Virat Kohli centuries list: How many days Virat Kohli without century in Test cricket?

Virat Kohli centuries list: The Indian captain played well at Newlands but continues to be devoid of a century in international cricket.

India Test captain Virat Kohli might not have got the runs he would’ve liked for his team to score after him winning the toss and electing to bat first but he himself batted exceptionally well on the first day of the third Test against South Africa in Cape Town.

Coming on the back of missing the second Test due to a back spasm, Kohli scored a disciplined 28th Test half-century top-scoring for his team with his 79 (201) comprising of 12 fours and a six.

Kohli might have missed out on an elusive Test century but the manner in which he played at the Newlands today was no less than batting during a Test century. Taking his time initially, Kohli managed to survive potentially wicket-taking deliveries on multiple occasions.

Despite India losing wickets at regular intervals from the other end, Kohli appeared hell-bent to not play a false stroke until his dismissal. Kohli, who didn’t even hesitate from driving the ball through the covers, ensured to leave deliveries which were bowled away from his reach.

Had it not been for India losing as many as eight wickets, one might have seen Kohli adopting a difference approach than looking to sneak a single off Kagiso Rabada. A top-notch knock otherwise, Kohli’s innings will be remembered as one of his best innings which didn’t get converted into a three-figure mark.

How many days Virat Kohli without century in Test cricket? (updated on March 12, 2023)

It is worth mentioning that Kohli’s last international century until the ongoing fourth Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023 Test match, had come against Bangladesh in India’s inaugural pink-ball Test match at the Eden Gardens in 2019. Kohli, who scored 1,028 runs across 41 Test innings at a below par average of 25.70 between his 26th and 27th Test centuries, has now scored a Test hundred after as many as 1,205 days.

In the middle of a rut across formats for an elongated period at the highest level, Kohli had regained form in both the white-ball formats since the start of Asia Cup 2022.

Virat Kohli centuries list in Test cricket

No.	Score	Opposition	Venue	Year
1	116	Australia	Adelaide	2012
2	103	New Zealand	Bengaluru	2012
3	103	England	Nagpur	2012
4	107	Australia	Chennai	2013
5	119	South Africa	Johannesburg	2013
6	105*	New Zealand	Wellington	2014
7	115	Australia	Adelaide	2014
8	141	Australia	Adelaide	2014
9	169	Australia	Melbourne	2014
10	147	Australia	Sydney	2015
11	103	Sri Lanka	Galle	2015
12	200	West Indies	North Sound	2016
13	211	New Zealand	Indore	2016
14	167	England	Visakhapatnam	2016
15	235	England	Mumbai	2016
16	204	Bangladesh	Hyderabad	2017
17	103*	Sri Lanka	Galle	2017
18	104*	Sri Lanka	Kolkata	2017
19	213	Sri Lanka	Nagpur	2017
20	243	Sri Lanka	Delhi	2017
21	253	South Africa	Centurion	2018
22	149	England	Birmingham	2018
23	103	England	Nottingham	2018
24	139	West Indies	Rajkot	2018
25	123	Australia	Perth	2018
26	254*	South Africa	Pune	2019
27	136	Bangladesh	Kolkata	2019
28	186	Australia	Ahmedabad	2023