Kohli could never score a century against these 5 teams in ODI, two of which were India’s neighbours.
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Virat Kohli ODI Century List: Indian veteran batsman Virat Kohli is the batsman who has scored the most centuries in ODIs, but there are 5 such teams against which Virat was not successful in scoring a century. Let us know about these teams in this story, against whom Virat played ODI, but could never score a century.
Against which team Virat could not score a century in ODI?
New Delhi. Virat Kohli is considered to be the greatest batsman of modern cricket and the ‘run machine’ of the ODI format. He holds the historical record of most centuries (54 centuries) in One Day International. Kohli, who has left behind the records of great players like Sachin Tendulkar, has scored runs in every corner of the world and against almost every big team. His excellent average of more than 50 and his ability to win matches while chasing makes him the ‘king’ of this format. But, do you know that despite having such huge records, there are 5 such teams in the world against which Kohli has never been able to score a century in ODIs till date. The interesting thing is that two of these are neighboring countries of India. Let us tell you…
Virat has no ODI century against these teams
The first team in this list is Afghanistan, against which Virat Kohli has played three ODI matches. In these three matches, Virat managed to score a half-century, but could not convert it into a century. His best ODI score against this team is 67 runs not out. Look at the interesting statistic that Kohli’s only T20 International century came against this team. Virat has scored 122 runs in three matches against Afghanistan.
Another name is Ireland. Virat Kohli has played two ODI matches against the Ireland cricket team, in which he has scored 78 runs. Leave alone a century, Kohli could not even score a half-century in the ODI against Ireland. His best score is 44 runs not out.
The third name is Netherlands. Even against Netherlands cricket team, no ODI century has come from Kohli’s bat. Kohli has scored 63 runs in two matches, which includes one half-century. 51 runs is Virat’s best score against Netherlands in ODI.
UAE is also included in this list. Virat Kohli has played only one ODI match against UAE, in which he scored 33 unbeaten runs. Virat played this match in 2015. After this he did not get a chance to play any ODI match against this team.
Even against Nepal, Virat Kohli has not been able to score a century in ODI. However, Virat Kohli has not batted against this team. He definitely played matches in 2023, but his batting did not come.
Kohli’s ‘Virat’ figures in ODI
Kohli is not called a run machine in ODI cricket for nothing, his figures testify to this. Kohli has so far scored 14,797 runs in 311 ODI matches at an average of 58.71. During this period his strike rate has been 93.82. Apart from 54 centuries, he has also scored 77 half-centuries. His best score is 183 runs, which came against Pakistan. Apart from this, Kohli is the fastest batsman to complete 14000 ODI runs. Not only this, the record of being the fastest to reach the milestone of every 1000 runs from 8000 to 14000 runs is also in the name of this Indian legend. While chasing runs, Kohli has scored maximum 28 ODI centuries.
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Shivam Upadhyay is an emerging sports journalist, who has been working as a sub editor in the country’s prestigious media organization Network 18 Group since November 2025. Cricket is the main area of expertise, but hockey and badminton are also…read more
