Why England will fear Dhoni and Kohli

India and England will play three ODI games beginning Sunday.
Rajneesh Gupta surveys the career figures of the players who will head to battle in Pune.

Virat Kohli, left, with Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Together, the Indian stars have scored over 16,000 ODI runs. Photograph: Hannah Peters/Getty Images

IMAGE: Virat Kohli, left, has the highest score against England in the current ODI Indian team.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, of course, has the highest ODI aggregate against England.
Together, the Indian stars have scored over 16,000 ODI runs in their careers.
Photograph: Hannah Peters/Getty Images

India: Batting & Fielding

	Matches	Inns	Not Out	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50	0	SR	Ct/St
Virat Kohli, Captain	176	168	25	7,570	183	52.94	26	38	10	90.43	85
Ravichandran Ashwin	102	58	18	658	65	16.45	0	1	6	86.58	30
Jasprit Bumrah	8	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	0.00	2
Shikhar Dhawan	74	73	3	3078	137	43.97	9	17	2	90.26	34
M S Dhoni	283	246	67	9,110	183*	50.89	9	61	8	88.80	267/92
Ravindra Jadeja	126	87	30	1,849	87	32.44	0	10	5	84.89	43
Kedar Jadhav	12	8	3	236	105*	47.20	1	0	1	105.36	7
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	57	30	8	207	31	9.41	0	0	6	74.19	17
Amit Mishra	36	11	3	43	14	5.38	0	0	2	52.44	5
Manish Pandey	12	9	3	261	104*	43.50	1	1	1	96.31	2
Hardik Pandya	4	2	0	45	36	22.50	0	0	0	100.00	2
Ajinkya Rahane	72	70	2	2,236	111	32.88	2	16	6	78.98	42
Lokesh Rahul	3	3	2	196	100*	196.00	1	1	0	83.40	3
Umesh Yadav	62	21	13	77	18*	9.63	0	0	2	59.69	17
Yuvraj Singh	293	268	39	8329	139	36.37	13	51	18	87.24	93

Leg-spinner Amit Mishra was the Man of the Series in the last ODI series India played against New Zealand, October 2016. Photograph: BCCI

IMAGE: Leg-spinner Amit Mishra was the Man of the Series in the last ODI series India played against New Zealand, October 2016. Photograph: BCCI

India: Bowling

	Matches	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Best	Avg	SR	Runs Per Over	4W
Virat Kohli	176	611	1	636	4	1/15	159.00	152.75	6.25	0
Ravichandran Ashwin	102	5,571	34	4,507	142	4/25	31.74	39.23	4.85	1
Jasprit Bumrah	8	411	4	249	17	4/22	14.65	24.18	3.64	2
Shikhar Dhawan	74	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0
M S Dhoni	283	36	0	31	1	1/14	31.00	36.00	5.17	0
Ravindra Jadeja	126	6,254	44	5,080	147	5/36	34.56	42.54	4.87	6
Kedar Jadhav	12	108	0	73	6	3/29	12.17	18.00	4.06	0
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	57	2,819	44	2,298	60	4/8	38.30	46.98	4.89	2
Amit Mishra	36	1,917	19	1,511	64	6/48	23.61	29.95	4.73	4
Manish Pandey	12	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0
Hardik Pandya	4	156	0	141	4	3/31	35.25	39.00	5.42	0
Ajinkya Rahane	72	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0
Lokesh Rahul	3	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0
Umesh Yadav	62	2,915	20	2,902	87	4/31	33.36	33.51	5.97	3
Yuvraj Singh	293	4,988	18	4,238	111	5/31	38.18	44.94	5.10	3

Note: The figures include performances for multinational teams.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Ravichandran Ashwin and Suresh Raina celebrate Ben Stokes' dismissal in an ODI at Trent Bridge, September 2014. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images

IMAGE: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Ravichandran Ashwin and Suresh Raina celebrate Ben Stokes' dismissal in an ODI at Trent Bridge, September 2014. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images

Indiavs England: Batting & Fielding

	Matches	Innings	NO	Runs	Highest Score	Avg	100	50	0	SR	Ct/St
Virat Kohli	23	23	4	736	112*	38.74	2	3	3	85.98	11
Ravichandran Ashwin	20	12	4	112	36*	14.00	0	0	1	121.74	7
Shikhar Dhawan	7	7	1	225	97*	37.50	0	1	0	85.23	1
M S Dhoni	41	38	10	1,260	96	45.00	0	10	1	87.62	34/14
Ravindra Jadeja	19	15	7	426	87	53.25	0	3	1	102.16	8
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	11	5	2	58	31	19.33	0	0	0	105.45	2
Ajinkya Rahane	19	19	0	689	106	36.26	1	3	3	78.83	5
Umesh Yadav	6	2	2	0	0*	-	0	0	0	0.00	1
Yuvraj Singh	34	33	6	1,313	138*	48.63	3	7	2	100.77	15

India vs England: Bowling

	Matches	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Best	Avg	SR	Runs Per Over	4W
Virat Kohli	23	150	0	138	2	1/20	69.00	75.00	5.52	0
Ravichandran Ashwin	20	986	3	792	32	3/28	24.75	30.81	4.82	0
Shikhar Dhawan	7	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0
M S Dhoni	41	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0
Ravindra Jadeja	19	921	3	741	33	4/28	22.45	27.91	4.83	2
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	11	492	10	367	9	3/29	40.78	54.67	4.48	0
Ajinkya Rahane	19	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0
Umesh Yadav	6	224	0	251	6	2/32	41.83	37.33	6.72	0
Yuvraj Singh	34	822	3	716	18	4/28	39.78	45.67	5.23	1

