Virat Kohli And Rohit Sharma's ODI Record In Australia: Who Has More Runs, 100s?

On Sunday (October 19) at Perth’s Optus Stadium, when Indian and Australian players will face off in the first ODI of the three-match series, all eyes will be on the performances of former India captains Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. The duo, who retired from T20Is on June 29, 2024, following India’s T20 World Cup title win and from Tests in May 2025, will play their first match for India since the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 final, which India won by getting the better of New Zealand at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on March 9.

In that fixture, Rohit top-scored for the Men in Blue and won the Player of the Match award as well. But a lot has changed since then. That time, he was the captain of the Indian team in Tests and ODIs, but now he is

not part of the leadership group in either format.

Kohli, on the other hand, scored a century for the Indian team in the Champions Trophy Group A match against Pakistan on February 23 and played a knock of 84 runs against Australia in the first semifinal on March 4.

He is the world No. 5 batter in ICC ODI rankings, whereas Rohit is in third place.

And since Rohit and Kohli are back in action after a long period, fans will expect a big show from both of them. But can they really deliver after remaining out of action for more than four months? Well, if you go by their records against Australia, then surely the upcoming three matches in Australia will be a treat for fans.

In the list of batters with the most runs in ODIs against Australia, Kohli is in 2nd place with 2451, and Rohit takes the third position with 2407 runs in 46 matches.

Virat Kohli vs Rohit Sharma in ODIs against Australia

	ROHIT SHARMA	VIRAT KOHLI
MATCHES	46	50
INNINGS	46	48
NOT OUT	4	3
RUNS	2407	2451
AVERAGE	57.30	54.46
STRIKE RATE	96.01	93.69
BEST SCORE	209	123
DUCKS	3	2
100/50	8/9	8/15
4/6s	194/88	212/25
CATCHES	13	32
WICKETS	2	—
BEST FIGURES	1/17	—

Only Sachin Tendulkar has scored more runs (3077 in 71 ODIs) against the six-time world champions in the 50-over format of the game.

Most runs in India-Australia ODIs

PLAYER	TEAM	MATCHES	RUNS	BEST	AVERAGE	S/R	100/50	4/6s
Sachin Tendulkar	India	71	3077	175	44.59	84.71	9/15	330/35
Virat Kohli	India	50	2451	123	54.46	93.69	8/15	212/25
Rohit Sharma	India	46	2407	209	57.30	96.01	8/9	194/88
Ricky Ponting	Australia	59	2164	140*	40.07	81.41	6/9	184/32
MS Dhoni	India	55	1660	139*	44.86	80.89	2/11	112/33

Most runs in ODIs against Australia

PLAYER	TEAM	MATCHES	RUNS	BEST	AVERAGE	S/R	100/50	4/6s
Sachin Tendulkar	India	71	3077	175	44.59	84.71	9/15	330/35
Virat Kohli	India	50	2451	123	54.46	93.69	8/15	212/25
Rohit Sharma	India	46	2407	209	57.30	96.01	8/9	194/88
Desmond Haynes	West Indies	64	2262	148	40.39	65.14	6/13	207/10
Viv Richards	West Indies	54	2187	153*	50.86	84.63	3/20	189/26

They also have eight ODI centuries each to their credit against Australia, and in this list as well, only Sachin (9) is ahead of them.

ODI record in Australia

India have played a total of 54 ODIs in Australia so far, and Rohit and Virat have featured in 19 and 18 of them, respectively. Rohit has scored 990 runs against the Aussies in their country, whereas Kohli has 802 runs to his credit. Rohit’s batting average in Australia is 58.23, whereas Kohli’s reads 47.17.

Virat Kohli vs Rohit Sharma in ODIs against Australia (In Australia)

	ROHIT SHARMA	VIRAT KOHLI
MATCHES	19	18
INNINGS	19	18
NOT OUT	2	1
RUNS	990	802
AVERAGE	58.23	47.17
STRIKE RATE	90.99	88.71
BEST SCORE	171*	117
DUCKS	1	0
100/50	4/2	3/4
4/6s	74/29	60/9

Rohit tops the list of batters with the most runs in India-Australia ODIs in Australia, and Kohli takes the second position, and they also take the 1st and 2nd positions in the list of Indian batters with the most centuries against the Aussies in Australia.

Most runs in India-Australia ODIs (in Australia)

POSITION	PLAYER	TEAM	MATCHES	RUNS	100s
1.	Rohit Sharma	India	19	990	4
2.	Virat Kohli	India	18	802	3
3.	Sachin Tendulkar	India	25	740	1
4.	MS Dhoni	India	21	684	0
5.	Steve Smith	Australia	11	683	4

Kohli last played an ODI match against Australia in Australia on December 2, 2020. At Manuka Oval in Canberra, he walked out to bat at No. 3 and scored 63 runs from 78 balls.

On the other hand, Rohit’s last ODI in Australia was played on January 18, 2019, in Melbourne. He scored nine runs from 17 balls in that fixture.