India will play the first match of the three ODI series against England in Nagpur on Thursday. This will be an important opportunity for Team India, where they can also shape the preparation of their Champions Trophy, as it is India’s last ODI series before the ICC tournament. In such a situation, Indian players were seen sweating fiercely on the nets before this series. Star Indian batsmen Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were seen sweating in the nets before the start of the ODI series, where both of them also played some great shots. In a video shared by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), both legendary players can be seen practicing in the nets.
The 2024-25 test season was very bad for Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Both of them are among the most spectacular batsmen of India of the modern era, but their performance did not meet expectations. Rohit scored just 164 runs in 15 innings of eight Test matches, his average was only 10.93 and the best score was 52. At the same time, Virat scored a total of 382 runs in 19 innings of 10 Test matches, an average of 22.87, which included only one century and a half -century.
Rohit recently returned to the Ranji Trophy, but could only score only 3 and 28 runs against Jammu and Kashmir. Virat also played a Ranji match against the railway after 12 years, but was dismissed by only 6 runs when Himanshu Sangwan’s ball blown his stumps. Last year, Virat’s performance in international cricket was not good. He scored just 655 runs in 32 innings of 23 matches, his average of 21.83, including a century and two half -centuries. His best score was an unbeaten 100 runs.
On the other hand, Rohit’s performance was better in the white ball (ODI and T20) cricket. He captained the Indian team in the 2024 T20 World Cup and won the title and scored 378 runs in 11 matches. His average was 42.00 and the strike rate was 160.16. During this, he scored a century and three half -centuries, with the best score 121 runs. In the T20 World Cup, Rohit was the second highest run -scorer of the tournament and India’s top scorer.
Talking about ODIs, Rohit played only three ODIs in 2024, all against Sri Lanka, in which he scored 157 runs. His average was 52.33 and the strike rate was 141.44, with two half -centuries and the best score 64 runs.
This is the schedule
The first match of the three ODI series between India and England is to be played on February 06 at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur. This match will start at 1:30 pm. While the second match of the series is to be played in Cuttack on 09 February. At the same time, the third match of the series is to be held in Ahmedabad on 12 February. Like the first match, both the rest of the series will start from 1:30 pm.
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