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Virat Kohli is just 96 runs away from 14 thousand ODI runs in ODIs. He has the highest 50 centuries in this format, but a team against which he has trouble is England. Today, Team India will play the first ODI in Nagpur with this team. Virat is part of the squad.
Virat's form has not been very good since 2024, he could score only 1 century in the last 14 months. Kohli's average in ODIs is 58, but it falls to 41 against England. He could score only 3 centuries against the English team in 36 ODIs. He was the top scorer in the 2023 ODI World Cup, but could not even open an account against England.
Average weak against England
Virat has played ODIs against 14 teams in his career. His average against 12 is more than 50. The Netherlands and England are the only 2 teams in front of which Virat's average falls to 31 and 41. He played only 2 matches against the Netherlands, but even after playing 36 ODIs against England, he has an average of 41.87.
Could not even open an account in ODI World Cup
In the 2023 ODI World Cup, Kohli scored 765 runs by scoring 3 centuries. No player made such a run in an edition of the World Cup. Nevertheless, Virat could not only open an account against England in this tournament. Virat in international cricket against England has also been dismissed for a record 11 times.
In the ICC's ODI tournament, Virat played 4 matches against England, out of which he could score an average of just 117 runs at an average of 29.25. Team India will no longer fight against England in the group stage of the Champions Trophy, but both teams may be face to face in the knockout stage.
Could score only 3 centuries against England
Virat has played 15 plus ODIs against 8 teams, scoring the lowest 3-3 centuries against Pakistan and England. The only difference is that Virat played 16 matches against Pakistan, but played 36 matches against England. Virat scored a century in every sixth match of his career, but has to play an average of 12 matches for a century against England.
Better record in Test and T20 against England
Virat seems to be the weakest in ODIs against England, but has done well against this team in Test and T20. He has scored 1991 runs against England scoring 5 centuries in 28 Tests. At the same time, in 21 matches of T20, he has scored the highest 648 runs from India by scoring 5 fifty.
Virat scored 2 centuries in Nagpur
The first ODI is at Jamatha Stadium in Nagpur. Here Virat has set 2 centuries and 1 fifty in 5 matches. His best score is 116 runs and he has scored 325 runs at an average of 81.25. Virat played 2 international matches against England in Nagpur and scored 1 century.
Kohli can put the same fifty in Cuttack
The second ODI will be played on 9 February at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. Here Virat played 4 ODIs and scored 118 runs at an average of 29.50. They could apply only one fifty. Virat played here against England in an ODI 2017, but he was dismissed by 8 runs.
Records bad in Ahmedabad too
The third ODI will be played on 12 February at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Here Virat played 9 ODIs, but could only put 2 fifty. On this ground, he has scored 246 runs at an average of 27.33. Virat has imposed 3 T20 fifty against England here. However, in 2 Tests, he could not touch the 30 -run mark even once.
Virat is close to 14 thousand ODI runs
Virat Kohli is close to 14 thousand runs in ODI cricket, he has scored 13,906 runs in 295 matches. During this time his average was 58.18. He also has the highest number of 50 centuries. His best ODI innings played against Pakistan in the 2012 Asia Cup is his best ODI innings.
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