Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have both now played their last Test and their last T20 international, and both are down to one format. Across all international cricket Kohli has 28,359 runs at 52.71 to Rohit’s 20,427 at 42.46; Rohit holds the highest individual score ever made in an ODI, and the better captaincy record in both white-ball formats. Figures complete to 15 September 2026; source ESPNcricinfo.
The two careers have converged in an unusual way. They played their last T20 international in the same match — the 2024 T20 World Cup final at Bridgetown on 29 June, which India won — and they were both in India’s most recent ODI, at Lord’s on 19 July 2026, where Rohit made 138 and Kohli 74.
Virat Kohli vs Rohit Sharma: career records
Every format, complete to 15 September 2026.
| Format | Player | Span | Mat | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | Virat Kohli | 2011-2025 | 123 | 9,230 | 254* | 46.85 | 55.57 | 30 | 31 |
| Tests | Rohit Sharma | 2013-2024 | 67 | 4,301 | 212 | 40.57 | 57.05 | 12 | 18 |
| ODIs | Virat Kohli | 2008-2026 | 314 | 14,941 | 183 | 58.59 | 93.95 | 54 | 79 |
| ODIs | Rohit Sharma | 2007-2026 | 288 | 11,895 | 264 | 48.95 | 93.04 | 34 | 62 |
| T20Is | Virat Kohli | 2010-2024 | 125 | 4,188 | 122* | 48.69 | 137.04 | 1 | 38 |
| T20Is | Rohit Sharma | 2007-2024 | 159 | 4,231 | 121* | 32.05 | 140.89 | 5 | 32 |
| All | Virat Kohli | 2008-2026 | 562 | 28,359 | 254* | 52.71 | 79.73 | 85 | 148 |
| All | Rohit Sharma | 2007-2026 | 514 | 20,427 | 264 | 42.46 | 87.57 | 51 | 112 |
The averages are the headline: Kohli is more than ten runs an innings clear across a career, and the gap is widest in Tests. Rohit strikes faster in two of the three formats.
Virat Kohli vs Rohit Sharma in T20Is
This is the closest of the three, and it is not the comparison it used to be. Rohit finished with more T20I runs than Kohli — 4,231 to 4,188 — from 34 more matches. Both stopped after the 2024 final, and both have since been passed by Babar Azam, who leads the format on 4,596.
- Kohli’s average of 48.69 is the highest of any batter with 1,000 or more T20I runs, and he made 38 fifties to Rohit’s 32.
- Rohit’s five T20I hundreds are the joint-most in the format, level with Australia’s Glenn Maxwell. Kohli made one.
Their T20I careers ended on the same evening. In the Bridgetown final Kohli made 76 and Rohit 9.
Virat Kohli vs Rohit Sharma in ODIs
The format both men still play, and the one where the records sit.
- Kohli’s 54 ODI hundreds are the most by any batter, five clear of Sachin Tendulkar’s 49. Rohit has 34, third on the all-time list.
- Rohit’s 264 against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens in November 2014 is the highest individual score in ODI history, 27 runs clear of Martin Guptill’s 237 not out.
- They are the only active batters with 10,000 or more ODI runs. Kohli is second on the all-time list behind Tendulkar; Rohit is seventh.
- Kohli averages 58.59 in ODIs, the highest of any batter with 5,000 or more runs in the format. Rohit averages 48.95.
Virat Kohli vs Rohit Sharma in Tests
Both books are now closed. Kohli announced his Test retirement on 12 May 2025; Rohit’s last Test was against Australia at Melbourne on 26 December 2024.
Kohli finished with 9,230 runs at 46.85 and 30 hundreds from 123 Tests, against Rohit’s 4,301 at 40.57 with 12 hundreds from 67. Kohli also made twin hundreds in his first Test as captain — 115 and 141 against Australia at Adelaide in December 2014.
Virat Kohli vs Rohit Sharma as captain
This is where the comparison has changed most since the two men swapped roles, and it no longer points the same way as the batting does.
| Format | Captain | Span | Mat | Won | Lost | Other | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | Virat Kohli | 2014-2022 | 68 | 40 | 17 | 11 drawn | 58.82 |
| Tests | Rohit Sharma | 2022-2024 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 3 drawn | 50.00 |
| ODIs | Virat Kohli | 2013-2021 | 95 | 65 | 27 | 1 tied, 2 NR | 70.43 |
| ODIs | Rohit Sharma | 2017-2025 | 56 | 42 | 12 | 1 tied, 1 NR | 77.27 |
| T20Is | Virat Kohli | 2017-2021 | 50 | 30 | 16 | 2 tied, 2 NR | 64.58 |
| T20Is | Rohit Sharma | 2017-2024 | 62 | 49 | 12 | 1 tied | 79.83 |
Kohli leads in Tests, and his 40 Test wins are the most by any India captain — MS Dhoni is next on 27. Rohit leads in both white-ball formats, by seven percentage points in ODIs and fifteen in T20Is.
The trophies settle the rest of the argument. Rohit won the 2024 T20 World Cup and the 2025 Champions Trophy as captain. Kohli won no ICC title in his eight years in charge, losing the World Test Championship finals of 2021 and 2023. Kohli’s four global titles all came as a player.
Virat Kohli vs Rohit Sharma: quick answers
Who has scored more international runs? Virat Kohli, with 28,359 to Rohit Sharma’s 20,427.
Who has the better average? Kohli, 52.71 against 42.46 across all international cricket, and he leads in all three formats.
Who has more T20I runs? Rohit, 4,231 to 4,188 — but from 34 more matches, and Kohli averages 48.69 to Rohit’s 32.05.
Who has the higher individual score? Rohit. His 264 against Sri Lanka in 2014 is the highest score ever made in an ODI.
Who is the better captain on the numbers? It depends on the format. Kohli in Tests (58.82 per cent to 50.00), Rohit in ODIs and T20Is, and Rohit has two ICC titles as captain to Kohli’s none.
Do either of them still play Test or T20 cricket for India? No. Both retired from T20Is after the 2024 World Cup final, Rohit played his last Test in December 2024 and Kohli announced his Test retirement in May 2025. Both still play ODIs.
How many ODI centuries do they have? Kohli 54, the most by any batter; Rohit 34, third all-time.
See also our features on every Virat Kohli century, whether Kohli is the new God of cricket, the most runs in T20 internationals and the highest batting average in T20Is.
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