According to media reports, Kohli has decided to retire and has told the board that he is saying goodbye to Test cricket. Let's take a look at the performance of Virat Kohli in Tests.
Virat Kohli has decided to retire from Test cricket. He has informed the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) about this. However, BCCI has asked him to consider his decision. Earlier on Thursday, Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from Test cricket through a social media post.
According to media reports, Kohli has decided to retire and has told the board that he is saying goodbye to Test cricket. BCCI asked him to think again as an important tour of England is coming up. At present, he has not responded to BCCI's statement.
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Let's take a look at the performance of Virat Kohli in Tests.
Scored less than 25 average in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy
Virat's performance in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy was not good. He scored runs at an average of 23.75 in this series. He got out on a ball outside the off stump 7 times out of 8. In BGT, Kohli scored 190 runs in 9 innings including an unbeaten century.
In the last 5 years, he scored only 3 centuries in 37 Tests and his average was below 35. Earlier, Kohli had retired from T20I cricket, but he was in tremendous form in IPL 2025. He has scored 505 runs in 11 matches so far.
Kohli's performance in BGT 2024-2025
Matches |
First Innings |
Second Innings |
First Match |
5 |
100* |
Second Match |
7 |
11 |
Third Match |
3 |
Batting did not come |
Fourth Match |
36 |
5 |
Fifth Match |
17 |
6 |
Virat Kohli in Tests | Career so Far

36-year-old Kohli has scored 9,230 runs in 123 Tests so far. He has also scored 30 centuries and 31 half-centuries in his innings.
Debut |
Match |
Innings |
Runs |
100 |
50 |
2011 |
123 |
210 |
9230 |
30 |
31 |
Kohli scored most centuries against Australia

Virat Kohli has scored 30 centuries in his Test career. Out of these, he has scored the most number of centuries i.e. 9 against Australia. Whereas he has scored the least number of centuries i.e. 2 against Bangladesh.
Teams |
Century |
Australia |
9 |
England |
5 |
Sri Lanka |
5 |
New Zealand |
3 |
South Africa |
3 |
West Indies |
3 |
Bangladesh |
2 |
Kohli scored most centuries in his Test career in Indian soil
Kohli has scored 30 centuries in Tests. Out of these, he has scored the most 14 centuries in India. He has scored only one century in New Zealand.
Country |
Century |
India |
14 |
Australia |
7 |
England |
2 |
South Africa |
2 |
Sri Lanka |
2 |
West Indies |
2 |
New Zealand |
1 |
Kohli was better captain than Rohit and Dhoni in Tests

Rohit Sharma and Mahendra Singh Dhoni are the captains who have won ICC trophies for India. On the other hand, there is Virat Kohli. He has never been able to win an ICC tournament as a captain. However, when it comes to Test cricket, as a leader he seems miles ahead of both Dhoni and Rohit.
Under Rohit's captaincy, Team India even had to face a clean sweep from New Zealand. This never happened under Kohli's captaincy. He captained Team India in 11 Test series on Indian soil. India won all the 11 series.
Kohli captained for the first time on home ground against South Africa in 2015. With the support of Ashwin and Jadeja and Kohli's attacking field strategy, India won the 4 Test series 3-0. From here onwards, the team won all the Test series at home under Kohli's captaincy.
Kohli's captaincy in Tests (Home Tests)
Match |
Win |
Loss |
Draw |
31 |
24 |
2 |
5 |
Kohli's captaincy in Tests (Away Tests)
Match |
Win |
Loss |
Draw |
37 |
16 |
15 |
6 |
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Scored 7 double centuries as captain
Batsman Virat Kohli gave his best performance under the presence of every captain, but when he himself became the captain, he turned all the shortcomings of Test batting into achievements. Kohli scored a record 7 double centuries under his own captaincy.
Kohli could not do much with the bat during the 2014 tour of England, but in 2018 he turned it around and became the top run scorer of the series. He scores runs every time in Australia, and he also scored a century in South Africa, which proved why ICC named him the best cricketer of the decade in 2020.