What is Virat Kohli's record in international cricket in 2024?
Senior Team India batter Virat Kohli made a disappointing comeback to red-ball cricket in the first Test against Bangladesh at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, which ended on Sunday, September 22. Playing in his first Test since January 2024 (he missed the home Tests against England for the birth of his second child), the 35-year-old was dismissed for 6 and 17.
The right-handed batter played a loose drive outside off, playing away from his body, in the first innings and ended up being caught behind off Bangladesh pacer Hasan Mahmud. In the second essay, the former India captain was trapped lbw by off-spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz as he tried a flick. Kohli could have survived had he taken the review as he had hit the ball, but decided against doing so.
The seasoned batter's twin failures against Bangladesh at Chepauk were preceded by a disappointing white-ball tour of Sri Lanka. In a three-match one-day series played at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Kohli registered scores of 24, 14 and 20. Incidentally, he was dismissed lbw to spinners in all three matches.
Overall, the Indian batter has had a forgettable 2024 in international cricket so far. In 15 matches (17 innings) across the three formats of the game, he has scored 319 runs at an average of 18.76, with a solitary half-century. The veteran cricketer has been dismissed for a duck on three occasions.
Format-wise break up of Virat Kohli's performance in international cricket in 2024
Kohli has played two Test matches in 2024 and has scored 81 runs at an average of 20.25. The former India skipper scored 46 and 12 in the New Year Test against South Africa in Cape Town in January 2024. As mentioned earlier, he was dismissed for 6 and 17 at Chepauk against Bangladesh.
In the one-day format this year, the 35-year-old has played three matches and has scored 58 runs at an average of 19.33 and a strike rate of 84.05. All three games were played during the tour of Sri Lanka. Kohli got into double figures in all three innings, but failed to convert the starts into big scores.
The right-handed batter featured in 10 T20Is in 2024 before announcing his retirement from the format after the World Cup. In 10 innings, he totaled 180 runs at an average of 18 and a strike rate of 119.20.
Kohli scored only one half-century, but it was worth its weight in gold as it came in the 2024 T20 World Cup final against South Africa in Barbados. He hit 76 off 59 as the Men in Blue won the final by seven runs.