Kohli made his ODI debut with opening the innings along with Gautam Gambhir.
Though Gambhir was out for a duck, Kohli scored 12 runs off 22 balls in the match. India was bowled out for 146 in that match.
In T20Is, his debut was in the match against Zimbabwe and scored 265 runs off 21 balls. India won that match by six wickets.