Mahendra Singh Dhoni is counted among the world’s greatest captains. He is the only captain to have won all three ICC tournaments – T20 World Cup, ODI World Cup and Champions Trophy. Team India touched new heights under his captaincy. On the other hand, under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, the Indian team reached the final of the Champions Trophy 2017 and made it to the semi-finals of the ODI World Cup 2019. Now Harry Brook, who became the captain of England in the Australia series, has done a great job. The five-match ODI series between England and Australia is currently tied at 2-2. Now the fifth ODI match is being played between the two teams. Whichever team wins the fifth match will win the series.
Harry Brooke scored 312 runs in the series against Australia.
Jos Buttler did not play in the ODI series against Australia due to injury. Due to this, Harry Brook was made the captain of England in his place. In the fifth ODI against Australia, Brook batted brilliantly and played strokes all over the field. He scored 72 runs in 52 balls, which included 3 fours and 7 sixes. He is in excellent form and has rained runs in the ODI series against Australia. He has played innings of 39, 4, 110, 87, and 72 runs in the series and has scored a total of 312 runs in the series so far.
With this, he has become the captain who has scored the most runs in the ODI bilateral series against Australia. Brook has left behind the legendary captains of the world. He has broken Virat Kohli’s record and left behind Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Kohli scored 310 runs in the ODI bilateral series against Australia in the year 2019. Whereas Dhoni scored 285 runs in the year 2009.
Most runs as captain in the ODI bilateral series against Australia:
- 312 – Harry Brook (England, 2024)
- 310 – Virat Kohli (India, 2019)
- 285 – Mahendra Singh Dhoni (India, 2009)
- 278 – Eoin Morgan (England, 2015)
- 276 – Babar Azam (Pakistan, 2022)
Got the responsibility of captaincy for the first time
In the absence of Jos Buttler, Harry Brook was made the captain of the ODI team for the first time and he has made a big record in his very first series. He made his ODI debut for England in the year 2023. Since then he has scored 719 runs in 20 ODIs, which includes a century. He has scored 1558 runs in 18 Test matches and 707 runs in 39 T20 International matches for England.