Virat Kohli Needs 360 Runs In ODI Series Vs England To Create HISTORY, Will Become First Player In The World To...

Virat Kohli Needs 360 Runs In ODI Series Vs England To Create HISTORY, Will Become First Player In The World To... Photo : AP

After sealing a 4-1 T20I series win against England, India are all set to take on the opposition once again in a three-match ODI series. This will be the final set of ODIs that India will play before they head over to play the Champions Trophy 2025. Virat Kohli , who has not been in the best of form in the recent past, will have the opportunity to regain it before the mega ICC event. In fact, the star batter has the chance to become the first player in the world to achieve a massive record.

Virat Kohli currently has 1340 runs in ODIs against England. If he scores 360 runs in this series against England, he will have 1700 runs in the 50-over format against the opposition. He will thus become the first player in the world to achieve this feat. Kohli needs 293 runs in this series to overtake Chris Gayle to become the highest run-scorer vs England in the ODI format.

Here are the players with the most ODI runs against England:

Chris Gayle - 1632

Kumar Sangakkara- 1625

Sir Vivian Richards- 1619

Ricky Ponting- 1598

Mahela Jayawardene- 1562

MS Dhoni- 1546

Yuvraj Singh- 1523

Sachin Tendulkar- 1455

Michael Clarke- 1430

Ross Taylor- 1424

Aaron Finch- 1354

Virat Kohli- 1340

If Virat Kohli scores 195 runs in this series against England, then the star batter will become the higjest run-scorer in India vs England ODIs. MS Dhoni currently holds the record for scoring 1546 runs against the Three Lions.

India begin their campaign in the ODI series on February 6 in a match at the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) Stadium in Nagpur.

India Squad For ODI Series Against England

Rohit Sharma (C), Ꮪhubman Gill (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), Rishabh Pant (WK), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohd. Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy.

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