List Of International Cricket Centuries By Virat Kohli
Recognition
Player of the year
Test Player of the year
ODI Player of the year
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).
Kohli made his ODI debut gainst Sri Lanka in August 2008, 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. Former Australian cricketer Dean Jones described the innings as "One of the greatest ODI knocks of all time!". 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. 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. The next century, which was scored off 61 balls, remains the third-fastest by an Indian as of September 2019. 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.
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. 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. 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. The following year, he repeated the feat and also became the first batsman to score four double centuries in consecutive Test series. His seven double centuries is the joint fourth-most by a player. In 2017, he became the first captain to score ten centuries in a calendar year. Following year, he scored eleven centuries, second-most in a calendar year to Sachin Tendulkar. 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.
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 The innings of 122* was once highest by an Indian in T20I's, later broken by Shubman Gill (126*). 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.
Key
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| * | Remained not out |
| † | Man of the match |
| ‡ | Captained the Indian cricket team |
| Balls | Balls faced |
| Pos. | Position in the batting order |
| Inn. | The innings of the match |
| S/R | Strike rate during the innings |
| H/A/N | Venue was at home (India), away or neutral |
| Date | Match starting day |
| Lost | The match was lost by India |
| Won | The match was won by India |
| Drawn | The match was drawn |
| (D/L) | The result of the match was based upon the Duckworth–Lewis method |
Test match centuries
| No. | Runs | Against | Pos. | Inn. | Test | Venue | H/A | Date | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 116 |  Australia |
6 | 2 | 4/4 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Away | 24 January 2012 | Lost | |
| 2 | 103 † |  New Zealand |
5 | 2 | 2/2 | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | Home | 31 August 2012 | Won | |
| 3 | 103 |  England |
5 | 2 | 4/4 | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur | Home | 13 December 2012 | Drawn | |
| 4 | 107 | Australia |
5 | 2 | 1/4 | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | Home | 22 February 2013 | Won | |
| 5 | 119 † |  South Africa |
4 | 1 | 1/2 | Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | Away | 18 December 2013 | Drawn | |
| 6 | 105* | New Zealand |
4 | 4 | 2/2 | Basin Reserve, Wellington | Away | 14 February 2014 | Drawn | |
| 7 | 115 ‡ | Australia |
4 | 2 | 1/4 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Away | 9 December 2014 | Lost | |
| 8 | 141 ‡ | Australia |
4 | 4 | 1/4 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Away | 9 December 2014 | Lost | |
| 9 | 169 | Australia |
4 | 2 | 3/4 | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Away | 26 December 2014 | Drawn | |
| 10 | 147 ‡ | Australia |
4 | 2 | 4/4 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Away | 6 January 2015 | Drawn | |
| 11 | 103 ‡ |  Sri Lanka |
4 | 2 | 1/3 | Galle International Stadium, Galle | Away | 12 August 2015 | Lost | |
| 12 | 200 ‡ |  West Indies |
4 | 1 | 1/4 | Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua | Away | 21 July 2016 | Won | |
| 13 | 211 ‡ | New Zealand |
4 | 1 | 3/3 | Holkar Stadium, Indore | Home | 8 October 2016 | Won | |
| 14 | 167 † ‡ | England |
4 | 1 | 2/5 | ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam | Home | 17 November 2016 | Won | |
| 15 | 235 † ‡ | England |
4 | 2 | 4/5 | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | Home | 8 December 2016 | Won | |
| 16 | 204 † ‡ |  Bangladesh |
4 | 1 | 1/1 | Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Hyderabad | Home | 9 February 2017 | Won | |
| 17 | 103* ‡ | Sri Lanka |
4 | 3 | 1/3 | Galle International Stadium, Galle | Away | 26 July 2017 | Won | |
