Virat Kohli's Test Centuries: A Quick Overview

Explore the impressive journey of Virat Kohli in Test cricket with this quick overview of his 29 centuries. Discover the memorable moments and dominance that define Kohli's legacy in the longest format of the game.

Virat Kohli started his career in tests in the year 2011. However, the start of his test career was not good enough. He struggled to mark his impact in test cricket through his batting performance. But the bad phase was not long and he overcame it by performing brilliantly with his bat to score centuries, fifties, and lots of runs. He has now made some impressive impact on tests by scoring 29 centuries in Test and there is a lot more to come as he is still playing. He has a record of a total of 8848 runs in 113 test matches and he has been one of the greatest former Test captains of India. In his Test captaincy, he made one of the strongest teams who performed brilliantly throughout his captaincy days. India made some prolific performances under Virat’s guidance.

In this article, we will talk about the 29 centuries of Virat Kohli recorded in test format. Each of his century has a story to tell and has impacted the Indian cricket team greatly, mostly in winning the match.

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Key highlights of Virat Kohli’s Test centuries

Virat Kohli has a total of 29 Test Centuries.
In 2018, on 22nd August Virat Kohli became the first-ever batsman from India to achieve the highest test rating of 937 against the England team.
He is one of the few players who has a record of centuries in each inning of test matches.
As of now, Virat Kohli scored his last century of 121 against West Indies in the Caribbean.

Test Centuries List of Virat Kohli

Sl No	Date	Score	Opposition	Venue	Innings	4s	6s
1	24-Jan-12	116	Australia	Adelaide	2nd	11	1
2	31-Aug-12	103	New Zealand	Bangalore	2nd	14	1
3	13-Dec-12	103	England	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium	2nd	11	–
4	22-Feb-13	107	Australia	Chennai	2nd	15	1
5	18-Dec-13	119	South Africa	Johannesburg	1st	18	–
6	14-Feb-14	105*	New Zealand	Wellington	4th	15	1
7	09-Dec-14	115	Australia	Adelaide	2nd	12	–
8	09-Dec-14	141	Australia	Adelaide	4th	16	1
9	26-Dec-14	169	Australia	Melbourne	2nd	18	–
10	06-Jan-15	147	Australia	Sydney	2nd	20	–
11	12-Aug-15	103	Sri Lanka	Galle	2nd	11	–
12	21-Jul-16	200	West Indies	North Sound	1st	24	–
13	08-Oct-16	211	New Zealand	Indore	1st	20	–
14	17-Nov-16	167	England	Visakhapatnam	1st	18	–
15	08-Dec-16	235	England	Mumbai	2nd	25	1
16	09-Feb-17	204	Bangladesh	Hyderabad	1st	24	–
17	26-Jul-17	103*	Sri Lanka	Galle	3rd	5	1
18	16-Nov-17	104*	Sri Lanka	Kolkata	3rd	12	2
19	24-Nov-17	213	Sri Lanka	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium	2nd	17	2
20	02-Dec-17	243	Sri Lanka	Delhi	1st	25	–
21	13-Jan-18	153	South Africa	Centurion	2nd	15	–
22	01-Aug-18	149	England	Birmingham	2nd	22	1
23	18-Aug-18	103	England	Nottingham	3rd	10	–
24	04-Oct-18	139	West Indies	Rajkot	1st	10	–
25	14-Dec-18	123	Australia	Perth	2nd	13	1
26	10-Oct-19	254*	South Africa	Pune	1st	33	2
27	22-Nov-19	136	Bangladesh	Kolkata	2nd	18	–
28	12-Mar-23	186	Australia	Ahmedabad	2nd	15	–
29	21-Jul-23	121	West Indies	Trinidad	1st	15	1

Virat Kohli Test Centuries List

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