Test
- Matches
- 123
- Innings
- 210
- Not outs
- 13
- Runs
- 9,230
- Highest score
- 254*
- Batting average
- 46.85
- Strike rate
- 55.58
- Hundreds
- 30
- Fifties
- 31
- Fours
- 1,027
- Sixes
- 30
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Virat KohliInternational Stats: Runs, Matches & Sixes
India international batter
Virat Kohli has scored 28,527 runs in 564 international matches and hit 335 sixes across Tests, ODIs and T20Is as of 30 September 2026. The former India captain remains active in ODIs after retiring from T20 internationals in 2024 and Test cricket in 2025.
Player Information
Full nameVirat Kohli
Date of birth5 November 1988
BirthplaceNew Delhi, India
NationalityIndian
RoleBatter
Batting styleRight-handed
Bowling styleRight-arm medium
International Career Stats
ODI
- Matches
- 316
- Innings
- 304
- Not outs
- 48
- Runs
- 15,109
- Highest score
- 183
- Batting average
- 59.10
- Strike rate
- 94.30
- Hundreds
- 55
- Fifties
- 79
- Fours
- 1,402
- Sixes
- 181
T20I
- Matches
- 125
- Innings
- 117
- Not outs
- 31
- Runs
- 4,188
- Highest score
- 122*
- Batting average
- 48.70
- Strike rate
- 137.04
- Hundreds
- 1
- Fifties
- 38
- Fours
- 369
- Sixes
- 124
Statistics as of: 30 September 2026.
Test and T20I figures are final career totals. ODI figures include matches through 30 September 2026 and may change if Kohli plays again.
Primary career-statistics baseline: BCCI.
Virat Kohli International Career Stats, Runs & Sixes
As of 30 September 2026, Virat Kohli has played 564 international matches for India across Test, ODI and T20I cricket, scoring 28,527 runs and 85 international centuries.
Kohli has hit 335 sixes in international cricket across the three formats: 30 in Tests, 180 in ODIs and 124 in T20 internationals. His career totals also include 9,230 Test runs, 15,109 ODI runs and 4,188 T20I runs.
His highest international scores are 254 not out in Tests, 183 in ODIs and 122 not out in T20Is. Kohli's Test and T20I career totals are final following his retirement from those formats, while his ODI statistics may change if he plays again.
International Debuts
Test debut
20 June 2011
Against West Indies at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica.
ODI debut
18 August 2008
Against Sri Lanka at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla.
T20I debut
12 June 2010
Against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club, Harare.
Current International Status
Status as of 30 September 2026. Playing status is separate from the historical captaincy record below.
Test
Retired from Test cricket on 12 May 2025. Career totals are final.
ODI
Active as of 30 September 2026. ODI totals remain changeable.
T20I
Retired from T20 internationals on 29 June 2024. Career totals are final.
Historical India Leadership
India captaincy records
Kohli captained India in 68 Tests and recorded 40 wins; both are India records.
Test-series victory in Australia
He led India to its first Test-series victory in Australia.
Historical ODI captaincy
India recorded 65 wins in 95 ODIs under his captaincy.
Historical T20I captaincy
India recorded 30 wins in 50 T20Is under his captaincy.
Verified Records & Achievements
55 ODI centuries
As of 27 September 2026, Kohli has 55 ODI centuries.
First to 50 ODI centuries
He became the first batter to reach 50 ODI centuries.
World Cup Player of the Tournament
He was named Player of the Tournament at the 2023 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup.
Single-edition World Cup run record
He scored 765 runs at the 2023 Men’s Cricket World Cup, the single-edition men’s World Cup record.
ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year
He was named ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year for 2023.
15,000 ODI runs
He became the fastest batter to reach 15,000 ODI runs, reaching the milestone in just 303 ODI innings.
ICC decade honours
He received the ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade and ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Decade honours.
T20 World Cup Player of the Tournament
He was Player of the Tournament at the 2014 and 2016 ICC Men’s T20 World Cups.
T20 World Cup final
He was Player of the Match in the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup final.
Sources
- BCCI: player profile and career statistics
- ICC: Test retirement
- ICC: T20I retirement and 2024 World Cup final
- BCCI: September 2026 ODI status evidence
- BCCI: Test debut
- ESPNcricinfo: ODI debut record
- ICC: T20I debut
- ICC: Test captaincy record
- ICC: international captaincy record
- ICC: 2023 World Cup records and Player of the Tournament
- ICC: 2023 ODI Cricketer of the Year
- ICC: 15,000 ODI runs
- ICC: decade awards and T20 World Cup awards