Kohli next only to the Don!

Virat Kohli, the latest player to score 25 or more Test hundreds is the second quickest in terms of fewest innings after the great Don Bradman who did it 59 innings fewer than Kohli.

Virat Kohli has now scored 25 Test centuries in 127 innings.

21

The number of batsmen to register 25 or more Test hundreds. Virat Kohli, the latest player to reach this landmark is the second quickest in terms of fewest innings after the great Don Bradman who did it 59 innings fewer than Kohli.

Fewest innings to reach 25th Test century

Inns	Tests	Batsman	For	50s	90s	Runs	Ave	Achieved on
68	45	Don Bradman	Aus	11		6103	98.44	1 Jan 1948
127	75	Virat Kohli	Ind	19	2	6491	54.55	16 Dec 2018
130	82	Sachin Tendulkar	Ind	26	3	6703	57.29	20 Mar 2001
138	79	Sunil Gavaskar	Ind	30	1	6947	53.85	19 Sep 1982
139	78	Matthew Hayden	Aus	23	4	6894	54.28	29 Dec 2005
147	84	Garfield Sobers	WI	27	5	7591	59.77	28 Mar 1972

 

4

The number of batsmen to register their 25th Test century before the age of 31 years. Virat Kohli, at 30 years, 41 days, is the third youngest to reach the landmark.

Youngest to reach 25 Test 100s

Yrs	Days	Batsman	For	Achieved on	Tests	Inns
27	230	Sachin Tendulkar	Ind	20 Mar 2001	82	130
28	153	Alastair Cook	Eng	27 May 2013	92	163
30	41	Virat Kohli	Ind	16 Dec 2018	75	127
30	321	Ricky Ponting	Aus	5 Nov 2005	95	156

 

4

The number of batsmen to register their 25th Test century inside 10 years from debut. Virat Kohli achieved this landmark in 7 years, 179 days, the second quickest in terms of days, to do so.

Quickest to reach 25 Test 100s (in terms of days)

Yrs	Days	Batsman	For	Achieved on	Tests	Inns
7	87	Alastair Cook	Eng	27 May 2013	92	163
7	179	Virat Kohli	Ind	16 Dec 2018	75	127
9	48	Michael Clarke	Aus	23 Nov 2013	98	166
9	332	Ricky Ponting	Aus	5 Nov 2005	95	156

 

5

The number of visiting batsmen to register six or more Test hundreds on Australian soil. Virat Kohli is the latest player to join this elite list.

Six or more centuries by visiting batsmen in Australia

100s	Batsman	For	Tests	Inns	Period	Inns to reach 6th Test 100 in Asia	Achieved in
9	Jack Hobbs	England	24	45	1908 to 1929	28	Dec 1924
7	Walter Hammond	England	19	35	1928 to 1947	17	Feb 1933
6	Herbert Sutcliffe	England	14	25	1924 to 1933	17	Dec 1932
6	Sachin Tendulkar	India	20	38	1991 to 2012	29	Jan 2008
6	Virat Kohli	India	10	20	2011 to 2018	19	Dec 2018

 

Note:Kohli is the third fastest (19 innings) to reach 6 Test 100s in Australia, among visiting batsmen. Sutcliffe and Hammond have done it in 17 innings each.

86

The number of innings taken by Virat Kohli to register his 21st Test century while batting at No. 4, during his career. This is now the fewest number of innings taken by any of the five batmen who have made 21 or more Test hundreds at No. 4.

Fewest innings taken to reach 21 Test 100s in Test cricket while batting at #4

Inns	Tests	Batsman	For	50s	90s	Runs	Ave	Achieved on
86	75	Virat Kohli	Ind	10	2	5012	61.88	16 Dec 2018
99	85	Sachin Tendulkar	Ind	20	3	5381	61.85	3 Nov 2001
102	118	Jacques Kallis	SAf	28	4	5902	70.26	4 Apr 2008
115	99	Mahela Jayawardene	SL	21	3	6115	58.24	28 Dec 2008
128	116	Brian Lara	WI	30	3	6726	52.96	26 May 2005

 

Queries Corner Which player has appeared for most IPL sides? And for which sides? — P Sunil, Kottayam At the end of the 2018 season, Australian Aaron Finch has the distinction of appearing for seven IPL teams, the most by any player in the competition. The details are as follows:   How often has India won the opening Test match of a series in England, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand ? — Arjun Marwah, Surat India has won the opening Test of a series on six occasions in SENA countries: three times in New Zealand and once each in England, South Africa and now in Australia. Before the ongoing series, India had won the series on three occasions, lost one and drew one, while doing so. The details are provided below: In 1968 (4 matches) in New Zealand (series won 3-1) in Dunedin by 5 wickets (Feb 1968) In 1976 (3 matches) in New Zealand (series drawn 1-1) in Auckland by 8 wickets (Jan 1976) In 1986 (3 matches) in England (series won 2-0) at Lord’s by 5 wickets (June 1986) In 2006 (3 matches) in South Africa (series lost 1-2) in Johannesburg by 123 runs (Dec 2006) In 2009 (3 matches) in New Zealand (series won 1-0) in Hamilton by 10 wickets (Mar 2009) In 2018 (4 matches) in Australia (series in progress 1-1) in Adelaide by 31 runs (Dec 2018) Australian Marcus Harris, on his Test debut, made identical scores of 26 in each innings. Is this the first time by a debutant? — S. Kartik, Vellore This is the first time any Test debutant has made a score of 26 in each innings of his Test debut. However, six other batsmen, on their Test debut, have made higher identical scores in each innings. Here’s the full list: Don Taylor 36 & 36 for South Africa, Feb 1914 Abid Ali 33 & 33 for India, Dec 1967 Soumya Sarkar 33 & 33 for Bangladesh, Apr 2015 Bernard Tancred 29 & 29 for South Africa, Mar 1889 Arthur Carr 27 & 27 for England, Dec 1922 Mark Ramprakash 27 & 27 for England, Jun 1991 Marcus Harris 26 & 26 for Australia, Dec 2018 Note: For the record, the previous highest scores by an Australian debutant was 16 & 16* by Graham Yallop in Sydney in January 1976. In the recent Adelaide Test match all 10 Australian batsmen were dismissed ‘caught’ by Indian fielders/wicket-keepers in the second innings. Has this happened before for India? — Srihari Rao, Visakhapatnam This is happening for the seventh time for India in Tests — the last one coming nearly 28 years ago in February 1992 also in Australia at the WACA in Perth. Indian fielders have now done this twice against New Zealand and Australia and once each against England, West Indies and Pakistan. Note: All figures above are updated as on December 20, 2018.