Batting great Virat Kohli is all set to play his 100th Test for India. The first India vs Sri Lanka Test in Mohali, starting Friday, presents the 33-year-old another chance to end his century drought. (More Cricket News)
As batting great and former India captain Virat Kohli gears up to play his 100th Test, here's a look at his Test stats and records.
Batting great Virat Kohli is all set to play his 100th Test for India. The first India vs Sri Lanka Test in Mohali, starting Friday, presents the 33-year-old another chance to end his century drought. (More Cricket News)
The former India captain is third in the all-time list of players with most international centuries. But the right-handed batter scored his last Test century in 2019 at Eden Gardens (Pink Ball Test) against Bangladesh.
Key Stats
* Tests - 99; Innings - 168; Not outs - 10
* Runs - 7,962; Balls faced - 14300; Avg - 50.39; SR -55.68
* Double hundreds - 7; Hundreds - 27; Fifties - 28; Ducks - 14
* Fours - 896; Sixes - 24
* Catches taken - 100
* Test Debut: Against West Indies at Kingston (June 20-23, 2011). He scored 4 and 15
* Last Test: Against South Africa at Cape Town (January 11-14, 2022)
* Highest Score: 254 not out against South Africa at Pune (October 10-13, 2019)
* Home: 44 matches, 3766 runs, highest score of 254 not out
* Away: 54 matches, 4139 runs, highest score of 200
* Neutral: 1 match, 57 runs, highest score of 44
Interesting Virat Kohli Test Facts
* Kohli’s made his Test captaincy debut against Australia at Adelaide in December 2014
* Kohli led the Indian team in 68 Tests and won 40 matches
* Kohli’s record of 20 Test centuries as a captain is second-most for any player. Only former South Africa skipper Graeme Smith with 25 centuries is ahead of Kohli
* Kohli-led Indian team had won 24 matches at home
* Kohli is the only second cricketer after legendary Australian Greg Chappell to score twin hundreds on test captaincy debut
Stats Against Countries
* Against Australia (2011-2020) - 20 matches, 36 innings, 1 not out, 1682 runs, H/S - 169, Avg - 48.05, S/R - 52.49, hundreds - 7, fifties - 5. Virat Kohli has scored the most number of hundreds against Australia in Tests - 7
* Against Bangladesh (2015-2019) - 4 matches - 5 innings, 392 runs, H/S - 204, Avg - 78.40, S/R - 77.77, hundreds - 2
* Against England (2011-2021) - 27 matches, 48 innings, 3 not out, 1960 runs, H/S - 235, Avg - 43.55, S/R - 52.05, hundreds - 5, fifties - 9. Kohli has scored most Test runs against England - 1960
* Against New Zealand - (2012-2021) - 11 matches, 21 innings, 2 not out, 866 runs, H/S - 211, Avg - 45.57, S/R - 53.92, hundreds - 3, fifties - 3
* Against South Africa (2013-2022) - 14 matches, 24 innings, 2 not out, 1236 runs, 254 not out, H/S - 254, Avg - 56.18, S/R - 55.10, hundreds - 3, fifties 4
* Against Sri Lanka (2015-2017) - 9 matches, 15 innings, 2 not out, 1004 runs, H/S - 243, Avg - 77.23, S/R - 69.28, hundreds 5, fifties 2
* Against West Indies (2011-2019) - 14 matches, 19 innings, 822 runs, H/S - 200, Avg - 43.26, S/R - 53.76, hundreds 2, fifties 5
Batting Position-wise runs
Virat Kohli is yet to open the innings for India in Test cricket, and he hasn't batted lower than seventh.
* 3rd position - 97 runs
* 4th position - 6430 runs
* 5th position - 1020 runs
* 6th position - 404 runs
* 7th position - 11 runs