IND-AUS: Virat Kohli breaks Tendulkar's record for most tons in Australia

Virat Kohli now has seven hundreds in Test cricket in Australia while Sachin Tendulkar has six.

Star Indian batter Virat Kohli finally put an end to his century drought in Perth, bringing up his 81st international century after a long wait of over 12 months. Kohli last scored a century during the ICC 2023 World Cup, when he scored his 50th ODI century during his 117-run innings against Australia in the semifinals.

 

This is Virat Kohli’s 30th Test century, which is the fourth highest for an Indian after Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, and Sunil Gavaskar.  Check IPL 2025 mega auction live updates, biggest buys and full list of sold & unsold players here  With a century in Perth, Kohli broke Sachin Tendulkar's record of most century by an Indian in Australia. Kohli now has seven hundreds in Test cricket in Australia while Tendulkar has six. 

Most century by Indians in Australia
Player name	Number of hundreds
Virat Kohli	7
Sachin Tendulkar	6
Sunil Gavaskar	5
VVS Laxman	4

 

Full list of international centuries from Virat Kohli 

Virat Kohli’s International centuries list
T20I
No.	Score	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	122* (61)	Afghanistan	Dubai	08-Sep-22
ODI
No.	Score	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	107	Sri Lanka	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	24-Dec-09
2	102*	Bangladesh	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka	11-Jan-10
3	118	Australia	APCA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam	20-Oct-10
4	105	New Zealand	Nehru Stadium, Guwahati	28-Nov-10
5	100*	Bangladesh	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka	19-Feb-11
6	107	England	Sophia Gardens, Cardiff	16-Sep-11
7	112*	England	Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi	17-Oct-11
8	117	West Indies	APCA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam	02-Dec-11
9	133*	Sri Lanka	Bellerive Oval, Hobart	28-Feb-12
10	108	Sri Lanka	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka	13-Mar-12
11	183	Pakistan	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka	18-Mar-12
12	106	Sri Lanka	MRIC Stadium, Hambantota	21-Jul-12
13	128*	Sri Lanka	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	31-Jul-12
14	102	West Indies	Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain	05-Jul-13
15	115	Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club, Harare	24-Jul-13
16	100*	Australia	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur	16-Oct-13
17	115*	Australia	VCA Stadium, Nagpur	30-Oct-13
18	123	New Zealand	McLean Park, Napier	19-Jan-14
19	136	Bangladesh	Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah	26-Feb-14
20	127	West Indies	HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala	17-Oct-14
21	139*	Sri Lanka	JSCA International Stadium, Ranchi	16-Nov-14
22	107	Pakistan	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	15-Feb-15
23	138	South Africa	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	22-Oct-15
24	117	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	17-Jan-16
25	106	Australia	Manuka Oval, Canberra	20-Jan-16
26	154*	New Zealand	Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali	23-Oct-16
27	122	England	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune	15-Jan-17
28	111*	West Indies	Sabina Park, Kingston	06-Jul-17
29	131	Sri Lanka	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	31-Aug-17
30	110*	Sri Lanka	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	03-Sep-17
31	121	New Zealand	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	22-Oct-17
32	113	New Zealand	Green Park Stadium, Kanpur	29-Oct-17
33	112	South Africa	Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban	01-Feb-18
34	160*	South Africa	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town	07-Feb-18
35	129*	South Africa	SuperSport Park, Centurion	16-Feb-18
36	140	West Indies	ACA Stadium, Guwahati	21-Oct-18
37	157*	West Indies	ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam	24-Oct-18
38	107	West Indies	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune	27-Oct-18
39	104	Australia	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	15-Jan-19
40	116	Australia	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur	05-Mar-19
41	123	Australia	JSCA International Stadium, Ranchi	08-Mar-19
42	120	West Indies	Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain	11-Aug-19
43	114*	West Indies	Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain	14-Aug-19
44	113	Bangladesh	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram	10-Dec-22
45	113	Sri Lanka	Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati	10-Jan-23
46	166*	Sri Lanka	Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram	15-Jan-23
47	122*	Pakistan	R.Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Colombo	11-Sep-23
48	103*	Bangladesh	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune	19-Oct-23
49	101*	South Africa	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	05-Nov-23
50	117	New Zealand	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	15-Nov-23
Test
No.	Score	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	116	Australia	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	24-Jan-12
2	103	New Zealand	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	31-Aug-12
3	103	England	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur	13-Dec-12
4	107	Australia	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	22-Feb-13
5	119	South Africa	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	18-Dec-13
6	105*	New Zealand	Basin Reserve, Wellington	14-Feb-14
7	115	Australia	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	09-Dec-14
8	141	Australia	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	09-Dec-14
9	169	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	26-Dec-14
10	147	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	06-Jan-15
11	103	Sri Lanka	Galle International Stadium, Galle	12-Aug-15
12	200	West Indies	Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound	21-Jul-16
13	211	New Zealand	Holkar Stadium, Indore	08-Oct-16
14	167	England	ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam	17-Nov-16
15	235	England	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	08-Dec-16
16	204	Bangladesh	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad	09-Feb-17
17	103*	Sri Lanka	Galle International Stadium, Galle	26-Jul-17
18	104*	Sri Lanka	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	16-Nov-17
19	213	Sri Lanka	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur	24-Nov-17
20	243	Sri Lanka	Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi	02-Dec-17
21	153	South Africa	SuperSport Park, Centurion	13-Jan-18
22	149	England	Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham	01-Aug-18
23	103	England	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	18-Aug-18
24	139	West Indies	Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot	04-Oct-18
25	123	Australia	Perth Stadium, Perth	14-Dec-18
26	254*	South Africa	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune	10-Oct-19
27	136	Bangladesh	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	22-Nov-19
28	186	Australia	Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad	12-Mar-23
29	121	West Indies	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad	21-Jul-23
30	100*	Australia	Perth	24-Nov-24