List Of Virat Kohli's Golden Ducks In ODI History

Kohli was dismissed for duck vs West Indies [Source: AFP]Virat Kohli has looked in ominous touch in the ongoing ODI series against the West Indies, but in the dead-rubber third ODI, Jayden Seales got the better of him as Kohli was sent packing for a golden duck. He was expected to deliver the goods, but on the first delivery, the West Indian pacer castled his stumps.Seales bowled a slightly fuller-length ball on the off stump as Kohli wanted to flick it down the leg side. However, he missed the ball completely as it jagged back in sharply and took the middle-stump as the Indian batter was dismissed for a golden duck.Instances when Kohli was dismissed for golden ducks in ODIs1) vs West Indies, North Sound, 2011 [Bowler: Daren Sammy]2) vs England, Dharamsala, 2013 [Bowler: Tim Bresnan]3) vs West Indies, Visakhapatnam, 2019 [Bowler: Kieron Pollard]4) vs West Indies, New Chandigarh, 2026, Today* [Bowler: Jayden Seales]Surprisingly, Kohli has been knocked over four times on the first ball of his innings in ODIs, and out of those, three have come up against the West Indies, while one came against England in 2013.Interestingly, despite three golden ducks against the Windies, Kohli has accumulated 2429 runs against them, with 10 hundreds to his name, and multiple records attained against the Windies.Other unwanted feat Kohli achieved after Golden Duck vs West IndiesSecond most ducks for India across formatsApart from registering his fourth golden duck in ODIs, Kohli also attained an unwanted record in the ODI format. Interestingly, the 37-year-old Indian star now has the second-most ducks for India across formats (41).Also Read: Anshul Kamboj Makes India ODI Debut, Virat Kohli Hands Him The CapThe other two players in the list are both bowlers - Zaheer Khan (43 ducks), and Ishant Sharma(40 ducks).To sum up, the legendary batter has 19 ODI ducks, 15 in Tests, and the rest have come in the game’s shortest format (T20Is).October, not a nice month for Virat KohliOctober might not be Kohli’s favourite month in recent years, as his last four ducks in international cricket have all come in October.Here are Kohli’s last four ducks in international cricket:October (2024) vs New Zealand (Test match)October (2025) vs Australia (ODI)October (2025) vs Australia (0DI)October (2026)* vs West Indies (ODI)His next match in October will be at the start of the 2027 ODI World Cup, and the champion batter will aim for a better show.Also Read: Rohit Sharma Beats Sachin Tendulkar To Become Fastest Opener To 10,000 ODI Runs