Virat Kohli Declares his Retirement From Test Cricket: Complete List of Test Records

Virat Kohli Test Retirement: India’s batting mainstay Virat Kohli concluded his remarkable 14-year career from 2011 to 2025 on Monday by announcing his retirement from Test cricket.

After making his debut against the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica, in 2011, the 36-year-old had an incredible career in whites.

The Delhi batsman finishes with 30 hundreds and 9230 runs at an average of 46.85 in 123 Test matches.

Here are a Few of Kohli’s Most Notable Test Results:

• Indian batters who have scored the most runs in a calendar year in 2012, 2015, 2016, 2018, and 2023

• Indian captain’s highest score to date: 254 vs South Africa in 2019

• Most centuries as Indian captain: 20

• Most runs as India captain: 5864

• Most double hundreds for India: 7

• Most double hundreds as captain: 6

• Most wins as Test captain of India: 40

• Double centuries in consecutive series: 4

• Highest rating points earned by an Indian in men’s batting rankings: 937 (2018)

• First Asian captain to win a Test series in Australia (2018-19)

• Most consecutive Test series wins as captain: 9

• Most hundreds by an Indian in Australia: 7