Smith v Kohli

Virat Kohli takes it, 7–4 on categories

Kohli wins on hundreds — the big-game hundreds of the two. Smith’s case rests on catches, but it isn’t enough to swing it. Whole career: Smith 415 matches (488 innings), Kohli 558 matches (628 innings).

• Kohli has 85 hundreds (one every 7.1 innings) to Smith’s 56 hundreds (one every 9.1 innings).
• Kohli has the better strike rate: 79.7 to Smith’s 66.7.
• Smith averages 1.0 catches a match to Kohli’s 0.6 (61% more).
• Highest score: Kohli 254, Smith 239.
• Smith has cooled: 366 runs in the last 10 innings at 36.6 (career 47.4). Latest: 3, 28, 27, 25, 42.
• Not every stat was recorded for every match (wickets, maidens): those averages use only the games that logged them.

Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.