Neither century nor fifty, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s ODI record at Lord’s is scary, India has been losing for 22 years

New Delhi. The third ODI match between India and England will be played today at the historic ground of Lord’s. If India wants to win the series tied at 1-1, then it will have to win Lord’s ODI. The Indian team will enter this ground to register its first ODI win in 22 years. Everyone’s eyes will be especially on the performance of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in this match. The ODI record of both these batsmen here has not been good. Let’s look at the statistics of Rohit-Virat’s ODI matches at Lord’s.

ODI record of RO-KO at Lord’s
Rohit has played only 2 ODI matches at Lord’s so far. During this period, in one match he returned to the pavilion without opening his account, while in another match he could score only 15 runs. Including all three formats, Rohit has played a total of 5 matches on this ground and during this he has scored 133 runs with his bat at a modest average of 22. At the same time, Virat Kohli has scored a total of 77 runs in three ODI matches at an average of 26 and strike rate of 66. His best score has been 45 runs. The big thing is that neither Rohit nor Kohli has been successful in scoring a century or half-century in ODIs at this venue till now. It remains to be seen whether this trend will end today.

India has been searching for victory for 22 years
If we look at India’s ODI record at Lord’s, the team has played 9 matches so far, out of which it has won four. Team India has lost the same number of matches, while one match was tied. The last time India won an ODI at Lord’s was in 2004 under the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly. Since then, India has played four matches, out of which three have been lost and one match was tied. India played these four matches against England.

Will Rohit’s bat roar today?
After flopping in the first two ODI matches, there was a lot of speculation about Rohit’s future. It was also claimed in some reports that Rohit is going to play the last ODI of his career at Lord’s and after this series the selectors do not want to keep him in the ODI team. However, Devjit Saikia, Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, put an end to all these rumours.

Rohit Sharma was out after scoring only 11 runs in the first ODI. Whereas, in the second ODI match, he could score only 26 runs after facing 47 balls. The Indian team would like Rohit to improve his poor record at Lord’s and play a strong innings in the third ODI.