England’s star batsman Harry Brook has broken the record of former Indian captain Virat Kohli.
Harry Brook broke Virat Kohli’s Record:
The Australian team went on a tour of England for a 5-match ODI series. The first 3-match T20 series was played between the two (England vs Australia) teams, which started on 11 September. In this series, both the teams won 1-1 matches and the third match was a draw. On the other hand, talking about the ODI series, England and Australia faced each other in 5 matches.
Australia won the first 2 initial matches
In these 5 matches, Australia won the first 2 initial matches. After this, England made a comeback and won 2 matches in a row and defeated Australia. However, in the last match, Australia played better cricket than them and finished the series 3-2 and defeated England on home ground.
England batsman Harry Brook made a splash with his batting
Harry Brook’s 312 runs are the most by a captain in a bilateral ODI series against Australia
In this series, England’s aggressive young batsman Harry Brook’s batting has been seen. In the last match of the series, he scored a decisive 72 runs. Also, he scored 312 runs in this series at an average of 78. With this brilliant performance, he has broken the record of MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli.
Harry Brook broke Virat Kohli’s record
Experienced Indian batsman Virat Kohli scored 310 runs in the ODI series against Australia in 2019. He did this feat when he was the captain of the Indian team. Virat Kohli holds the record for scoring the most runs in a series as a captain.
But, now Harry Brook has broken this record. Harry Brook has scored 312 runs against England. Former Indian captain MS Dhoni is third in this list. Dhoni scored 285 runs in the same series against Australia in 2009.
Captain scoring most runs in an ODI series: Captain scoring most runs in an ODI series
- Harry Brooke- 312 runs
- Virat Kohli- 310 runs
- MS Dhoni- 285 runs