2008
Under-19 World Cup captain
Kohli captained India to the Under-19 World Cup title in Kuala Lumpur, the breakthrough achievement identified in the fetched ESPNcricinfo profile.
India · Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Virat Kohli
Top order Batter · Right hand Bat
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Portrait file describes an own-work photograph captured 6 November 2017; the current Commons file history notes a crop/levels edit. It is an archive portrait, not a current match photo.
- Full name
- Virat Kohli
- Born
- 5 November 1988
- Age on 22 October 2026
- 37 years, 351 days
- Birthplace
- Delhi, India
- Playing role
- Top order Batter
- Batting style
- Right hand Bat
- Bowling style
- Right arm Medium
- Verified current teams
- India (ODI); Royal Challengers Bengaluru (IPL 2026)
- ODI debut
- 18 August 2008 vs Sri Lanka, Dambulla
- Test debut
- 20 June 2011 vs West Indies, Kingston
- T20I debut
- 12 June 2010 vs Zimbabwe, Harare
- IPL debut
- 18 April 2008 vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Bengaluru
- Format status
- Retired from T20Is after 29 June 2024 and from Tests after 2025; ODI career remains active in the checked profile. This is not retirement from all cricket.
Virat Kohli: Profile
Virat Kohli is an India top-order batter and Royal Challengers Bengaluru player whose checked career record covers 123 Tests, 317 ODIs, 125 T20Is and 283 IPL matches. The profile table lists 9,230 Test runs, 15,109 ODI runs, 4,188 T20I runs and 9,336 IPL runs; his ODI and IPL last-match entries are 3 October 2026 and 31 May 2026 respectively.
Kohli retired from T20Is after India’s 2024 T20 World Cup final win, where he made 76 from 59 balls, but that announcement was format-specific. He later retired from Test cricket in 2025 after 123 Tests and 9,230 runs. The checked sources do not support describing him as retired from all cricket: the profile records India ODI appearances through 3 October 2026 and an RCB IPL appearance in 2026.
His record is defined by high-volume run scoring and sustained ODI output: the ICC records his 50th ODI century against New Zealand in the 2023 World Cup semi-final, while ESPNcricinfo records his 973-run IPL 2016 season and describes him as the IPL’s highest run-scorer. Exact phase, matchup and delivery splits are not included because no reconciled source was fetched for them.
Awards and honours
| Year | Award | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Arjuna Award | BCCI reported that Kohli received the Arjuna Award at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on 31 August 2013. |
| 2017 | Padma Shri | The Government of India’s Padma Awards 2017 release lists Shri Virat Kohli under Padma Shri, Sports-Cricket, Delhi. |
| 2018 | Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna | The PIB National Sports Awards 2018 announcement names Shri Virat Kohli as a cricket recipient; the ceremony was scheduled for 25 September 2018. |
Virat Kohli: Career Journey
2008
Senior ODI debut
He made his India ODI debut against Sri Lanka at Dambulla on 18 August 2008.
2011
Test debut
Kohli entered Test cricket against West Indies at Kingston on 20 June 2011, beginning a 123-Test career.
2014–15
India Test captaincy era
After MS Dhoni’s Test retirement during the Australia series, Kohli took over the Test captaincy; ESPNcricinfo credits him with 40 wins in 68 Tests as captain.
2018
Khel Ratna recognition
The Government of India announced Kohli as a 2018 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna awardee for cricket; the award ceremony was scheduled for 25 September 2018.
2024–26
Format-specific transition
He finished his T20I career with India’s 2024 World Cup final, retired from Tests in 2025, and continued in the checked ODI and IPL record, including RCB’s 2026 season.
Batting Analysis
- IPL career runs
- 9,336 283 matches, 275 innings; ESPNcricinfo and Cricbuzz career tables agree.
- IPL career average
- 40.41 ESPNcricinfo table; Cricbuzz displays 40.42 after rounding.
- IPL career strike rate
- 134.79 ESPNcricinfo table; Cricbuzz displays 134.80 after rounding.
- IPL career highest
- 113* ESPNcricinfo IPL career table; Cricbuzz displays 113 without the not-out marker.
The checked IPL career table shows 9,336 runs from 275 innings, with a 40.41 average, 134.79 strike rate and highest score of 113*. This is a career-total view, not a claim about a specific phase or matchup.
The ODI table shows a separate 15,109 runs at 58.78 and 94.36, with a highest score of 183. Cricbuzz’s independently fetched table rounds the same IPL and ODI values slightly differently, so those presentation differences are recorded rather than silently reconciled.
No phase, venue, matchup or delivery-split numbers are shown. The available sources support career totals and selected match performances only.
Advanced splitsExact phase, matchup or delivery splits are not shown unless a reconciled source supports them; none were fetched for this profile.