| 18 | 104* ‡ | Sri Lanka |
4 | 3 | 1/3 | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | Home | 16 November 2017 | Drawn | |
| 19 | 213 † ‡ | Sri Lanka |
4 | 2 | 2/3 | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur | Home | 24 November 2017 | Won | |
| 20 | 243 † ‡ | Sri Lanka |
4 | 1 | 3/3 | Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi | Home | 2 December 2017 | Drawn | |
| 21 | 153 ‡ | South Africa |
4 | 2 | 2/3 | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Away | 13 January 2018 | Lost | |
| 22 | 149 ‡ | England |
4 | 2 | 1/5 | Edgbaston, Birmingham | Away | 1 August 2018 | Lost | |
| 23 | 103 † ‡ | England |
4 | 3 | 3/5 | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Away | 18 August 2018 | Won | |
| 24 | 139 ‡ | West Indies |
4 | 1 | 1/2 | Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot | Home | 4 October 2018 | Won | |
| 25 | 123 ‡ | Australia |
4 | 2 | 2/4 | Perth Stadium, Perth | Away | 14 December 2018 | Lost | |
| 26 | 254* † ‡ | South Africa |
4 | 1 | 2/3 | Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune | Home | 10 October 2019 | Won | |
| 27 | 136 ‡ | Bangladesh |
4 | 2 | 2/2 | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | Home | 22 November 2019 | Won | |
| 28 | 186 † | Australia |
4 | 2 | 4/4 | Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad | Home | 9 March 2023 | Drawn | |
| 29 | 121 | West Indies |
4 | 1 | 2/2 | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain | Away | 20 July 2023 | Drawn |
One Day International centuries
| No. | Runs | Against | Pos. | Inn. | S/R | Venue | H/A/N | Date | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 107 | Sri Lanka |
4 | 2 | 93.85 | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | Home | 24 December 2009 | Won | |
| 2 | 102* † | Bangladesh |
3 | 2 | 107.37 | Sher-e-Bangla Stadium, Dhaka | Away | 11 January 2010 | Won | |
| 3 | 118 † | Australia |
3 | 2 | 97.52 | APCA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam | Home | 20 October 2010 | Won | |
| 4 | 105 † | New Zealand |
3 | 1 | 100.96 | Nehru Stadium, Guwahati | Home | 28 November 2010 | Won | |
| 5 | 100* | Bangladesh |
4 | 1 | 120.48 | Sher-e-Bangla Stadium, Dhaka | Away | 19 February 2011 | Won | |
| 6 | 107 | England |
4 | 1 | 115.05 | Sophia Gardens, Cardiff | Away | 16 September 2011 | Lost (D/L) | |
| 7 | 112* † | England |
4 | 2 | 114.28 | Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi | Home | 17 October 2011 | Won | |
| 8 | 117 † | West Indies |
4 | 2 | 95.12 | APCA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam | Home | 2 December 2011 | Won | |
| 9 | 133* † | Sri Lanka |
4 | 2 | 154.65 | Bellerive Oval, Hobart | Neutral | 28 February 2012 | Won | |
| 10 | 108 † | Sri Lanka |
3 | 1 | 90.00 | Sher-e-Bangla Stadium, Dhaka | Neutral | 13 March 2012 | Won | |
| 11 | 183 † |  Pakistan |
3 | 2 | 123.64 | Sher-e-Bangla Stadium, Dhaka | Neutral | 18 March 2012 | Won | |
| 12 | 106 † | Sri Lanka |
3 | 1 | 93.80 | MRIC Stadium, Hambantota | Away | 21 July 2012 | Won | |
| 13 | 128*† | Sri Lanka |
3 | 2 | 107.56 | R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | Away | 31 July 2012 | Won | |
| 14 | 102 † ‡ | West Indies |
3 | 1 | 122.89 | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain | Away | 5 July 2013 | Won (D/L) | |
| 15 | 115 † ‡ |  Zimbabwe |
3 | 2 | 106.48 | Harare Sports Club, Harare | Away | 24 July 2013 | Won | |
| 16 | 100* | Australia |
3 | 2 | 192.30 | Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur | Home | 16 October 2013 | Won | |
| 17 | 115* † | Australia |
3 | 2 | 174.24 | VCA Stadium, Nagpur | Home | 30 October 2013 | Won | |
| 18 | 123 | New Zealand |
3 | 2 | 110.81 | McLean Park, Napier | Away | 19 January 2014 | Lost | |
| 19 | 136 † ‡ | Bangladesh |
3 | 2 | 111.47 | Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah | Away | 26 February 2014 | Won | |
| 20 | 127 † | West Indies |
3 | 1 | 111.40 | HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala | Home | 17 October 2014 | Won | |
| 21 | 139* ‡ | Sri Lanka |
4 | 2 | 110.31 | JSCA Stadium, Ranchi | Home | 16 November 2014 | Won | |
| 22 | 107 † | Pakistan |
3 | 1 | 84.90 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Neutral | 15 February 2015 | Won | |
