to Savior convent school. 

CHILDHOOD

At the age of just 3 when most of the children are busy with their toys, he used to take a cricket bat and ask his father to throw a ball. From his childhood days only, he has a dream of playing for Indian Team and with his hard work and passion he conquered what he dreamed. When he use to play with his friends on the street, his father has a thought that my son will achieve his goals one day. His father was the biggest motivation for him who motivated him to pursue his dreams and at an age of just 9, he joined West Delhi Cricket Academy, and started his training under Raj Kumar Sharma. He performed very well in his training due to which, he started coming in the limelight and the coaches started appraising him for his good work. 

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CAREER

In 2002, he was selected for U-15 team of Delhi and got a chance of playing 2002-2003 Polly Umrigar Trophy tournament. He was the highest run scorer in his this tournament, which gets him the position of the Captain of his team for 2003-2004 Polly Umrigar Trophy. After this he was selected for U-17 team of Delhi and played 2003-2004 Vijay Merchant Trophy tournament in which he scored 470 runs in 4 matches and in the very next season of this tournament he single handily made his team won the tournament. This secured his place in India’s U-19 team. In 2006 he played against England and made runs on an average of 105 runs in 3 match series due to which India won that series.

All this could never be possible if his father didn’t believe in him, Most of the parents want their child to study upto class 12 and thereafter join some decent college then do a decent job, make some money and get settled. But, Virat was very lucky to have such an understanding and lovely father and that was the main reason due to which he loved him the most. When he was just 18 years old, in 2006 his father passed away due to Brain Stroke due to which whole Kohli family came under financial crises and for some time they even had to stay in a rented house.

After the death of his father, he started taking cricket more seriously and in 2008, he made India to win the ICC U-19 World cup held in Malaysia. He earned a lot of fame after this victory and everybody started talking about him. After this, he was signed by Royal Challenger Bangalore for Indian Premier League at a price of $30,000. After this he was also selected for the Indian ODI squad and in 2008, for the first time, India won an ODI series against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka.

He got his first man of the match award in 2009 for scoring 79 runs against West Indies. He scored his First century (107 runs of 111 balls) against Sri Lanka.

Due to his hard work, passion and consistency he was made a part of 2011 World cup Squad and it may be a co-incident that after 1983, India won the World Cup for the first time. In 2012 he was made Vice Captain against Bangladesh and in 2014 he was named as the Captain of Indian test cricket team. 

BAD TIMES

In 2011, during the tour to West Indies for test match series. He could only make 76 runs out of 4 matches due to which he was dropped out for Test matches moreover, in 2015 there was a time when he was under a very bad form. At that time, the whole media and some crap people criticized him for his bad performance. But he recovered from the bad time in a little while and again started making his name in the industry with his unmatched performance. 

ACHIEVEMENTS & AWARDS

• 2012 - ICC One day International Player of the Year award.
• 2012 - People's choice award India for Favorite Sportsperson.
• 2013 - Arjuna Award for Cricket

 

Kapil Sharma Biography | Success Story Of No.1 Comedian

Kapil Sharma was born on 2^nd April 1981 in Amritsar, Punjab. His father was a Head Constable in Punjab Police and his Mother is a Housewife.

Kapil was very talented from his childhood, but, his initial days were full of struggle. While he was just studying in the PBN Senior Secondary School in Amritsar, his father was diagnosed with Cancer due to which the condition of his family became very critical as almost all the income of his Father is going in Medical treatment. At this point of time he don’t even have that much of money so that he will be able to pay his school fee. So he started working in a PCO to make some money for his expenses.

He started taking part in almost all the cultural activities in his school and has a dream to become a Singer. After completing his School, he Joined HINDU College with Arts as the main subject. While he was studying his father became very ill due to which he was admitted to AIIMS hospital in DELHI and unfortunately in 2004 he died leaving Kapil and his family behind. After the death of his father, a lot of responsibilities came on the shoulders of Kapil Sharma. Now, One person in the family is eligible for the job in Punjab police in place of his father and Kapil’s mother wants him to join the Police but he refused and his elder brother joined.

Once again he was left without money to pay his college fee so, he decided to take theatre classes in his college to earn some money for his expenses. One day while taking the class he did mimicry of one of his teachers and everybody liked it so much which made Kapil think that when he is so good at this then why can’t he try in comedy. This thought became the turning point of his life. In 2005 he went for an audition in THE GREAT INDIAN LAUGHTER CHALLENGE but was rejected for the first time. Even after getting rejected, he didn’t lose his hope. Moreover, he worked day and night to improve his skills. With his dedication towards his work and hard work, he again went on the audition of the same show and this time got selected and also become the winner of the show. He got Rs10 lakh as a winning amount from which he did the marriage of his sister Pooja Sharma.

After getting success in his First Show he never turned back and the very next year he took part in one more comedy show “USTAADON KE USTAAD” and here, he not only won the show but with his humor he made a secret place in the heart of every viewer. After this, in 2008 he hosted a comedy show “CHOTE MIYA”. After this, in 2009 he appeared in “HASS BALIYA”. After this, in 2010 he participated in the most famous comedy show “COMEDY CIRCUS” and he won two seasons of this show back to back. After this he made a hat trick by winning another comedy show “JUBILEE COMEDY CIRCUS” and “COMEDY CIRCUS KA NAYA DAUR”.

In 2013 he stepped into the field of production with his own Production house “K9 PRODUCTION HOUSE” and the same year he started his own show “COMEDY NIGHTS WITH KAPIL” in collaboration with Colors TV. This show has become extremely popular and become one of the most viewed comedy show in India. Almost every Actor came to his show to promote their Movies including Amitabh Bachhan, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, etc. Now everything is getting on the track in Kapil’s life, but one day his set caught fire in which he faced a major loss financially. But, he didn’t lose his hope and by borrowing money from his friends he again started his show and this time he returned with a bang.

Presently, he is running his show “THE KAPIL SHARMA SHOW” on SONY TV and with also working on some projects in Bollywood like FIRANG.