The second match of the three-match ODI series between India and England will be played at the MCA Cricket Stadium in Pune. India won the series 1-0 after winning the first ODI. After the T20 series, captain Virat Kohli’s spectacular form continued in the first match and he played a solid innings of 56 runs. When Virat arrives on the field in the second match against England, he sets his sights on the biggest record in ODI cricket. Virat Kohli will replace former South African captain Graeme Smith in a special case of scoring 41 in ODIs.

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Virat needed 41 to leave Graeme Smith in the side to score more runs as captain in ODI cricket. Kohli has scored 5376 runs in 93 ODIs so far. Graeme Smith, the captain of ODIs, has scored 5416 runs in 150 matches. With 41 runs, Kohli leaves Smith and joins the top five list of best ODI captains. Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting tops the list with 8,497 runs in 234 ODIs. After Ponting, Mahendra Singh Dhoni is second on the list of captains with 6,641 runs in 200 ODIs.

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However, Virat Kohli has both average and strikeouts better than the rest of the captains. Virat is just 79 runs away from completing 5000 runs on domestic ground. Virat scored 79 while Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting and Jack Kallis would become the fourth batsmen in the world. The Indian skipper has scored 231 runs in five matches, batting superbly in the T20 series against England. Since November 2019, however, Virat Kohli has not batted a century.