Virat Kohli is just 94 runs away from 14,000 ODI runs. He has scored the most 50 centuries in this format, but one team he struggles against is England. Team India will play its first ODI against the 'Three Lions' today in Nagpur. Virat's form hasn't been perfect since 2024, as he has scored only one century in the last 14 months. Kohli's average in ODIs is 58, but against England, it drops to 41. He has scored only three centuries in 36 ODIs against the English team. In the 2023 ODI World Cup, he was the top scorer, but he couldn't even open his account against England. Virat is close to 14 thousand ODI runs Virat Kohli is close to 14,000 runs in ODI cricket, having scored 13,906 runs in 295 matches. During this period, his average has been 58.18. He also holds the record for the most 50 centuries. His best ODI innings is the 183-run knock played against Pakistan in the 2012 Asia Cup. Virat's performance against England in the story… Poor average against England Virat has played ODIs against 14 teams in his career, and his average is over 50 against 12 of them. The Netherlands and England are the only two teams against whom his average drops to 31 and 41, respectively. He has played only two matches against the Netherlands, but even after playing 36 ODIs against England, his average is 41.87. Couldn't even open the account in the ODI World Cup In the 2023 ODI World Cup, Kohli scored 765 runs with three centuries. No player has scored so many runs in a single edition of the World Cup. However, Virat couldn't open his account against England in this tournament. Virat has been dismissed for zero a record 11 times in international cricket against England. In the ICC's ODI tournaments, Virat has played four matches against England, scoring only 117 runs at an average of 29.25. Team India will not face England in the Champions Trophy's group stage, but both teams could meet in the knockout stage. Could only score 3 centuries against England Virat has played 15 plus ODIs against 8 teams, among which he could score the least 3-3 centuries against Pakistan and England. The only difference is that Virat played only 16 matches against Pakistan, but played 36 matches against England. Virat scores a century in every sixth match of his career, but against England, he has to play an average of 12 matches for one century. Better record in Tests and T-20s against England Virat appears weakest in ODIs against England, but he has performed excellently against this team in Tests and T20s. Against England, he has scored 1991 runs with 5 centuries in 28 Tests. In T20s, he has scored the most runs for India with 648 runs, including 5 fifties, in 21 matches. Virat's performance at all three venues of the ODI series… Virat scored 2 centuries in Nagpur The first ODI is at Jamtha Stadium in Nagpur. Here, Virat has scored 2 centuries and one fifty in 5 matches. His best score is 116 runs, and he has scored 325 runs at an average of 81.25. Against England in Nagpur, Virat has played 2 international matches and scored one century. In Cuttack, Kohli could only score one fifty The second ODI will be played on February 9 at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. Here, Virat has played 4 ODIs and scored 118 runs at an average of 29.50. He could only score one fifty. Against England, Virat played one ODI here in 2017, but he was dismissed after scoring only 8 runs. Poor record in Ahmedabad The third ODI will be played on February 12 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Virat has played 9 ODIs here, but could only score 2 fifties. He has scored 246 runs at an average of 27.33 on this ground. Virat has certainly scored 3 T20 fifties here against England. However, in 2 Tests, he couldn't even reach the 30-run mark once.Original Article