​Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma ODI record in England: India legends’ incredible stats on English soil listed originally appeared on Cricket News. Add Cricket News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.Rohit Sharma has scored 1,428 ODI runs in England at an average of 64.91.Virat Kohli sits second among overseas batters with 1,349 runs on English soil.Both return for India’s three-match ODI series beginning at Edgbaston on Tuesday.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementIndia’s white-ball tour of the United Kingdom has been an unmitigated disaster so far, with a 2-0 sweep in Ireland followed by a humiliating 4-0 whitewash in the T20I series that also cost them their world No. 1 ranking in the format.The mood shifts entirely for the ODI leg, which begins at Edgbaston on Tuesday. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli return to a squad captained by Shubman Gill, bringing with them the experience and pedigree that Shreyas Iyer’s young T20I side so visibly lacked. Their arrival matters enormously for one simple reason.According to figures compiled by ABP Live, both men own ODI records in England that rank among the finest ever produced by visiting batters, offering India genuine hope of salvaging something meaningful.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementMORE: ‘Absolutely no doubt’: Shubman Gill gives final verdict on whether Virat Kohli will play 2027 ODI World CupRohit’s numbers on English soil are arguably the best of any modern-day touring batter. Across 27 ODI appearances in England, the opener has amassed a staggering 1,428 runs, comfortably the most by any overseas player in the country’s history.His batting average of 64.91 is the figure that truly stands out, underlining a consistency against the moving ball that few visiting openers have ever managed. Rohit has converted that dominance into seven centuries and seven half-centuries.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe record is built on his ability to handle both swing and bounce, a combination that has undone countless subcontinental batters in these conditions. At 39, he remains England’s most persistent tormentor in the fifty-over format.StatisticMatchesRunsAverageStrike rate100s50sHighest scoreOverall28511,72048.8392.973159264In England271,42864.9090.7877137*Kohli sits directly behind his long-time opening partner on the list of leading overseas performers in England. He has scored 1,349 runs across 33 ODIs in the country, holding second place among visiting batters, at an elite average of 51.88.The one anomaly in his record is conversion. Kohli has registered just a single century in England alongside 12 half-centuries, an unusual ratio for a batter whose career has been defined by turning starts into match-defining hundreds.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementWhat the raw numbers cannot capture is his value in a chase. Kohli’s ability to anchor an innings and control a pursuit remains unmatched, and India will lean on precisely that skill across three iconic venues.MORE: India vs Engl