Virat Kohli Total Centuries in all Format (Test, ODI, T20I & IPL)

Virat Kohli, the most popular cricketer in the world, is a genius when it comes to scoring centuries. No one is better at converting solid starts into big centuries than Virat.

He has made 80 centuries in international cricket – 29 in Test cricket, 50 in ODIs, and one in T20Is as of November 2023.

Earning the moniker ‘King of Cricket’, Kohli has scored more than 26000 in international cricket so far. He is only the second Indian to reach this milestone in the international arena. Apart from runs, Kohli also stands second in the list of most centuries by a batsman in international cricket.

The thing to note here is that Kohli has the most number of centuries when compared to his peers who are still playing cricket. The distant second is David Warner with 49 international centuries to his name. Among Indian cricketers, Rohit Sharma closely follows with 45 international centuries.

This article is all about discussing the journey of the run machine – Virat Kohli, exploring his century-scoring prowess and various records that underscore his cricketing legacy.

In this article, we will delve into Virat Kohli’s test centuries, ODI centuries, and T20I centuries as well. Moreover, we will highlight some of the records that Virat Kohli holds, showcasing his brilliance and impact on the game. 

Let’s embark on the journey through the milestones and records of one of the greatest cricketers of our time – Virat Kohli (GOAT in Cricket). 

An Overview of Virat Kohli’s Career 

When Virat Kohli burst onto the cricketing scene in 2008, no one would have thought that this small kid from Delhi is going to dominate world cricket one day. He quickly established himself as a force to be reckoned with, rewriting records and leaving a trail of excellence in his wake.

He made his debut against Sri Lanka in August 2008 in an ODI, and subsequently scored his first century the following year against the same opponent. He continued his blazing form, scoring another century against Bangladesh in just 30 days. 

There was no stopping Virat Kohli, once he’s acclimatized himself to the pressure situations and the demands of international cricket. 

However, his first century in test cricket didn’t come until 2012. It was during the Australia tour in 2012 when Virat reached his first test century. 

But now he has made a habit of scoring centuries in all formats, especially in white-ball cricket. Today, Virat Kohli is a batting maestro, with more than a decade-long career, setting new benchmarks and breaking records with his extraordinary skills. 

Virat is also part of one of the most dangerous teams in IPL history. This just makes his resume better, but something that makes him the best is the number of centuries he has on this name. 

Virat Kohli Total Centuries in All Formats

The reason why Virat Kohli is widely regarded as the best among the current cricketers is his remarkable ability to convert starts to centuries. No player in the world of cricket has a better conversion rate than Virat Kohli. 

His adaptability and finesse across all formats are nothing short of sheer brilliance, a skill that can’t be taught in any cricketing school. He is one of the few players in the world who has scored centuries in all formats of the game. 

Until July 2023, Virat had 76 centuries to his name in international cricket in all formats of the game. Virat Kohli’s 75th century came against Australia in a home test series in 2023. 

Here is the complete list of Centuries scored by Virat Kohli in his illustrious international career. 

Format	Matches	Innings	Runs	100s	50s
Test	111	187	8676	29	29
ODI	292	280	13848	50	72
T20I	115	107	4008	1	37

The accumulation of such a remarkable tally of centuries across all formats truly showcases the greatness of Virat Kohli. In this article, we will provide a detailed list of each and every century scored by this cricketing maestro. Even nevertheless, some continue to compare Virat Kohli with Babar Azam, even though Kohli has hit the most runs.

Let’s explore the batting genius of Virat Kohli as we relive his magnificent centuries in international cricket. 

Virat Kohli Test Centuries

A couple of years after his debut in Test cricket in 2011, Virat Kohli was not getting the hang of it. But after 2013, he became a different man and started to score a lot of runs, half centuries and centuries as well. Virat Kohli now boasts an impressive tally of 29 test centuries. 

Here are some highlights of Virat Kohli test centuries. 

• Virat Kohli Test Centuries: 29 Centuries
• Virat Kohli Last Test Century: His Last century in the test matches came against West Indies recently in the 2^nd match when India was playing a 2-match test series in the Caribbean. 
• Remarkable Feats: Virat Kohli has achieved the unique distinction of scoring hundreds in each innings of a test match. Additionally, he has also recorded a hundred and ninety in a match, and a hundred and duck in another match. 

