Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui hosts the fourth ODI of the ongoing five-match series between India and New Zealand on November 13, 2026, a day-night fixture that India can use to clinch the series after building a 2-0 lead. The third ODI was abandoned without a ball bowled, leaving the series at that margin heading into the Bay Oval contest.

Virat Kohli has appeared at this venue three times in ODIs, all against New Zealand, and has accumulated 112 runs across those innings off 131 balls at a strike rate of 85.49. His average at the ground stands at 37.33, with one half-century to his name from three visits. His highest score at Bay Oval is 60, which also remains his only fifty at the venue.

What are Kohli's individual scores at Bay Oval?

Kohli's two innings at Bay Oval during the January 2019 series produced scores of 43 and 60. India won both those matches, completing a 3-0 series sweep on that tour. The 43 came in the second ODI and the 60 in the third, with the latter representing his best effort at the ground.

His third appearance at Bay Oval came in February 2020, when he managed only 9 runs before being dismissed, caught by Kyle Jamieson off Hamish Bennett, having hit one six during that brief stay. That knock was part of a difficult New Zealand tour for Kohli, during which he finished with 75 runs across three ODIs at an average of 25. The match itself saw New Zealand successfully chase 297 to complete a series win.

Across the current 2026 series against New Zealand, Kohli scored 74 off 51 balls in the first ODI in Auckland, sharing a 113-run partnership with Shubman Gill. He followed that with 7 in the second ODI in Wellington, though India still won that game by four runs under the DLS method. His combined tally from the first two innings of the current series stands at 81 runs at a strike rate of 139.66.

What is Kohli's overall ODI record against New Zealand?

Against New Zealand in ODIs, Kohli is the leading run-scorer in cricket, having accumulated 1,978 runs at an average of 56.51. Those figures underline a sustained record of performance against this opponent across multiple series and venues over many years.

Bay Oval represents just one chapter of that broader record. His scores of 43, 60 and 9 at the ground account for 112 of those 1,978 runs, with the venue having produced mixed returns compared to his overall numbers against New Zealand. The fourth ODI on November 13 gives Kohli another opportunity to add to his tally at a ground where his highest score remains 60.