The Indian superstar batter Virat Kohli is regarded to be one of the greatest ever batters in the history of the game. He is arguably the best batter in modern cricket, particularly in the white-ball format.
Kohli has so far scored 80 international centuries in his international career so far, second only to India's Sachin Tendulkar, who has 100 centuries. Recently, the latter had broken Tendulkar's record of 49 centuries in the ODI format.
After going through a lean period during the years 2020 and 2021, where he failed to score any hundreds, he came back to his best by recording a century in the T20 World Cup 2022 match against Afghanistan. Since then, he has record nine more centuries.
In this article, The Sporting News takes a detailed look at all of his 80 international centuries and breaks it down in detail format-wise, opposition-wise and home-away records.
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How many centuries has Virat Kohli scored in different formats?
In total, Kohli has scored a total of 80 centuries as of August 31, 2024, with his latest hundred in an ODI match against New Zealand in November 2023.
With his 50th century in ODIs, Kohli currently tops the list in the 50-over format as he went past Sachin Tendulkar's record of 49 centuries.
However, he still trails Tendulkar (100) for centuries in all-formats combined.
| Format | Hundreds |
|---|---|
| Tests | 29 |
| ODIs | 50 |
| T20Is | 1 |
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Virat Kohli's centuries by opposition teams by format
In his international career, Kohli has recorded the highest number of centuries against Australia (16), followed by Sri Lanka (15), across all formats of the game.
In Tests, he has scored eight hundreds against Australia. Interestingly, however, he has not played a single Test match against arch-rivals Pakistan due to the government's ban on playing any bilateral series against the neighbors.
| Opposition | Test Centuries | ODI centuries | T20I centuries | Total centuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 8 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| Bangladesh | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| England | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| South Africa | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| Sri Lanka | 5 | 10 | 0 | 15 |
| West Indies | 3 | 9 | 0 | 12 |
| Pakistan | DNP | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Zimbabwe | DNP | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ireland | DNP | 0 | 0 | |
| Netherlands | DNP | 0 | 0 | |
| Afghanistan | DNP | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| UAE | DNP | 0 | 0 | |
| Nepal | DNP | 0 | 0 |
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