Last Updated on 6 months ago by Charbel Coorey
Virat Kohli returned to the Adelaide Oval in the 2025 series against Australia. It is a ground he’s enjoyed success at in the past, but it wasn’t a happy outing for India’s great number three. He picked up his second consecutive duck in the series after Xavier Bartlett dismissed him LBW.
Virat Kohli at the Adelaide Oval in ODIs: Good numbers, like his Test record at the ground
| Matches | 5 |
| Runs | 244 |
| Average | 48.80 |
| Strike Rate | 82.71 |
| Hundreds | 2 |
Kohli has two centuries in four ODIs at the Adelaide Oval. The first came during the 2015 World Cup against Pakistan, with his 126-ball 107 setting the platform for India’s 300/7. This total was 76 runs too many for Misbah-ul-Haq’s team.
Virat’s next century on the ground came four years later against Australia. Down 1-0 in the three-match series in 2019, India faced a tricky chase of 299. However, as he has done so often in his glittering ODI career, Kohli was the rock of the chase, scoring 104 off 112 balls to put India within touching distance.
However, Kohli’s second consecutive duck will increase speculation regarding whether he will make the 2027 World Cup. It wasn’t too long ago that he showed his immense class in the 2023 World Cup, but the fact he’s retired from Test and T20I cricket since means he needs time at the crease.
Chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar said Kohli and Rohit Sharma will be assessed by their performances, but insisted they are not on trial.
“It will be silly to put them on trial for every game. Once they start playing they will be assessed but they are not on trial,” Agarkar said at the NDTV World Summit, as quoted by CBNC TV18.
“It doesn’t mean if they don’t get runs in Australia, they would be dropped and similarly if they score three rons in Australia, they would be selected for the 2027 World Cup,” Agarkar continued.
In nine ODIs so far in 2025, Kohli has scored 275 runs at an average of 34.38 with two fifties and a hundred.
