Haircut [new] - Virat Kohli
When he hit that long-awaited 71st century against Afghanistan, the camera zoomed in. His hair was wet with sweat and rain. It didn't look perfect. It looked earned .
And that is the truth of Virat Kohli’s haircut. It is a barometer of the man. The aggressive fade for the conqueror. The messy curls for the rebel. The buzzcut for the penitent. And now, the textured crop for the sage. virat kohli haircut
It began, as all great cricketing legends do, not on the pitch, but in a quiet, sun-drenched studio in Bandra, Mumbai. The year was 2017. Virat Kohli, then the undisputed prince of Indian cricket, sat in a barber’s chair. The clippers hummed. When he stood up, the world didn’t just see a new hairstyle; they witnessed a coronation. When he hit that long-awaited 71st century against
Then came the buzzcut.
Market analysts estimated that Kohli’s hairstyle choices influenced a segment of the men’s grooming industry. Hair wax sales spiked 240% in the quarter following his 2017 transformation. The company "Beardo" saw its valuation soar, partially because Kohli’s beard became the national benchmark. He didn’t just cut his hair; he moved markets. The Anushka Effect & The Digital Meltdown No story about Kohli’s hair is complete without the silent curator: Anushka Sharma. In 2019, during a lockdown in Australia, Kohli appeared on Instagram Live. His hair was longer, curly, almost shaggy—a radical departure from the militant fade. The internet broke. It looked earned
"Bhaiya, Virat wala fade ," they would say. (Brother, the Virat fade.)
The "Kohli Cut" became a SKU—a stock-keeping unit. In Dharavi’s local salons, the price of a haircut jumped from ₹50 to ₹150. In upscale Gurugram studios, the "Signature Kohli" cost ₹2,500 and included a beard contouring and a shot of espresso.