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Virat Kohli's 100th Test: All The Numbers

Last updated on: March 04, 2022 08:40 IST

Virat Kohli

IMAGE: Virat Kohli will be the 12th Indian cricketer to play 100 Tests. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images

Virat Kohli will play his landmark 100th Test in Mohali, today, March 4. Rajneesh Gupta presents key numbers for one of the finest cricketers to play for India.

Performance against each country

	Mts	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50	0
v England	27	1960	235	43.55	5	9	6
v Australia	20	1682	169	48.05	7	5	3
v South Africa	14	1236	254*	56.18	3	4	0
v Sri Lanka	9	1004	243	77.23	5	2	1
v New Zealand	11	866	211	45.57	3	3	1
v West Indies	14	822	200	43.26	2	5	2
v Bangladesh	4	392	204	78.40	2	0	1
TOTAL	99	7962	254*	50.39	27	28	14

Performance in each country

	Mts	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50	0
in India	44	3766	254*	62.76	13	12	6
in Australia	13	1352	169	54.08	6	4	2
in England	15	1002	149	34.55	2	5	4
in South Africa	7	719	153	51.35	2	3	0
in West Indies	9	463	200	35.61	1	2	2
in Sri Lanka	6	394	103*	43.77	2	1	0
in New Zealand	4	252	105*	36.00	1	1	0
in Bangladesh	1	14	14	14.00	0	0	0
home	44	3766	254*	62.76	13	12	6
away	55	4196	200	42.81	14	16	8

Virat at each batting position

	Mts	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50	0
3rd position	4	97	41	19.40	0	0	0
4th position	76	6430	254*	54.49	23	19	12
5th position	23	1020	107	40.80	3	6	1
6th position	5	404	116	44.88	1	3	1
7th position	1	11	11	11.00	0	0	0

Virat's mode of dismissals

How Out	Times
caught fielder	76
caught keeper	35
lbw	33
bowled	11
run out	2
hit-wicket	1
stumped	0
(not out)	10

Virat’s highest scores

Score	Vs	Venue	Season	Result
254*	South Africa	Pune	2019/20	Won
243	Sri Lanka	Delhi	2017/18	Drawn
235	England	Mumbai	2016/17	Won
213	Sri Lanka	Nagpur	2017/18	Won
211	New Zealand	Indore	2016/17	Won
204	Bangladesh	Hyderabad	2016/17	Won
200	West Indies	North Sound	2016	Won
169	Australia	Melbourne	2014/15	Drawn
167	England	Visakhapatnam	2016/17	Won
153	South Africa	Centurion	2017/18	Lost

Virat's scoring pattern

Score	Inns	%Inns
0	14	8.33
1-9	29	17.26
10-49	70	41.67
50-89	26	15.47
90-99	2	1.19
100+	27	16.07

Performance in each calendar year

Year	Mts	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50	0
2011	5	202	63	22.44	0	2	2
2012	9	689	116	49.21	3	3	0
2013	8	616	119	56.00	2	3	0
2014	10	847	169	44.57	4	2	2
2015	9	640	147	42.66	2	2	0
2016	12	1215	235	75.93	4	2	0
2017	10	1059	243	75.64	5	1	2
2018	13	1322	153	55.08	5	5	2
2019	8	612	254*	68.00	2	2	2
2020	3	116	74	19.33	0	1	0
2021	11	536	72	28.21	0	4	4
2022	1	108	79	54.00	0	1	0

Two phases of Virat's career

	Mts	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50	0
Till 2019	84	7202	254*	54.97	27	22	10
2020 onward	15	760	79	28.14	0	6	4

Performance vs pace & spin

vs	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR
Pace	8692	4649	105	44.27	53.48
Spin	5608	3313	51	64.96	59.07

Virat vs right-arm & left-arm bowlers

	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR
Right-arm pace	7409	3903	90	43.36	52.67
Left-arm pace	1283	746	15	49.73	58.14
Right-arm spin	3797	2316	39	59.38	60.99
Left-arm spin	1811	997	12	83.08	55.05

Virat vs different types of spinners

	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR
Right-arm wrist-spin	1100	716	8	89.50	65.09
Right-arm finger-spin	2697	1600	31	51.61	59.32
Left-arm orthodox	1678	889	10	88.90	52.97
Left-arm wrist-spin	133	108	2	54.00	81.20

Virat's nemesis
(bowlers who got Virat out most often)

Bowler	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR
JM Anderson	681	297	7	42.42	43.61
NM Lyon	782	410	7	58.57	52.42
MM Ali	393	196	6	32.66	49.87
PJ Cummins	247	82	5	16.40	33.19
SCJ Broad	375	192	5	38.40	51.20
BA Stokes	344	227	5	45.40	65.98
LT Ngidi	173	66	4	16.50	38.15
PM Siddle	280	119	4	29.75	42.50
M Morkel	222	125	4	31.25	56.30
AU Rashid	463	289	4	72.25	62.41

Virat's most favourite bowlers
(Min.50 runs, average more than career average)

Bowler	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR
KA Maharaj	240	174	0		72.50
MDK Perera	205	161	1	161.00	78.53
VD Philander	276	141	1	141.00	51.08
RAS Lakmal	150	136	1	136.00	90.66
D Bishoo	396	243	2	121.50	61.36
PLS Gamage	138	121	1	121.00	87.68
Taijul Islam	164	111	1	111.00	67.68
Imran Tahir	125	88	1	88.00	70.40
MJ Santner	165	82	0		49.69
SR Watson	138	78	0		56.52
AU Rashid	463	289	4	72.25	62.41
K Rabada	361	214	3	71.33	59.27
RJ Harris	277	133	2	66.50	48.01
MD Shanaka	81	66	0		81.48
Taskin Ahmed	64	65	0		101.56
MJ Leach	149	64	1	64.00	42.95
MA Starc	350	190	3	63.33	54.28
JS Patel	197	124	2	62.00	62.94
JDS Neesham	86	60	0		69.76

Virat's least favourite bowlers
(Min.3 dismissals)

Bowler	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR
FH Edwards	83	30	3	10.00	36.14
KA Jamieson	101	34	3	11.33	33.66
PJ Cummins	247	82	5	16.40	33.19
LT Ngidi	173	66	4	16.50	38.15
BW Hilfenhaus	122	57	3	19.00	46.72
OE Robinson	142	59	3	19.66	41.54
GP Swann	156	62	3	20.66	39.74
PHT Kaushal	74	69	3	23.00	93.24
N Wagner	138	73	3	24.33	52.89
PM Siddle	280	119	4	29.75	42.50
M Morkel	222	125	4	31.25	56.30
MM Ali	393	196	6	32.66	49.87

Indian players going in to their 100th Test

	Runs	Hs	Avg	100s	50s	0s
R Dravid	8492	270	58.16	22	41	6
V Sehwag	8448	319	50.89	23	32	15
SM Gavaskar	8394	236*	52.46	30	36	10
SR Tendulkar	8351	217	57.99	30	33	10
V Kohli	7962	254*	50.39	27	28	14
SC Ganguly	6346	239	43.17	15	30	9
DB Vengsarkar	6331	166	46.21	17	31	12
VVS Laxman	6313	281	45.42	13	36	10
Kapil Dev	4087	163	31.20	6	21	12
Harbhajan Singh	2192	115	18.58	2	9	18
A Kumble	1687	88	16.87	0	3	13
Ishant Sharma	736	57	8.27	0	1	32

Note: Mohammad Azharuddin ended his career with 99 Tests.

Dravid and Sehwag's tally includes one Test played for ICC World XI.

RAJNEESH GUPTA