Surrey thrilled to have Virat Kohli playing for the county: Alec Stewart

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Published on: May 04, 2018

India captain Virat Kohli will play county cricket for Surrey in June. Kohli will head to the county after the IPL finishes at the end of the month

India captain Virat Kohli will play county cricket for Surrey in June. Kohli will head to the county after the IPL finishes at the end of the month. The Indian captain won’t be part of the one-off Test against Afghanistan to be played in June.

"Surrey county cricket club are delighted to announce the signing of India captain Virat Kohli for the month of June Kohli will be available for all cricket throughout the month until the close of Surrey's trip to Scarborough to face Yorkshire," Surrey County Cricket Club said in a statement released on Thursday.

"It has long been an ambition of mine to play county cricket and I am thankful to Alec Stewart and Surrey for allowing me the opportunity to join them during their 2018 season. I can't wait to get to the Kia Oval,” Virat Kohli was quoted as saying in an NDTV report after the signing.

Kohli is the fourth Indian player in county cricket this year.

Alec Stewart, Surrey's Director of Cricket, was quoted as saying in an NDTV report, "We are thrilled to have signed the biggest name in world cricket for the month of June. Playing and training alongside Virat will be a massive benefit for our players who will have the opportunity to learn so much from him.”

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Surrey confirm Kohli deal as India's captain gets licence to warm up for England

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Surrey have confirmed the signing of India's captain Virat Kohli for the month of June so ending months of anticipation that he would use the county circuit to warm up for the Test series against England.

Kohli will become the fourth Test-eligible Indian player in county cricket this year with fellow batsman Cheteshwar Pujara currently at Yorkshire and seamers Ishant Sharma and Varun Aaron representing Division Two clubs Sussex and Leicestershire respectively.

Although there have been a few voices decrying the fact that Surrey have given Kohli useful acclimatisation ahead of India's Test series in the country this summer, the vast majority of followers of England's professional circuit will welcome the additional publicity and status it is bound to bring.

Kohli will be available for all Surrey cricket throughout the month, beginning with Royal London Cup 50-over matches against Middlesex - an opening match at Lord's for India's captain - and Glamorgan and three Championship matches against Hampshire, Somerset and, finally, Yorkshire where there will not be a guest house room to be had in Scarborough.

Kohli's presence in county cricket owes much to the attitude of India's Committee of Administrators, headed by Vinod Rai. Rai had prepared the ground for Surrey's announcement by confirming that India players would not be forced to play in a one-off Test against Afghanistan against their wishes.

"Afghanistan is playing versus India and not Virat Kohli. No player (Cheteshwar Pujara especially) will be called back from UK to play versus Afghanistan. Priority is England and to do well there, so, whatever it takes," Rai said.

England will hope that this will signal a general softening of India's resistance to their leading stars playing professional cricket in England if and when the opportunity arises.

Kohli said: "It has long been an ambition of mine to play county cricket and I am thankful to Alec Stewart and Surrey for allowing me the opportunity to join them during their 2018 season. I can't wait to get to the Kia Oval."

Stewart, Surrey's Director of Cricket, added: "We are thrilled to have signed the biggest name in world cricket for the month of June. Playing and training alongside Virat will be a massive benefit for our players who will have the opportunity to learn so much from him.

"At a time when there is much discussion around the future of county cricket, the arrival of Virat should give our domestic game a massive boost and positive exposure around the cricketing world which in turn can benefit every county."

Surrey, the wealthiest professional club in England, are making a habit of such marquee signings. Kumar Sangakkara had an outstanding summer in 2017, averaging 106.50 as he made eight centuries and three half-centuries in 13 innings.

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Kohli will be looking for a win against KKR

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Indian Premier League 2018 29th T20: RCB Vs KKR Live Scores from Bangalore. RCB might well go back to 2015 if they are to remember a season where they had a proper death bowler – Mitchell Starc. Since then, their bowling has been a talking point in every game irrespective of the number of runs scored by their star-studded batting line-up.

IPL 2018, 29th T20 match: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders will play at Bangalore, Apr 29, 2018

29th match - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, Apr 29, 2018

Indian Premier League 2018 29th T20: RCB Vs KKR Scores

Match Teams: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Match Venue: M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Match begin at 20:00 local time (14:30 GMT, 08:00 PM IST)

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IPL 2018 Points Table

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Match Preview:

Having failed to defend a target of 206 in their last game, the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will be desperate to find solutions to their bowling woes as they take on the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Sunday.

RCB might well go back to 2015 if they are to remember a season where they had a proper death bowler – Mitchell Starc. Since then, their bowling has been a talking point in every game irrespective of the number of runs scored by their star-studded batting line-up. The omission of Tim Southee continues to baffle people given his execution skills at the death and who knows what would have been the case had it been him and not Corey Anderson, who bowled the last couple of overs against Chennai.

As the pressure of a trophy drought mounts, RCB will be desperate to get favorable results. There is no doubt that the pressure would be on them and not the Knight Riders. However, KKR will know that there would be no room for complacency, given the way the Delhi Daredevils played against them in the last game. Another high scoring match should be on the cards!

Match Stats

The 33 sixes that were hit at the Chinnaswamy stadium in RCB’s previous match against CSK is an IPL record

Virat Kohli became the 8th captain to lead in 100 Twenty20 matches when he captained RCB against CSK in their previous game

The 219 runs which KKR conceded against Delhi in their previous game is the most they have ever conceded in the tournament

Match Teams:

Kolkata XI team: MG Johnson, Dinesh Karthik, PP Chawla, Robin Uthappa, R Vinay Kumar, SP Narine,Ishank Jaggi, Javon Searles, Mitchell Starc, Andre Russell, CA Lynn, Kuldeep Yadav, Apoorv Wankhade,Cameron Delport, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Tom Curran, Shubman Gill, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi

Bangalore XI team: BB McCullum, AB de Villiers, Parthiv Patel, Virat Kohli, TG Southee, Umesh Yadav,Mandeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Chris Woakes, Colin de Grandhomme, Pawan Negi, Quinton de Kock,Nathan Coulter-Nile, Corey Anderson, Manan Vohra, Aniket Choudhary, Moeen Ali, Sarfaraz Khan,Murugan Ashwin, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Kulwant Khejroliya, Washington Sundar, Pavan Deshpande, Aniruddha Joshi

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