Virat Kohli's Record At R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo

After a match-winning knock in the final of ICC Men's T2o World Cup against South Africa at Kennington Stadium in Barbados, the run machine of Indian cricket team to play in India's jersey in the upcoming series against Sri Lanka starting from 27th July 2024 in 3 ODIs, which will be played at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Heading into the series, Men in Blue will be playing 5 T20Is and 3 ODIs, where Suryakumar Yadav will leading the Indian team after the retirement of World-Cup winning captain Rohit Sharma in T20Is with Shubman Gill as the vice-captain.

Before the start of the series, it is crucial to know the records of Virat Kohli at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo as he shares a special bond with the Sri Lankan team since he made his international debut against them in 2008 and since then has piled on truckloads of runs across formats. 

Despite having a great record against the Lankan Lions in Tests and T20Is, there is something special when Kohli plays against them in a 50-over format, especially at R. Preamdasa Stadium, Colombo, where in 11 ODI matches, Kohli has scored 644 runs, with the highest score of 131. One of the interesting facts is that he has an average of well over 100 (107.33), and has also slammed 4 centuries. Talking about Virat Kohli's last ODI match, he played during the 2023 World Cup final against Australia. He was declared as the Player of the Tournament for scoring over 700 runs. 

India's ODI Squad

Rohit Sharma (C), Ꮪhubman Gill (VC), Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (WK), Rishabh Pant (WK), Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Riyan Parag, Axar Patel, Khaleel Ahmed, Harshit Rana.

India's T20I Squad

Suryakumar Yadav (C), Ꮪhubman Gill (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rinku Singh, Riyan Parag, Rishabh Pant (WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Mohd. Siraj.