Virat Kohli Centuries

Virat Kohli centuries across cricket formats is a reference of his talent and why he is referred to as one of the best in the modern cricket era. He is well known for his zeal to play match-winning knocks and has the second most international centuries at the moment. An intense, zealous, ruthless, and enthusiastic person who has taken not only India but the whole cricketing circuit by storm.

The testament to his skills can be witnessed by the number of years (15) he has served Indian cricket with passion, commitment, grit, and resilience across all three formats of the game. Virat Kohli has 79 centuries in international cricket, including a record 50 tons in ODI cricket as of November 2023. Virat Kohli scored a century and leapfrogged his idol Sachin Tendulkar to notch up the landmark 50th ODI century in front of a packed Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday, November 15.

The moment came during the 42nd over of India’s innings after he stylishly flicked Ferguson on the leg side. As he completed the double, he leaped high in the air before sinking to his own. As his idol Sachin applauded him from the stands, the champion cricketer turned into a kid as he bowed down in respect. The run-machine eventually finished at 117 off 113 deliveries but not before he had put the hosts in the driver's seat.

List of Virat Kohli ODI centuries

Virat Kohli has the most One-Day International centuries of all time as he left Sachin Tendulkar behind in one of the rarest feats. With 50 centuries, the former Indian skipper leaves behind legendary batter Sachin Tendulkar’s record-holding 49 hundred in the ODIs.

List of Virat Kohli T20I century

List of Virat Kohli Test centuries

Virat Kohli made his Test debut in June 2011 but it took him 14 innings to record his first Test century. He stepped up at a time when veteran Indian players like Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar were struggling against Australia in their den. Kohli made 116 at the Adelaide Oval in a match that India heavily went down in a 298-run defeat.

Since then, Kohli has made 29 Test centuries across seven countries. He has made 14 of them in India itself. Six Test centuries by Kohli in Australia is the most scored by him in any overseas country.

Virat Kohli World Cup centuries

Virat Kohli IPL centuries

Virat Kohli has accumulated seven IPL centuries in the last 16 seasons of the Indian Premier League. He has scored the most centuries in the league history thus far. Kohli has also scored the most centuries for a single IPL franchise.

He hit four hundreds in his dream season of IPL 2016 when RCB finished the tournament as runners-up. Kohli is one of the three Indian players to hit back-to-back centuries in the IPL as he made 100 (vs SRH) and 101* (vs GT) in the league stage of IPL 2023.