Virat Kohli’s batting average in Test is third lowest among players with 9,000 runs | Cricket News

Virat Kohli has seen a dip in his form over the past few years. Virat Kohli’s Test average currently stands at 47.49, with 9,166 runs to his name. To put into perspective, Kohli’s Test average in 2019 was constantly in the mid-fifties, the highest being 55.10, and was once the only batsman to have an average of 50 or above in all three formats. For eight years, Kohli’s average has not gone below 47.5, and now, his batting average is third lowest amongst the players that have scored 9000 in Tests, and the only one of the fab four to have a Test average below 50.
His second innings in Perth gave glimpses of a potential comeback of the former Indian captain, as he always brings his A-game Down Under in the Border Gavaskar Trophy. But other than the innings that marked his 81st international century in Perth, he has produced rather disappointing scores, (5,7,11,3).
Virat Kohli’s struggles to deliveries outside the off-stump continued with his dismissal at Gabba on Monday.
Kohli looked a little uncomfortable facing the deliveries in the first innings of the third test in Brisbane, as he fell to his nemesis, the outside off stump ball, bowled Josh Hazlewood yet again. This dismissal brought his average down to the lowest it has been in eight years, after his test outing against England that put his average at a 47.50.
Kohli reached the average of 50 after scoring a double century against England in 2016, and for six years, it did not go below that mark. His outing in the Bengaluru pink ball Test match against Sri Lanka in 2022 saw him drop below that mark, and has never recovered since. He scored 23 and 13 in his two innings, as Shreyas Iyer’s 92 and 67 helped India win the match comfortably.
There are a total of 19 players who boast the stat of having 9000 runs in Tests, and amongst those, Virat Kohli sits third lowest in terms of batting average. He is followed Hashim Amla with 46.64 and Alastair Cook with 45.35.

Player
Mat
Runs
HS
Average
100
50

Kumar Sangakkara
134
12400
319
57.4
38
52

Steve Smith
112
9805
239
56.35
33
41

Jacques Kallis
166
13289
224
55.37
45
58

Kane Williamson
105
9276
251
54.88
33
37

Sachin Tendulkar
200
15921
248*
53.78
51
68

Brian Lara
131
11953
400*
52.88
34
48

Rahul Dravid
164
13288
270
52.31
36
63

Younis Khan
118
10099
313
52.05
34
33

Ricky Ponting
168
13378
257
51.85
41
62

Shivnarine Chanderpaul
164
11867
203*
51.37
30
66

Sunil Gavaskar
125
10122
236*
51.12
34
45

Steve Waugh
168
10927
200
51.06
32
50

Joe Root
152
12918
262
50.85
36
64

Allan Border
156
11174
205
50.56
27
63

Mahela Jayawardene
149
11814
374
49.84
34
50

Graeme Smith
117
9265
277
48.25
27
38

Virat Kohli
121
9166
254*
47.49
30
31

Hashim Amla
124
9282
311*
46.64
28
41

Alastair Cook
161
12472
294
45.35
33
57

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