Indian right-handed batter Virat Kohli vs Australian right-arm pacer Josh Hazlewood is known as a classy battle in international cricket. While Kohli is a legendary batter who likes to dominate every bowler with his skillful batting, tall Hazlewood has set an example of discipline in line and length to achieve success in every format.
Virat Kohli
Indian cricketer Virat Kohli is one of the greatest batters in international cricket history. While the right-handed batter has scored 27000+ international runs, which only four batters have recorded, he has hit 80+ international centuries including (Virat Kohli with 50 ODI centuries), the second most international centuries by a batter.
Josh Hazlewood
Josh Hazlewood is among the Aussie pace-bowling trio in the 2010s and 2020s, who have set up a great example of inspiring a team with pace-bowling success. Hazlewood is among the 10 Aussie bowlers who recorded at least 450 international wickets. The right-arm fast-medium bowler has shined in all three international formats.
Kohli vs Hazelwood Stats in Test Cricket
In Test cricket, Kohli has scored 173 runs from 367 balls, while the Aussie pacer Hazlewood has taken five wickets.
Balls Faced | 367 |
Runs | 173 |
0s | 289 |
4s | 21 |
6s | 1 |
Batting Strike Rate | 47.13 |
Wickets/Outs | 5 |
Bowling Average | 34.60 |
Kohli vs Hazelwood Stats in ODIs
Just like Test cricket, Hazlewood has also dismissed Kohli in the ODI format five times. Meanwhile, the right-handed batter has scored 58 runs in 98 balls.
Balls Faced | 98 |
Runs | 58 |
0s | 57 |
4s | 3 |
6s | 0 |
Batting Strike Rate | 59.18 |
Wickets/Outs | 5 |
Bowling Average | 11.60 |
Virat Kohli vs Jos Hazelwood Stats in T20Is
In their T20I face-off, Kohli has scored 43 runs off 30 balls with the help of five fours and one six, and Hazlewood has dismissed only once.
Balls Faced | 30 |
Runs | 43 |
0s | 12 |
4s | 5 |
6s | 1 |
Batting Strike Rate | 143.33 |
Wickets/Outs | 1 |
Bowling Average | 43.00 |
T20 cricket (other than T20 international):
In their IPL meeting, Kohli has scored 11 runs off 11 balls against Hazlewood and never lost his wicket.
Balls Faced | 11 |
Runs | 11 |
0s | 4 |
4s | 1 |
6s | 0 |
Batting Strike Rate | 100.00 |
Wickets/Outs | 0 |
Bowling Average | – |
Kohli vs Hazlewood Memorable Matchups
2014 Melbourne Test Australia vs India
In reply to Australia’s first innings total of 530 all out, India scored 465 all out, majorly thanks to Virat Kohli (169) and Ajinkya Rahane’s (147) centuries. While Kohli dominated against all the Aussie bowlers, the right-handed batter faced 47 balls of Hazlewood and 31 of those resulted in dot balls. The Indian batter hit one four to the Aussie pacer in that innings.
In the fourth innings of that Test, Kohli scored a match-saving 54 off 99 balls. Out of 21 balls against Hazlewood in that innings, Kohli played 16 dot balls and two boundaries.
2020 Sydney ODI Australia vs India
Chasing down the 390-run target in 50 overs, Indian captain Virat Kohli played an inspiring knock of 89 from 87 balls with the help of seven fours and two sixes. That match experienced Kohli’s dominance against most Aussie bowlers, excluding Hazlewood. They had a six-ball face-off, where Kohli scored five runs before losing his wicket against the pacer after Moises Henriques took a great catch at midwicket. While it was a three-match ODI series, Hazlewood dismissed Kohli in all three matches.
Virat Kohli vs Josh Hazlewood Head to Head: Special Stats
Hazlewood holds the joint record of Kohli’s most international dismissals against a bowler with 11 successes, equal to New Zealand cricketer Tim Southee’s record.
Hazlewood is among the two Aussie bowlers to dismiss Kohli in all three international formats.
Kohli is the only Indian batter to score 250+ runs against Hazlewood as the right-handed batter has scored 274 runs against the pacer. Meanwhile, the right-handed Indian batter is the third leading run-scorer against Hazlewood in international cricket.
Hazlewood is among the three bowlers who dismissed Kohli in all three matches of a three-match ODI bilateral series.
In 2020, Hazlewood dismissed Kohli four times in the ODI format. He is among the four bowlers to record Kohli’s four ODI dismissals by the same bowler in a calendar year.
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