Now, let’s look at the comprehensive list of hundreds scored by Virat Kohli in his illustrious test career. 

No.	Score	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	116	Australia	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	24-Jan-12
2	103	New Zealand	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	31-Aug-12
3	103	England	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur	13-Dec-12
4	107	Australia	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	22-Feb-13
5	119	South Africa	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	18-Dec-13
6	105*	New Zealand	Basin Reserve, Wellington	14-Feb-14
7	115	Australia	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	09-Dec-14
8	141	Australia	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	09-Dec-14
9	169	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	26-Dec-14
10	147	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	06-Jan-15
11	103	Sri Lanka	Galle International Stadium, Galle	12-Aug-15
12	200	West Indies	Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound	21-Jul-16
13	211	New Zealand	Holkar Stadium, Indore	08-Oct-16
14	167	England	ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam	17-Nov-16
15	235	England	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	08-Dec-16
16	204	Bangladesh	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad	09-Feb-17
17	103*	Sri Lanka	Galle International Stadium, Galle	26-Jul-17
18	104*	Sri Lanka	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	16-Nov-17
19	213	Sri Lanka	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur	24-Nov-17
20	243	Sri Lanka	Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi	02-Dec-17
21	153	South Africa	SuperSport Park, Centurion	13-Jan-18
22	149	England	Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham	01-Aug-18
23	103	England	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	18-Aug-18
24	139	West Indies	Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot	04-Oct-18
25	123	Australia	Perth Stadium, Perth	14-Dec-18
26	254*	South Africa	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune	10-Oct-19
27	136	Bangladesh	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	22-Nov-19
28	186	Australia	Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad	12-Mar-23
29	121	West Indies	Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad	21-Jul-23

Virat Kohli Centuries in ODI

A short while after making his debut in ODIs, he scored a century against Sri Lanka in Eden Gardens, Kolkata. 

He didn’t have to wait too long for his second century, it came against Bangladesh in the next year. In the subsequent years, he became a monster in one-day cricket and played some of the greatest ODI knocks of all time. 

One-day cricket is the favorite format of Virat Kohli, he smashed most centuries in this format. He’s in a league of his own in this format, no one even comes close to him.  

Here are some highlights of the Virat Kohli ODI century. 

• Virat Kohli Centuries in ODI: 50 Centuries 
• Virat Kohli Last Century in ODI: Last century of Virat Kohli came against New Zealand on 15^th Nov 2023 in Mumbai; he scored 117 runs. 
• Remarkable Feats: He has scored the most hundreds (10) against a single team in the world. Additionally, he was also the fastest player to reach 12,000 international runs in ODIs.

Below, we will look at the comprehensive list of ODI hundreds scored by the flamboyant and energetic Virat Kohli. 

