Virat Kohli, the India captain, has arranged to play three rounds of championship matches for Surrey in June with a view to assisting his preparations for the five Test matches against England which form the showpiece event of the international summer. England’s formidable Test record on home soil — on which they have lost only four series out of 32 since 2001 — is all that is propping up their self-esteem as a long-format side but rivals such as India and Australia have tired of being undone by the snaking Dukes ball and are planning on storming the citadel. The thoroughness of the steps being taken by the Board of Control for Cricket in India and the Australian Cricket Board to ensure their top players…
Source: The Times March 25, 2018 00:01 UTC