When this history was made 7661 days ago, no one recognized Virat Kohli, now brand value of Rs 3542 crores

Kohli is ‘Virat’ (Photo: PTI)

When Bangladesh created history by defeating Australia for the first time in ODI, no one even recognized Virat Kohli. This is 7661 days older than its second ODI win over Australia. On 18 June 2005, Bangladesh defeated Australia by 5 wickets at Cardiff ground. At that time Virat had not even come to dominate world cricket. This is the reason why his identity was also blurred. But on June 9, 2026, when Bangladesh defeated Australia for the second time at Mirpur ground, the story was different. Virat Kohli did not need any identity this time. His brand value of Rs 3542 crore was telling the whole story.

Virat’s debut 3 years after creating history for Bangladesh

Virat Kohli made his debut in international cricket 3 years after Bangladesh defeated Australia for the first time in ODI. He made his international debut on 18 August 2008 in the ODI against Sri Lanka in Dambulla. But, when Bangladesh defeated Australia for the second time in ODI, Virat Kohli had 28215 runs in international cricket.

No name 7661 days ago, now brand worth Rs 3542 crores

7661 days ago, when Bangladesh defeated Australia for the first time in ODI, Virat Kohli may not have had a name, but after their second win on 9 June 2026, Virat was the celebrity with the highest brand value in India. His brand value of Rs 3542 crore was higher than celebrities like Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, MS Dhoni, Amitabh Bachchan, Sachin Tendulkar.

From 18 June 2005 to 9 June 2026

However, when Bangladesh created history by defeating Australia for the first time in ODI, it was not that only Virat Kohli had no identity. Apart from them, the names of Joe Root, Steve Smith and Kane Williamson were also not there. MS Dhoni did not debut in Test cricket. India had not played a single T20 nor did England have any ICC title in its account. But the story was different on Bangladesh’s second ODI win against Australia on 9 June 2026. Joe Root, Steve Smith and Kane Williamson were famous in world cricket. Dhoni had retired after playing 90 tests. India has played 277 T20s and England also has ICC titles in its account.

Saket Sharma

The journey that started with the game show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ passed through stops like News Nation, India News, India.com and Editorji. In this connection, I have been associated with TV9 Hindi for the last 5 years. Here too it is my job to tell sports news. I have an understanding of all three worlds, TV, digital and production houses and overall experience of more than a decade. Every day I try to learn something new and do new creative things. Not afraid of failure and not proud of success. I just try to always give my best. This is what I have been doing till date and my intention is the same in future too. Be it sitting at the desk and narrating sports news in your own words or going to the field and capturing it on camera. In simple language, I am a player who brings to you every action happening on the sports field.

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