Virat Kohli vs Trent Boult has been a battle that has been one of those battles that has brought out the best in each other. Trent Boult is one of the best left arm fast bowlers in the world and Virat Kohli is one of the best batters in the world. They have faced each other in the knockout Matches of ICC tournaments as well. And the newest chapter of this rivalry will take place at the T20I World Cup in June.
Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli is one of the greatest batters to have ever played the sport of cricket. Virat Kohli has been playing for 16 years and he still has the hunger to play at the highest level. He has played 123 Test Matches in which he has scored 9230 runs at an average of 46.9. He has been a 2 time runner up in the ICC World Test Championship. He has also played 302 ODIs for India till now. He has made 14181 runs in ODI Cricket. He has hit 51 hundreds in ODI Cricket. Virat Kohli has won the 2011 ICC World Cup and the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy and he was the runner up in the 2019 World Cup. In 117 T20Is for India Virat Kohli has made 4037 Runs for India. Virat Kohli has hit 82 international Hundreds. Virat Kohli has made more than 27,500+ international runs so far and he will look to become the second ever batter to 30,000 international runs after his idol Sachin Tendulkar. Virat Kohli is also one of those rare players who has played more than 100 Matches in all 3 formats.
Trent Boult
The best left arm fast bowler to have played for New Zealand Trent Boult has played 78 Test Matches for New Zealand. He has taken 317 Wickets at an average of 27.50. He has also taken 10 Five Wicket Hauls and 1 time he has taken 10 wickets in a Test Match. Trent Boult is the winner of the 2021 ICC World Test Championship. He has also played in 114 ODIs for New Zealand and he has taken 211 wickets so far at an average of 24.31. He has got 6 Five Wicket Hauls In ODI Cricket. Trent Boult is a 2 time runner up in the 2015 and 2019 ICC World Cup. And in 61 T20Is he has taken 83 wickets. Therefore Trent Boult has taken 611 international wickets for New Zealand. He will look to win the T20I World Cup In June for New Zealand. Also check out here Best Performances of Trent Boult
Head to Head
Trent Boult has bowled 250 balls to Virat Kohli in Test Cricket. They have been playing against each other since 2012. Virat has made 144 runs against Trent Boult while being dismissed 3 times.
In ODI Cricket, Virat Kohli has made 164 runs against Trent Boult who has bowled 152 balls to him. Virat Kohli has been dismissed 3 times in ODI Cricket by Trent Boult
Memorable Encounters
Their first Memorable Encounter was in 2026. It was the second Test Match and it was being played at Eden Gardens. In the first innings, Virat Kohli was dismissed for 9 runs. Trent Boult bowled only 4 balls to Virat Kohli. In the second innings of this Test Match, Virat Kohli made 45 runs but he was again dismissed by Boult. Trent Boult bowled 25 balls to Virat Kohli in this innings.
In the 2019 World Cup semi final it was Trent Boult who got the upper hand. He dismissed Virat Kohli for just 1 run. Trent Boult bowled just 4 balls to Virat Kohli. This was one of their most memorable encounters. New Zealand won this match and eliminated India from the World Cup.
In the 2023 World Cup Semi final it was the turn of Virat Kohli and to get revenge on Trent Boult from 4 years ago. Virat Kohli mmm made a brilliant 117 runs. Trent Boult bowled 14 balls to Virat Kohli In this innings. India won this match by 70 runs.
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