Star batter Virat Kohli needs 94 runs to interrupt India legend Sachin Tendulkar’s all-time record in One-Day Internationals. Kohli, who will feature in a three-match ODI series starting February 6, could turn out to be the fastest man to succeed in the landmark of 14,000 ODI runs. Tendulkar set the record in his 350th innings during an ODI against Pakistan in Peshawar in Februray 2006. He had scored a century in that match but India lost the match by 7 runs (DLS method) on the Arbab Niaz Stadium.
Kohli, however, has 13906 runs to his name from 283 ODI innings at a median of 58.18 and a strike-rate of 93.54. He also has 50 centuries and 72 half-centuries to his name within the format.
Through the ODI World Cup in 2023, Kohli had surpassed Tendulkar (49) because the batter with most a whole lot within the format. Tendulkar finished his profession with 18,426 runs in 463 ODIs.
Meanwhile, India captain Rohit Sharma, Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, and others arrived in Nagpur last week ahead of Thursday’s first ODI against England.
The squad for this series stays the identical as that for the ICC Champions Trophy, with one change–Harshit Rana replacing Jasprit Bumrah for the primary two games.
India squad for three-match ODI series: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill (VC), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja.
On Sunday, Abhishek Sharma’s all-round performance within the match guided the hosts India to a historic victory over England within the fifth and final match of the series on the Wankhade Stadium in Mumbai. With this victory, India sealed the five-match series 4-1 after having already sealed the series.
(With ANI Inputs)
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