Batting and bowling stats
Checked 22 October 2026. Retrieval date is 22 October 2026, not a claim that every source is live through that date. ESPNcricinfo and Cricbuzz both expose the same career-table scope and show ODI last match on 3 October 2026; both show IPL last match on 31 May 2026. Test last match is 3 January 2025 and T20I last match is 29 June 2024. The 2026 IPL season is therefore included through the fetched 31 May 2026 final. Test/T20I retirement is format-specific; do not infer retirement from all cricket. Cricbuzz displays minor rounding differences (ODI average 58.79 vs ESPN 58.78; IPL average 40.42 vs 40.41; IPL strike rate 134.80 vs 134.79). Test bowling average/strike rate are not applicable with zero wickets, rather than zero-valued performance claims.
| Format | Matches | Innings | Runs | Highest | Average | Strike rate | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 123 | 210 | 9230 | 254* | 46.85 | 55.57 | 30 | 31 |
| ODIs | 317 | 305 | 15109 | 183 | 58.78 | 94.36 | 55 | 79 |
| T20Is | 125 | 117 | 4188 | 122* | 48.69 | 137.04 | 1 | 38 |
| IPL | 283 | 275 | 9336 | 113* | 40.41 | 134.79 | 9 | 68 |
| Format | Matches | Innings | Balls | Runs conceded | Wickets | Best innings | Average | Economy | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 123 | 11 | 175 | 84 | 0 | Not applicable | Not applicable | 2.88 | Not applicable |
| ODIs | 317 | 50 | 662 | 680 | 5 | 1/13 | 136.00 | 6.16 | 132.4 |
| T20Is | 125 | 13 | 152 | 204 | 4 | 1/13 | 51.00 | 8.05 | 38.0 |
| IPL | 283 | 26 | 251 | 368 | 4 | 2/25 | 92.00 | 8.80 | 62.75 |
Statistics sources: ESPNcricinfo Virat Kohli profile · Cricbuzz Virat Kohli profile · ICC: departing Kohli celebrates India’s triumph · ICC: Virat Kohli breaks record for most ODI centuries · ICC: Kohli’s best T20 World Cup innings · BCCI: Virat receives Arjuna Award · PIB: National Sports Awards 2018 announced · PIB: Padma Awards 2017 announced
Records & Milestones
Virat Kohli
- 40 wins in 68 Tests as captain
- India Test captain wins
- First batter to reach 50 ODI hundreds
- ODI centuries
- 9,336 in the fetched career table
- IPL career runs
- 973 runs, highest aggregate in that season
- IPL 2016 season
Images are archive player portraits, not photographs of the individual record innings.
Tests · Captaincy
40 Test wins as India captain
40 wins / 68 TestsESPNcricinfo’s profile credits Kohli with 40 wins in the 68 Tests he led, making him India’s most successful Test captain by wins at the time of retirement.
ODI · World Cup 2023
First 50-ODI-century batter
50 ODI hundredsHe reached the landmark against New Zealand in the 2023 World Cup semi-final in Mumbai, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar’s previous record.
IPL · Career
IPL’s leading run-scorer in the fetched profile
9,336 runsThe ESPNcricinfo profile describes Kohli as the IPL’s highest run-scorer and the only player above 8,000 runs in the profile’s checked context.
IPL · 2016
Highest season aggregate in the fetched season table
973 runsKohli led the 2016 IPL run-scoring table with 973 runs in 16 innings at an average of 81.08.
Milestone timeline
| Year | Milestone |
|---|---|
| 2008 | Captained India to the Under-19 World Cup title and made his senior ODI debut. |
| 2011 | Made his Test debut against West Indies at Kingston. |
| 2013 | Received the Arjuna Award at Rashtrapati Bhavan. |
| 2023 | Scored his record 50th ODI century against New Zealand at the World Cup. |
| 2025–26 | Won his first IPL title with RCB in 2025 and appears in the checked RCB 2026 record. |
Checked 22 October 2026. Competition and format labels apply to each record.
Best Innings
254*Not verifiedTests · Pune · 2019
Career-best Test score
ESPNcricinfo identifies 254 not out against South Africa in Pune as Kohli’s career-best Test score.
Not verified in the fetched source copy
Performance details
82*53 ballsT20 World Cup · MCG · 23 Oct 2022
Unbeaten chase against Pakistan
With India 31/4 chasing 160, Kohli finished on 82 not out and helped India win on the final ball.
India won by 4 wickets
Performance details
7659 ballsT20 World Cup final · Bridgetown · 29 Jun 2024
Player-of-the-Match final knock
Kohli made 76 in the 2024 T20 World Cup final and received the Player of the Match award as India beat South Africa.
India won by 7 runs