Virat Kohli vs Mitchell Johnson did not happen that many times but the number of times it did it was a fiery contest between bat and ball. This rivalry primarily took place in the 2014 Border Gavaskar Trophy. Both these players were aggressive and they tested each other with everything they had. Fire from the ball was being met with fire from the bat. He was the fastest bowler in the world against the best batter in the world.

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 119 Test Matches till now in which he has scored 9145 runs at an average of 48.1. He has also played 295 ODIs for India. He has made 13906 runs in ODI Cricket. He has hit 50 hundreds in ODI Cricket. In 125 T20Is for India he has made 4188 Runs for India. Virat Kohli has hit 81 international Hundreds. Virat Kohli has made more than 26,700+ international runs so far and he will look to become the second ever batter to 30,000 international runs.

Mitchell Johnson

Mitchell Johnson is one of the best left arm fast bowlers of the last 20 years. He was Lethal and he was ferocious. The batters used to be very scared of him as he was known to bounce them out. He played 73 Test Matches for Australia. He has an average of 28.41 and he has taken 313 Test Wickets for Australia. He has got 12 Five Wicket Hauls and 3 times he has taken 10 wickets in a Test Match. He has also played 153 ODIs for Australia and he has taken 239 Wickets at an average of 25.26. He has taken 3 Five Wicket Hauls in ODI Cricket. In his international career he has taken 490 international wickets which includes 38 wickets in T20Is.

Kohli vs Johnson Head to Head

In Tests, Mitchell Johnson has bowled 160 balls to Virat Kohli. Virat Kohli has scored 146 runs with 22 fours and he has been dismissed 3 times by Mitchell Johnson.

In ODIs, Kohli faced 83 balls from Johnson and scored 83 runs as well with 13 fours. Only one time he has been dismissed by him.

In T20s, Virat faced 21 balls from Mitchell Johnson and scored 28 runs with 3 fours and 1 six. He was not dismissed by Johnson in this format.

Kohli vs Johnson Memorable Encounters

1st Test, Border Gavaskar Trophy 2014 - 

In the first innings of the Adelaide Test Match, Virat Kohli played the innings of 115 runs. In this innings, Kohli faced 33 balls from Johnson and scored 36 runs (5 - 4s, 2 - 3s, 2 - 2s and 6 - 1s). At the end it was Mitchell Johnson who got his wicket in a fiery contest.

In the 2nd innings, Virat scored 147 runs. In this innings, Virat faced 26 balls from Johnson and scored 23 runs (3 - 4s, 2 - 2s and 7 - 1s). 14 balls he played dot. Johnson was not able to get his wicket in this innings.

3rd Test, Border Gavaskar Trophy 2014 - 

In the Melbourne Test Match, Virat Kohli scored 169 brilliant runs against Mitchell Johnson and company. He was dismissed by Mitchell Johnson once again. Kohli faced 71 balls from Mitchll Johnson in this innings and scored 68 runs (11 - 4s, 3 - 3s, 3 - 2s and 9 - 1s). Virat Kohli had a strike rate of over 95 against Mitchell Johnson.

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