Kohli, who was born in Delhi and spent his formative years playing cricket there, was on Thursday, 12 September, honoured with the naming of a pavilion stand after him at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium. Virat Kohli is one of the few Indian cricketers who have a pavilion named after them before their retirement. The Delhi and District Cricket Association honored him in 2019 by naming a pavilion after him at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. In 2019, the stadium was renamed from Feroz Shah Kotla to Arun Jaitley Stadium, and Virat Kohli was honored with a pavilion named after him by the DDCA. "It's a kind of surreal feeling that you know I have a pavilion named after my name in the same stadium. Sunil Gavaskar shared an anecdote about stadium stands named after players, leaving fans wondering if Virat Kohli gets special treatment at Arun Jaitley Stadium.