No.	Score	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	107	Sri Lanka	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	24-Dec-09
2	102*	Bangladesh	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka	11-Jan-10
3	118	Australia	APCA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam	20-Oct-10
4	105	New Zealand	Nehru Stadium, Guwahati	28-Nov-10
5	100*	Bangladesh	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka	19-Feb-11
6	107	England	Sophia Gardens, Cardiff	16-Sep-11
7	112*	England	Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi	17-Oct-11
8	117	West Indies	APCA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam	02-Dec-11
9	133*	Sri Lanka	Bellerive Oval, Hobart	28-Feb-12
10	108	Sri Lanka	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka	13-Mar-12
11	183	Pakistan	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka	18-Mar-12
12	106	Sri Lanka	MRIC Stadium, Hambantota	21-Jul-12
13	128*	Sri Lanka	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	31-Jul-12
14	102	West Indies	Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain	05-Jul-13
15	115	Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club, Harare	24-Jul-13
16	100*	Australia	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur	16-Oct-13
17	115*	Australia	VCA Stadium, Nagpur	30-Oct-13
18	123	New Zealand	McLean Park, Napier	19-Jan-14
19	136	Bangladesh	Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah	26-Feb-14
20	127	West Indies	HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala	17-Oct-14
21	139*	Sri Lanka	JSCA International Stadium, Ranchi	16-Nov-14
22	107	Pakistan	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	15-Feb-15
23	138	South Africa	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	22-Oct-15
24	117	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	17-Jan-16
25	106	Australia	Manuka Oval, Canberra	20-Jan-16
26	154*	New Zealand	Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali	23-Oct-16
27	122	England	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune	15-Jan-17
28	111*	West Indies	Sabina Park, Kingston	06-Jul-17
29	131	Sri Lanka	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	31-Aug-17
30	110*	Sri Lanka	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	03-Sep-17
31	121	New Zealand	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	22-Oct-17
32	113	New Zealand	Green Park Stadium, Kanpur	29-Oct-17
33	112	South Africa	Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban	01-Feb-18
34	160*	South Africa	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town	07-Feb-18
35	129*	South Africa	SuperSport Park, Centurion	16-Feb-18
36	140	West Indies	ACA Stadium, Guwahati	21-Oct-18
37	157*	West Indies	ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam	24-Oct-18
38	107	West Indies	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune	27-Oct-18
39	104	Australia	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	15-Jan-19
40	116	Australia	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur	05-Mar-19
41	123	Australia	JSCA International Stadium, Ranchi	08-Mar-19
42	120	West Indies	Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain	11-Aug-19
43	114*	West Indies	Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain	14-Aug-19
44	113	Bangladesh	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram	10-Dec-2022
45	113	Sri Lanka	Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati	10-Jan-2023
46	166*	Sri Lanka	Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram	15-Jan-2023
47	122*	Pakistan	R.Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Colombo	11- Sep- 2023
48	103*	Bangladesh	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune	19-Oct-2023
49	101*	South Africa	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	05-Nov-2023
50	117	New Zealand	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	15-Nov-2023

Virat Kohli T20 Century

Virat was going through one of the worst phases in his career from 2020-2022. After a three-year century drought, he managed to score a century in the shortest format of the game. 

This lone T20 hundred of Virat came in the Men’s T20 Asia Cup playing against the formidable Afghanistan. Opening the inning for India, in the first innings, Virat and KL Rahul put up a century stand for the first wicket; eventually, India ended up with 212/2. Afghanistan couldn’t handle the pressure and only managed to score 111/8 in 20 overs in reply to India’s 212/2. 

Virat Kohli T20 Century:

No.	Score	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	122*	Afghanistan	Dubai	08-Sep-22

Virat Kohli Centuries in Indian Premier League (IPL)

Not only in international cricket, Kohli has proven to be an affluent run-scorer in Indian Premier League (IPL) as well. He has an impressive tally of a total of 7 centuries to his name in IPL – 4 of them achieved during the 2016 season alone. IPL 2016 season proved to be a prolific season for Virat Kohli in terms of run-scoring and century-making. He amassed a staggering 973 runs in that season, including 7 centuries as well, establishing himself as the undisputed King of IPL. 

One of the highlights of Virat Kohli’s IPL journey is his partnership with one of his best mates AB de Villiers, which has produced some of the highest partnerships in IPL history. Besides that, Virat Kohli has hit double century while playing against West Indies, NZ, and many other big cricket teams.

Here is the complete list of centuries scored by Virat Kohli in the IPL. 

No	Score	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	100*	Gujarat Lions	Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot	April 24, 2016
2	108*	Rising Pune Supergiants	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	May 7, 2016
3	109	Gujarat Lions	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	May 14, 2016
4	113	Kings XI Punjab	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	May 18, 2016
5	100	Kolkata Knight Riders	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	April 19, 2019
6	100	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad	May 18, 2023
7	101*	Gujarat Titans	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	May 21, 2023

Concluding Remarks

With the impressive records Virat Kohli has established or broken, he can rightfully stake his claim as the greatest batsman of modern-day cricket. 

He is a batting colossus and an expert in making the life of the bowlers miserable with his sheer brilliance at the crease. Despite facing a small blip in the pandemic years, Virat Kohli has proven time and again that he rarely goes out of form. 

Since the Asia Cup last year, he has been back to his normal routine – that is, making hundreds in each format. 

As he continues to perform well, it will be interesting to see if Virat Kohli can achieve the remarkable milestone of scoring 100 centuries overall in his long and fruitful career. 

Let’s hope for the best, and feel free to share your thoughts on whether you believe that Virat Kohli can reach the 100 hundred milestone. The fans and cricketing fraternity will undoubtedly be eagerly watching his journey. 

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