Who are the 4 batsmen who have been out to Virat Kohli's bowling in ODI cricket?

When Sachin Tendulkar was in the final stages of his career, many Indian fans were worried about the future of the Indian batting. However, Virat Kohli erased all the fears, ensuring that the Indian cricket team had a successful transition after the retirement of the "Fab 4".

Kohli has now also taken on the responsibility of the captaincy, but what is often forgotten is that he earlier used to do a fair bit of bowling too. Although he has not been a regular bowler like Tendulkar, he has had to take up the ball on certain occasions.

Kohli has bowled 48 times throughout his career and picked up 4 wickets at an average of 166.25 and economy of 6.22. Here is a look at the players who were his victims with the ball in his hand.

#1 Alastair Cook

Kohli took Cook's wicket in the Cardiff ODI

On India's tour of England in 2011 India, Kohli took his first ODI wicket by beating the defenses of Alastair Cook and knocking out his stumps.

Cook was definitely a big wicket and his dismissal was crucial at that stage. Playing at Cardiff, Kohli finished the match with figures of 1/44 off six overs.

Cook has recently retired from international cricket, after the home Test series with India. He has been the best Test batsman for his country the last few years, and will be involved in the England team's search for his successor.

#2 Craig Kieswetter

Craig Kieswetter

In that same year, Craig Kieswetter became Kohli's first scalp with the ball in India. This came during an ODI match at Mohali.

Kohli gave away 20 runs in that match off three overs, and Kieswetter was his sole wicket. Kieswetter's stumps were rattled by Kohli's medium pace, which was followed by a trademark celebration from the Indian.

Kieswetter was one of England's best wicketkeepers who was a regular in the ODI setup for some time. However, a dip in form subsequently kept him out of the England squad and later he retired.

After that match, dated 20th October 2011, Kohli had to wait for almost two years to get his next wicket.

#3 Quinton De Kock

Quinton de Kock

On 5 December 2013, Kohli took his third international wicket through South African wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock. India was touring South Africa at that time and Kohli ended the Johannesburg match with his career-best figures of 1/15.

De Kock recently shared the dressing room with Kohli in the 2018 edition of the Indian Premier League, playing for the Royal Challengers Bangalore. However, he completed a move to Mumbai Indians in October and will look to perform well for the Rohit Sharma-led franchise.

#4 Brendon McCullum

Brendon McCullum

Kohli did not have to wait too long for his next wicket, as almost two months later - on 31st January 2014 - he got the prized scalp of in-form batsman Brendon McCullum.

McCullum miscued a delivery from the medium pace of Kohli which went straight into the hands of the fielder. Kohli completed the match at Wellington with impressive figures of 1/36.

Incidentally, the former captain of the New Zealand cricket team too played in the same team as Kohli in the IPL this year. Though McCullum was not consistent last year, he can be dangerous on his day and the RCB skipper will hope that the Kiwi batsman will come good in 2019.