India, July 14 -- India and England kick off a three-ODI series at Edgbaston later today, and the spotlight now shifts to Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma from Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. Their performance in these matches can have a huge bearing on their participation in the 50-overs World Cup next year in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia.

Going by Virat Kohli's explosive podcast during the IPL earlier this year, one can safely say that the senior players' place in the team for the quadrennial event is not a foregone conclusion. With that in mind, going forward, every ODI series is important for both players because they can't afford failure anymore. And since the series is in England, it's all the more important that they score runs and the te...