Did you know? Cricket icon Virat Kohli joined West Delhi Cricket Academy on very first day in 1998 - Lesser known fact

Mint - Oct 21, 2026

Rajkumar Sharma, who played first-class cricket for Delhi, opened the doors of his West Delhi Cricket Academy in Paschim Vihar on May 30, 1998. Roughly 250 youngsters enrolled on that first day, and a young Virat Kohli was one of them.

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