Virat Kohli 15 January Special Day: December 15 is a very special day for Indian cricket team’s star batsman and former captain Virat Kohli. On the same day, Kohli resigned from India’s Test captaincy. Indian batsmen have also played many big and brilliant innings on this day. So let us know what special things Kohli has done on 15th January.
Big innings from Kohli’s bat on January 15
Virat Kohli has performed many big innings on 15th January. Kohli has scored a total of 4 centuries on this day, including 3 ODI centuries and 1 Test century. Firstly, on this day in 2017, an Indian batsman had played an inning of 122 runs in an ODI against England in Pune.
Then next year in 2018, on January 15, Kohli played an innings of 153 runs in the test played against South Africa. Moving forward, on January 15, 2019, Kohli scored 104 runs in the ODI played against Australia. On January 15, 2023, Virat Kohli scored 166* runs in the ODI against Sri Lanka. Let us tell you that India had no match schedule on January 15, 2025.
Virat Kohli’s century on 15 January
122 runs against England, 2017 (in ODI)
153 runs against South Africa, 2018 (in Test)
104 runs against Australia, 2019 (in ODI)
166* against Sri Lanka, 2023 (in ODIs)
Resigned from Test captaincy on January 15
It is noteworthy that Virat Kohli had resigned from the Test captaincy of India on January 15 itself. Team India played a three-match Test series on the South Africa tour in 2021-22. Team India had to face 2-1 defeat in the series, after which Virat Kohli resigned from the captaincy of the Indian Test team. The third and last match of the Test series was scheduled from 11 to 15 January, but the match ended a day earlier i.e. on 14 January. After this, the next day i.e. on January 15, Kohli stepped down from the captaincy.
