Virat Kohli’s average: Virat Kohli has not scored a century in international cricket for more than two years. However, during this time his average has been more than 50. But now his average in Tests has come down to 50. This is the first time since 2017 that Virat’s batting average has dropped below 50. Virat scored 23 runs in the first innings and only 13 runs in the second innings of the second Test against Sri Lanka. Due to this their average has now come down. Kohli had to score at least 42 runs in the second Test against Sri Lanka to maintain his average. But this could not happen. Kohli’s average has also fallen below 50 after six years due to a decline in form.
Virat had scored his last century against Bangladesh in November 2019. His century came in the Pink Ball Test at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. But since then his batting average has declined by 28.75. Kohli averaged 54.97 till his 70th century. The former captain averaged 50 in his 52nd Test against England at the Wankhede Stadium. At that time he had scored 235 runs in the first innings.
Kohli then achieved a career-best average of 55.10 in 2019 by scoring 254 runs in the Pune Test against South Africa. However, after that their average is falling down. In all three formats, he has scored runs at an average of 50.35 in Tests, 58.07 in ODIs and 51.50 in T20 International cricket.