England's batting will revolve around Joe Root, one of the world's finest batsmen. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images

IMAGE: England's batting will revolve around Joe Root, one of the world's finest batsmen. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images

England: Batting & Fielding

Career	Matches	Innings	Not Out	Runs	Highest Score	Avg	100	50	0	SR	Ct/St
Eoin Morgan, Captain	170	159	24	5,020	124*	37.19	8	31	12	87.29	68
Moeen Ali	46	42	6	942	128	26.17	2	3	1	97.01	17
Jonny Bairstow	22	18	3	458	83*	30.53	0	2	1	86.58	15/2
Jake Ball	3	1	0	28	28	28.00	0	0	0	127.27	0
Sam Billings	6	5	0	152	62	30.40	0	1	0	110.95	1
Jos Buttler	81	69	12	2,217	129	38.89	4	12	7	120.29	101/12
Liam Dawson	1	1	0	10	10	10.00	0	0	0	76.92	0
Alex Hales	38	36	1	1,322	171	37.77	4	6	3	94.50	10
Liam Plunkett	44	32	12	445	56	22.25	0	1	2	99.11	15
Adil Rashid	37	18	6	327	69	27.25	0	1	1	106.51	10
Joe Root	78	73	7	3,017	125	45.71	8	17	3	85.52	35
Jason Roy	32	31	2	1,109	162	38.24	3	5	3	103.74	8
Ben Stokes	47	41	4	1,034	101	27.95	1	6	5	94.43	21
David Willey	22	12	5	84	13*	12.00	0	0	1	63.64	11
Chris Woakes	55	41	12	665	95*	22.93	0	1	5	84.28	26

The dangerous Chris Woakes dismisses Shikhar Dhawan during the 3rd ODI at Trent Bridge, September 2014. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images

IMAGE: The dangerous Chris Woakes dismisses Shikhar Dhawan during the 3rd ODI at Trent Bridge, September 2014. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images

England: Bowling

Career	Matches	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Best	Avg	SR	Runs Per Over	4W
Eoin Morgan	170	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0
Moeen Ali	46	2,296	5	1907	43	3/32	44.35	53.40	4.98	0
Jonny Bairstow	22	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0
Jake Ball	3	155	0	139	7	5/51	19.86	22.14	5.38	1
Sam Billings	6	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0
Jos Buttler	81	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0
Liam Dawson	1	48	0	70	2	2/70	35.00	24.00	8.75	0
Alex Hales	38	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0
Liam Plunkett	44	2143	7	2,093	60	3/24	34.88	35.72	5.86	0
Adil Rashid	37	1922	2	1,794	51	4/43	35.18	37.69	5.60	4
Joe Root	78	888	2	855	13	2/15	65.77	68.31	5.78	0
Jason Roy	32	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0
Ben Stokes	47	1,472	3	1,474	39	5/61	37.79	37.74	6.01	2
David Willey	22	1,042	13	961	29	4/34	33.14	35.93	5.53	1
Chris Woakes	55	2,646	19	2,503	72	6/45	34.76	36.75	5.68	7

Note: The figures include performances for multinational teams.

What a catch! M S Dhoni and Ravichandran Ashwin ensnare Eoin Morgan in the Trent Bridge ODI against England, September 2014. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images

IMAGE: What a catch! M S Dhoni and Ravichandran Ashwin ensnare Eoin Morgan in the Trent Bridge ODI against England, September 2014. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images

England vs India: Batting & Fielding

	Matches	Inns	Not Out	Runs	Highest Score	Avg	100	50	0	SR	Ct/St
Eoin Morgan	13	11	1	213	41	21.30	0	0	1	67.83	6
Moeen Ali	4	4	0	101	67	25.25	0	1	0	97.12	1
Jonny Bairstow	6	5	1	90	41*	22.50	0	0	0	87.38	3
Jos Buttler	9	7	0	185	67	26.43	0	1	1	84.47	12/2
Alex Hales	4	4	0	92	42	23.00	0	0	0	68.66	1
Liam Plunkett	5	5	0	42	18	8.40	0	0	1	56.76	2
Joe Root	12	10	1	336	113	37.33	1	1	0	81.55	4
Ben Stokes	7	5	1	85	33*	21.25	0	0	0	84.16	3
Chris Woakes	8	6	1	58	20	11.60	0	0	1	65.17	3

England vs India: Bowling

	Matches	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Best	Avg	SR	Runs Per Over	4W
Eoin Morgan	13	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0
Moeen Ali	4	204	0	140	5	2/34	28.00	40.80	4.12	0
Jonny Bairstow	6	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0
Jos Buttler	9	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0
Alex Hales	4	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0
Liam Plunkett	5	228	5	172	6	2/22	28.67	38.00	4.53	0
Joe Root	12	168	0	155	0	0/5	-	-	5.54	0
Ben Stokes	7	120	0	132	4	3/47	33.00	30.00	6.60	0
Chris Woakes	8	397	5	383	9	4/52	42.56	44.11	5.79	1

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