India Vs England: The Men in Blue have won the three-match series of the fifty overs format against England and lead the series by a margin of 2-0 with one game still to be played. The last match of this series is scheduled on Wednesday, 12th February 2025 at Shri Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Before the start of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, India would like to win the third One Day International match and whitewash the visitors, England which would be a big confidence booster before India takes on the Bangla Tigers in their first game of CT 2025 in Dubai.
After Rohit Sharma scored a brilliant century in the second game of this three-match series, all eyes will be on the King to see if he can come back to form just like the current skipper did on Sunday at Cuttack. King Kohli missed the opening encounter due to a knee injury and scored just five runs in the second ODI, which India won by four wickets.
India Vs England: King Kohli Needs 89 Runs To Amass 14,000 Runs In The Fifty Overs Format –
India will want runs from Virat Kohli‘s bat in the last match of this three-match series of the fifty overs format. If the King fires, then India will go into CT 2025 with a better state of mind. After Kohli’s unbeaten 100 in the second innings of the 1st Test against Australia at Perth, The King hasn’t done anything spectacular.
King Kohli would also be approaching a milestone in the final ODI match before the start of the ICC mega event of the fifty overs format. Virat Kohli would add another feather to his hat if he could score another 89 runs in the next ODI game and that would take him to 14,000 runs in the fifty overs format.
Only The God Of Cricket, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar and Sri Lankan great, Kumara Sangakkara have scored 14k runs and more runs in the fifty overs form of the game. The Master Blaster, Sachin Tendulkar scored his 14k runs against Pakistan in 359 matches and 350 innings while Kumara Sangakkara got to this feat against Australia in 402 matches and 378 innings.
Kohli is also set to score 14,000 runs in the ODI format faster than Tendulkar and Sangakkara. Currently, he has scored 13,911 runs in this form of the game with an excellent average of 57.96. Kohli has played 296 games and 284 matches in the format as of now and he will also reach the milestone of 14k runs faster than the two legends, Sachin and Sanga.
