Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli first came into the limelight in 2008, when he led the Indian U-19 cricket team to victory in 2008 U-19 Cricket World Cup. He soon made his debut for the Indian team in August 2008, during a ODI match against Sri Lanka. In 2013, Kohli reached the number one spot in the ICC rankings for ODI batsmen for the first time. Virat also became one of the valuable Indian captain in Test cricket with 40 test wins, 16 of which came overseas and gained highest winning percentage as captain in both Tests and ODIs. Kohli was ranked eighth in ESPN's list of world's most famous sportspeople in 2016. Virat is the only current player to have a stand named after him in Delhi's Firoz Shah Kotla stadium to Honour his immaculate contributions to Indian cricket. Kohli won ICC Test Player of the Year and ICC ODI Player of the Year awards in 2018, becoming the first player to win both awards in the same year.