| 23 | 138 † | South Africa |
3 | 1 | 98.57 | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | Home | 22 October 2015 | Won | |
| 24 | 117 | Australia |
3 | 1 | 100.00 | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Away | 17 January 2016 | Lost | |
| 25 | 106 | Australia |
3 | 2 | 115.21 | Manuka Oval, Canberra | Away | 20 January 2016 | Lost | |
| 26 | 154* † | New Zealand |
3 | 2 | 114.92 | IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali | Home | 23 October 2016 | Won | |
| 27 | 122 ‡ | England |
3 | 2 | 116.19 | Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune | Home | 15 January 2017 | Won | |
| 28 | 111* † ‡ | West Indies |
3 | 2 | 96.52 | Sabina Park, Kingston | Away | 6 July 2017 | Won | |
| 29 | 131 † ‡ | Sri Lanka |
3 | 1 | 136.45 | R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | Away | 31 August 2017 | Won | |
| 30 | 110* ‡ | Sri Lanka |
3 | 2 | 94.82 | R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | Away | 3 September 2017 | Won | |
| 31 | 121 ‡ | New Zealand |
3 | 1 | 96.80 | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | Home | 22 October 2017 | Lost | |
| 32 | 113 ‡ | New Zealand |
3 | 1 | 106.60 | Green Park Stadium, Kanpur | Home | 29 October 2017 | Won | |
| 33 | 112 † ‡ | South Africa |
3 | 2 | 94.11 | Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban | Away | 1 February 2018 | Won | |
| 34 | 160* † ‡ | South Africa |
3 | 1 | 100.62 | Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town | Away | 7 February 2018 | Won | |
| 35 | 129* † ‡ | South Africa |
3 | 2 | 134.37 | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Away | 16 February 2018 | Won | |
| 36 | 140 † ‡ | West Indies |
3 | 2 | 130.84 | ACA Stadium, Guwahati | Home | 21 October 2018 | Won | |
| 37 | 157* † ‡ | West Indies |
3 | 1 | 121.71 | ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam | Home | 24 October 2018 | Tied | |
| 38 | 107 ‡ | West Indies |
3 | 2 | 89.91 | Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune | Home | 27 October 2018 | Lost | |
| 39 | 104 † ‡ | Australia |
3 | 2 | 92.85 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Away | 15 January 2019 | Won | |
| 40 | 116 † ‡ | Australia |
3 | 1 | 96.67 | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur | Home | 5 March 2019 | Won | |
| 41 | 123 ‡ | Australia |
3 | 2 | 129.47 | JSCA Stadium, Ranchi | Home | 8 March 2019 | Lost | |
| 42 | 120 † ‡ | West Indies |
3 | 1 | 96.00 | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain | Away | 11 August 2019 | Won | |
| 43 | 114* † ‡ | West Indies |
3 | 2 | 115.15 | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain | Away | 14 August 2019 | Won | |
| 44 | 113 | Bangladesh |
3 | 1 | 124.17 | Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong | Away | 10 December 2022 | Won | |
| 45 | 113 † | Sri Lanka |
3 | 1 | 129.88 | ACA Stadium, Guwahati | Home | 10 January 2023 | Won | |
| 46 | 166* † | Sri Lanka |
3 | 1 | 150.90 | Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram | Home | 15 January 2023 | Won | |
| 47 | 122* † | Pakistan |
3 | 1 | 129.78 | R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | Neutral | 10 September 2023 | Won | |
| 48 | 103* † | Bangladesh |
3 | 2 | 106.18 | Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune | Home | 19 October 2023 | Won | |
| 49 | 101* † | South Africa |
3 | 1 | 83.47 | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | Home | 5 November 2023 | Won | |
| 50 | 117 | New Zealand |
3 | 1 | 103.53 | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | Home | 15 November 2023 | Won |
Twenty20 International centuries
| No. | Runs | Against | Pos. | Inn. | S/R | Venue | H/A/N | Date | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 122* † |  Afghanistan |
2 | 1 | 200.00 | Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai | Neutral | 8 September 2022 | Won |
Footnotes
- ^ Kohli is second on the all-time list.
- ^ India reached their target of 321 runs in 36.4 overs.
- ^ He is the second player to achieve this feat on captaincy debut; the first being Greg Chappell.
- ^ The feat was previously achieved by Don Bradman (in 1930), Ricky Ponting (in 2003) and Brendon McCullum (in 2014).
- ^ His seven double-centuries are the most by a captain.