After a dull T20 World Cup campaign in Australia, both India and Bangladesh are ready to cross swords in the three-match ODI series, starting December 4.
The series will be followed by two-test games. Indian team are currently in New Zealand for the T20 and ODI series, with T20I series was already completed, which India won by 1-0. While New Zealand is currently ahead in the ODI series with 1-0, and the series decider will take place on November 30.
Some of India’s best players, including regular captain Rohit Sharma, Vice-captain KL Rahul, and seasoned veteran Virat Kohli, will fly directly to Bangladesh as they missed the Kiwi series due to workload management, while others, including Shikhar Dhawan and Rishabh Pant, will travel to Bangladesh from New Zealand.
The series against Bangladesh will be a good practice for both the teams, and with ICC World Cup 2023 in mind, India is ready to play with its full strength team.
It will be interesting to see which players will dominate this time, and today we will look at the players who scored most runs in India versus Bangladesh ODIs.
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Mushfiqur Rahim – 628 runs
The veteran wicketkeeper batter, who announced his T20 retirement couple of months back, is in the third place in the list of players with most runs in the India and Bangladesh ODIs.
Rahim has scored 628 runs in 22 games against India in ODIs at an average of 34.88 and with a strike rate of 76.02. He struck one hundred and three half-centuries in the process. Currently out from the cricketing action, he will try to make the most out of this opportunity as the series is in Bangladesh only.
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Rohit Sharma – 660 runs
The current skipper of team India holds the second spot in the list of players with most runs in India versus Bangladesh ODIs.
The opening batter has amassed 660 runs in 13 games he played against the Tigers while maintain an average of 60.00 and a strike rate of 93.35. His highest against them is 137. While he shares the most centuries record with 3 tons.
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Virat Kohli – 680 runs
The run-machine Kohli, who faced criticism for his form in the recent times, shut down his critics with his performance in the recently concluded T20 World Cup, where he scored the highest runs in the tournament with 296 in 6 matches at a whooping average of 98.76.
With Kohli back in form, it will be a headache for the hosts as he likes the ODI format the most.
He is the highest run-scorer in the India versus Bangladesh ODIs with 680 runs in 12 matches with the one of best averages of 75.55 and a nearly 100 strike rate.
The former Indian skipper tied with Rohit Sharma for the most hundreds record. While his best knock in the India versus Bangladesh series is 136.
