List of international cricket centuries by Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli has scored 80 centuries in international cricket.
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Virat Kohli

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Virat Kohli is an Indian cricketer and a top order batsman. As of January 2024, he has made 80 centuries in international cricket — 29 in Test cricket, 50 in One Day Internationals (ODIs) and 1 century in Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is).[a]

Kohli made his ODI debut gainst Sri Lanka in August 2008,[2] and scored his first century the following year when he made 107 against the same team at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. His 86-ball 133 not out against Sri Lanka in February 2012 led India to the second highest run-chase by any team in Australia.[b][4][5] Former Australian cricketer Dean Jones described the innings as "One of the greatest ODI knocks of all time!".[6] Kohli's highest score of 183 came against Pakistan during the 2012 Asia Cup; India successfully chased a target of 330 set by Pakistan and Kohli was adjudged man of the match. Following that, he made his first century as a captain while playing against the West Indies in the 2013 Triangular Series.[7] In the bilateral series against Australia in October 2013, Kohli made two centuries in successful run-chases. The first of the two, 100 not out, was scored off 52 balls and remains the fastest ODI century by an Indian.[8] The next century, which was scored off 61 balls, remains the third-fastest by an Indian as of September 2019.[9] As of November 2023, Kohli has the most ODI centuries of any player after scoring his 50th ODI century in the 2023 Cricket World Cup knockout stage against New Zealand with a score of 117, and ranks second overall on the list of players who have scored the most centuries in international cricket.[10][11][12]

Kohli made his Test debut against the West Indies in 2011 and scored his first century in the format during the Australian tour in January 2012.[2] In the first Test of the 2014–15 Border–Gavaskar Trophy, he became the fourth Indian player to score centuries in both innings of a Test match after making 115 and 141.[c][14] He was appointed as the captain of the Test team during the series and became the first player to score centuries in each of his first three Test innings as captain. In 2016, Kohli became the fifth player to score three or more double centuries in a calendar year.[d] The following year, he repeated the feat and also became the first batsman to score four double centuries in consecutive Test series.[15][16] His seven double centuries is the joint fourth-most by a player.[e] In 2017, he became the first captain to score ten centuries in a calendar year.[18] Following year, he scored eleven centuries, second-most in a calendar year to Sachin Tendulkar.[19] In 2019, Kohli scored seven centuries which included five ODI-centuries. Moreover, he scored his highest score in Test-cricket against South Africa. In late 2022, Kohli scored a hundred against Bangladesh in the third ODI to overtake Ricky Pointing's record of 71 centuries scored in international cricket.[20]

Kohli had a three-year century drought until September 2022, when he scored his maiden T20I hundred against Afghanistan. The century was scored after 1,021 days from his previous hundred[21][22] The innings of 122* was once the highest by an Indian in T20Is, later it was broken by Shubman Gill (126*).[23] In March 2023, Kohli ended his 1,204 day-long Test century drought when he scored his 28th Test century against Australia in the first innings of the fourth test scoring 186 runs.[24]

  1. ^ "Records / Combined Test, ODI and T20I records / Batting records / Most hundreds in a careerand most hundred by anyone". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Virat Kohli". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  3. ^ Talya, Siddhartha (28 February 2012). "Dazzling Kohli ton keeps India alive". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  4. ^ Memon & Rao 2013, section 5.
  5. ^ Hogan, Jesse (11 December 2013). "Commonwealth Bank Series, 2011–12". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. reprinted by ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  6. ^ "Kohli earns Jones' praise". The Telegraph. 3 March 2012. Archived from the original on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  7. ^ "Kohli hits first century as India ODI captain". Rediff.com. 6 July 2013. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  8. ^ "Records / One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Fastest hundreds". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 7 November 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  9. ^ Rajesh, S.; Jayaraman, Shiva (30 October 2013). "Kohli fastest to 17 ODI tons". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 17 November 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  10. ^ "Virat Kohli: India batter makes record 50th ODI century as he eclipses Sachin Tendulkar". Sky Sports. 16 November 2023.
  11. ^ "Records / / Batting records / Most hundreds in One-Day Internationals". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  12. ^ "Most hundreds in career". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  13. ^ "Twin hundreds on captaincy debut, and Lyon's ten-for". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  14. ^ "Records / Test matches / Batting records / Hundred in each innings of a match". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 6 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  15. ^ "Virat Kohli breaks another record, becomes first to score four double tons in four consecutive Test series". The Indian Express. 10 February 2017. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  16. ^ Rajesh, S. (11 December 2016). "Captain Kohli's glorious year". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 20 January 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  17. ^ "Virat Kohli surpasses Brian Lara for most double centuries as captain". The Times of India. 3 December 2017. Archived from the original on 3 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  18. ^ Rajesh, S. (26 November 2017). "Captain Kohli and the art of scoring hundreds". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 26 November 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  19. ^ "Virat Kohli in 2018: 2735 runs, 68.37 average & 11 centuries - the crazy numbers behind Indian captain's annus mirabilis". DNA India. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  20. ^ Chowdhury, Sabyasachi (10 December 2022). "Bangladesh vs India: Virat Kohli goes past Ponting to become No.2 in list for most international hundreds". India Today. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
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  22. ^ "Kohli ends 1021-day ton drought for India". Cricket.com.au. 9 September 2022.
  23. ^ "Shubman Gill creates history; smashes Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina's records with explosive T20I century vs New Zealand". February 2023.
  24. ^ "IND vs AUS: Virat Kohli ends Test ton drought, first hundred in whites since 2019". The Indian Express. 12 March 2023.


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