CRICKET WICKETVirat Kohli Test record against Australia
2011-12-26 – 2025-01-03 · Available official international scorecards
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The record at a glance
This study covers 30 Test matches against Australia with recorded batting or bowling figures: 53 batting innings and 2 bowling innings. Matches with no batting or bowling entry for this player are outside this sample.
| Discipline | Innings | Runs | Wickets / outs | Average | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | 53 | 2,232 | 51 | 43.76 | 52.00 |
| Bowling | 2 | 26 | 0 | N/A | N/A |
Batting average = runs ÷ dismissals; batting strike rate = runs per 100 balls. Bowling average = runs conceded ÷ wickets; bowling strike rate = legal balls per wicket. Rates require fully recorded inputs. — means unrecorded; N/A means a zero denominator.
Bowling economy: 2.88 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 54.
Batting milestones in this sample: 9 centuries and 5 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 4,292.
How the record developed
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
Exact yearly figures · 12 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 11.50 | 28.39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2024 | 4 | 7 | 167 | 100 | 27.83 | 53.01 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 315 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2023 | 5 | 8 | 360 | 186 | 45.00 | 52.02 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 692 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | 78 | 74 | 39.00 | 41.48 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 188 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 23 | 23.00 | 38.98 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2018 | 3 | 6 | 259 | 123 | 43.16 | 41.44 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 625 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 15 | 9.20 | 44.23 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 104 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 | 193 | 147 | 96.50 | 59.38 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 325 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2014 | 3 | 6 | 499 | 169 | 83.16 | 64.97 | 3 | 1 | 54 | 1 | 768 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2013 | 4 | 6 | 284 | 107 | 56.80 | 51.07 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 2 | 556 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2012 | 3 | 6 | 289 | 116 | 48.16 | 51.88 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 557 | 2 | 0 | N/A | 2.88 | N/A |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5.50 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Home, away and neutral conditions
Setting follows the recorded host country. Unknown locations are retained as unknown; venue names alone are not guessed.
| Setting | Matches | Bat inns | Runs | Bat avg | Bat SR | Bowl inns | Wickets | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 10 | 15 | 526 | 35.06 | 49.95 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| Away | 10 | 18 | 512 | 30.11 | 46.29 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| Neutral | 1 | 2 | 63 | 31.50 | 57.79 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| Unknown | 9 | 18 | 1,131 | 66.52 | 55.87 | 2 | 0 | N/A |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v Australia · Melbourne Cricket Ground
- First century in this archive · 116 runs
Test v Australia · Adelaide Oval
- Highest recorded innings · 186 runs
Test v Australia · Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
- Latest available scorecard
Test v Australia · Sydney Cricket Ground
Recent recorded innings
| Date | Venue | Innings | Runs | Balls | Wickets | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-03 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 3 | 6 | 12 | — | — |
| 2025-01-03 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 1 | 17 | 69 | — | — |
| 2024-12-26 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 4 | 5 | 29 | — | — |
| 2024-12-26 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 2 | 36 | 86 | — | — |
| 2024-12-14 | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane | 2 | 3 | 16 | — | — |
| 2024-12-06 | Adelaide Oval | 3 | 11 | 21 | — | — |
| 2024-12-06 | Adelaide Oval | 1 | 7 | 8 | — | — |
| 2024-11-22 | Perth Stadium | 3 | 100 | 143 | — | — |
| 2024-11-22 | Perth Stadium | 1 | 5 | 12 | — | — |
| 2023-06-07 | Kennington Oval, London | 4 | 49 | 78 | — | — |
| 2023-06-07 | Kennington Oval, London | 2 | 14 | 31 | — | — |
| 2023-03-09 | Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad | 2 | 186 | 364 | — | — |
| 2023-03-01 | Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore | 3 | 13 | 26 | — | — |
| 2023-03-01 | Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore | 1 | 22 | 52 | — | — |
| 2023-02-17 | Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi | 4 | 20 | 31 | — | — |
| 2023-02-17 | Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi | 2 | 44 | 84 | — | — |
| 2023-02-09 | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur | 2 | 12 | 26 | — | — |
| 2020-12-17 | Adelaide Oval | 3 | 4 | 8 | — | — |
| 2020-12-17 | Adelaide Oval | 1 | 74 | 180 | — | — |
| 2019-01-03 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 1 | 23 | 59 | — | — |
This opposition study uses available scorecards in Cricket Wicket’s twelve-team publication scope. It is a dated archive analysis, not a claim of complete career coverage. Read the coverage and calculation method.