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Virat Kohli's 100th Test: All The Numbers

By RAJNEESH GUPTA
March 04, 2022

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

 MtsRunsHsAvg100500
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

 MtsRunsHsAvg100500
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

 MtsRunsHsAvg100500
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 OutTimes
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 

 

ScoreVsVenueSeasonResult
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

ScoreInns%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

YearMtsRunsHsAvg100500
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

 MtsRunsHsAvg100500
Till 2019 84 7202 254* 54.97 27 22 10
2020 onward 15 760 79 28.14 0 6 4

 

Performance vs pace & spin

 

vsBallsRunsWktsAvgSR
Pace 8692 4649 105 44.27 53.48
Spin 5608 3313 51 64.96 59.07

 

 

Virat vs right-arm & left-arm bowlers 

 BallsRunsWktsAvgSR
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

 BallsRunsWktsAvgSR
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)

 

BowlerBallsRunsWktsAvgSR
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)

BowlerBallsRunsWktsAvgSR
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)

BowlerBallsRunsWktsAvgSR
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

 RunsHsAvg100s50s0s
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 / Rediff.com

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