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Virat Kohli planning to play county cricket in England to prepare for India's 2018 tour


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“If I have a chance I would love to do that. I would love to be there a month or month and a half beforehand getting used to playing in the conditions, understand what the wickets play like in that phase of the year,” said Kohli, as India prepare for tomorrow's fifth Test against England.

“I think those things matter a lot and is something that is very crucial for a side. So yes if I have the opportunity to go there a few days before the tour starts that would be great. I have actually been thinking about it and try to work out how I can make that happen. most definitely if I have time I would love to.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2016/12/15/virat-kohli-planning-play-county-cricket-england-prepare-indias/

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Anderson's comments have done a lot of good.

 

Now, Kohli will go all out and improve his game against swing bowling.

 

He has been very good against pace and bounce for most part of his test career and has been good against seam bowling too. This series, we are seeing him play spin much better.

 

His new batting technique is anyway much more suited to playing swing but playing county will  improve him further. 

 

Only worry is...will IPL and a packed international calendar allow him a month's gap  ?

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7 minutes ago, express bowling said:

Anderson's comments have done a lot of good.

 

Now, Kohli will go all out and improve his game against swing bowling.

 

He has been very good against pace and bounce for most part of his test career and has been good against seam bowling too. This series, we are seeing him play spin much better.

 

His new batting technique is anyway much more suited to playing swing but playing county will  improve him further. 

 

Only worry is...will IPL and a packed international calendar allow him a month's gap  ?

He is a superstar who brings in the crowds. Don't think BCCI will allow him to skip IPL. He has to find some other way to make this work.

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Why worry about England tour now? Kohli will be still awesome even if he scores runs only in India. 2018 is far away, we'll think of England tour then.

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55 minutes ago, Mosher said:

He is a superstar who brings in the crowds. Don't think BCCI will allow him to skip IPL. He has to find some other way to make this work.

Must  miss  LOIs against Sri Lanka in 2017 after the Champion's Trophy is over.....won't have much time apart from that.

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59 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

Won't happen. He said if he has a chance to do that. He will have to create that chance and not wait for it.

What logic is this?

 

Read between the lines. I see him hinting county teams that he is available and whoever gives him chance, he will take it and at the same time he is hinting BCCI that he wants to play so please do not come in between, if I get any offer to play in UK. 

 

Of course for player of his stature, it is easy to create a space in the team for any county. But you still got to hint the counties since you are working under BCCI who are usually not that supportive of their players playing overseas. 

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8 minutes ago, Cricketics said:

What logic is this?

 

Read between the lines. I see him hinting county teams that he is available and whoever gives him chance, he will take it and at the same time he is hinting BCCI that he wants to play so please do not come in between, if I get any offer to play in UK. 

 

Of course for player of his stature, it is easy to create a space in the team for any county. But you still got to hint the counties since you are working under BCCI who are usually not that supportive of their players playing overseas. 

There is nothing like giving him chance by any county team. Any county team will love to have him any day of the week. By chance I meant, he will himself have to make that chance to play for county cricket due to congested calendar.  Chance won't come to him. He himself will have to make sure that he plays and not leave it to just chance.

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9 minutes ago, express bowling said:

Needs to play in 2017,  after CT

well no point going after CT ..
eng tour will be still a year away
better to go before CT or before 2018 tour
in both case he will have to miss ipl

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his attitude to winning and test cricket is infectious

 

still think he has a few years to go to get the tactical side of things down but his fitness and desire to win are second to none

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3 minutes ago, SUMO said:

well no point going after CT ..
eng tour will be still a year away
better to go before CT or before 2018 tour
in both case he will have to miss ipl

Does not matter if it is a year before... County stints at some point in their careers have helped most past players.

 

Don't think missing the IPL will be possible for such a big star. BCCI won't allow.

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8 minutes ago, express bowling said:

Does not matter if it is a year before... County stints at some point in their careers have helped most past players.

 

Don't think missing the IPL will be possible for such a big star. BCCI won't allow.

yeah lools like thats the only windowavailable
missing ipl is out of question

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