Virat Kohli Test record against South Africa
2013-12-18 – 2024-01-03 · Available official international scorecards
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The record at a glance
This study covers 15 Test matches against South Africa with recorded batting or bowling figures: 28 batting innings and 3 bowling innings. Matches with no batting or bowling entry for this player are outside this sample.
| Discipline | Innings | Runs | Wickets / outs | Average | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | 28 | 1,408 | 26 | 54.15 | 57.25 |
| Bowling | 3 | 22 | 0 | N/A | N/A |
Batting average = runs ÷ dismissals; batting strike rate = runs per 100 balls. Bowling average = runs conceded ÷ wickets; bowling strike rate = legal balls per wicket. Rates require fully recorded inputs. A hyphen means unrecorded; N/A means a zero denominator.
Bowling economy: 2.75 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 48.
Batting milestones in this sample: 3 centuries and 5 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 2,459.
How the record developed
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
- 2013272 runs
- 2015200 runs
- 2018286 runs
- 2019317 runs
- 202153 runs
- 2022108 runs
- 2023114 runs
- 202458 runs
Exact yearly figures · 8 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 2 | 58 | 46 | 29.00 | 82.85 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 70 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 | 114 | 76 | 57.00 | 78.08 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 146 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 | 108 | 79 | 54.00 | 31.39 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 344 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 53 | 35 | 26.50 | 42.06 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 126 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2019 | 3 | 4 | 317 | 254 | 158.50 | 74.94 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 423 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 4.00 | N/A |
| 2018 | 3 | 6 | 286 | 153 | 47.66 | 60.21 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 475 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2015 | 3 | 6 | 200 | 88 | 33.33 | 51.67 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 387 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 0.00 | N/A |
| 2013 | 2 | 4 | 272 | 119 | 68.00 | 55.73 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 488 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 3.00 | N/A |
Home, away and neutral conditions
Setting follows the recorded host country. Unknown locations are retained as unknown; venue names alone are not guessed.
| Setting | Matches | Bat inns | Runs | Bat avg | Bat SR | Bowl inns | Wickets | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 6 | 10 | 517 | 64.62 | 63.82 | 2 | 0 | N/A |
| Away | 9 | 18 | 891 | 49.50 | 54.03 | 1 | 0 | N/A |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v South Africa · The Wanderers Stadium
- First century in this archive · 119 runs
Test v South Africa · The Wanderers Stadium
- Highest recorded innings · 254* runs
Test v South Africa · Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium
- Latest available scorecard
Test v South Africa · Newlands
Recent recorded innings
| Date | Venue | Innings | Runs | Balls | Wickets | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-03 | Newlands | 4 | 12 | 11 | - | - |
| 2024-01-03 | Newlands | 2 | 46 | 59 | - | - |
| 2023-12-26 | SuperSport Park | 3 | 76 | 82 | - | - |
| 2023-12-26 | SuperSport Park | 1 | 38 | 64 | - | - |
| 2022-01-11 | Newlands | 3 | 29 | 143 | - | - |
| 2022-01-11 | Newlands | 1 | 79 | 201 | - | - |
| 2021-12-26 | SuperSport Park | 3 | 18 | 32 | - | - |
| 2021-12-26 | SuperSport Park | 1 | 35 | 94 | - | - |
| 2019-10-19 | JSCA International Stadium Complex | 1 | 12 | 22 | - | - |
| 2019-10-10 | Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium | 3 | - | - | 0 | 4 |
| 2019-10-10 | Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium | 1 | 254 | 336 | - | - |
| 2019-10-02 | Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium | 3 | 31 | 25 | - | - |
| 2019-10-02 | Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium | 1 | 20 | 40 | - | - |
| 2018-01-24 | The Wanderers Stadium | 3 | 41 | 79 | - | - |
| 2018-01-24 | The Wanderers Stadium | 1 | 54 | 106 | - | - |
| 2018-01-13 | SuperSport Park | 4 | 5 | 20 | - | - |
| 2018-01-13 | SuperSport Park | 2 | 153 | 217 | - | - |
| 2018-01-05 | Newlands | 4 | 28 | 40 | - | - |
| 2018-01-05 | Newlands | 2 | 5 | 13 | - | - |
| 2015-12-03 | Arun Jaitley Stadium | 4 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
This opposition study uses available scorecards in Crickrida’s twelve-team publication scope. It is a dated archive analysis, not a claim of complete career coverage. Read the coverage and calculation method.