Nottingham, July 7:
Star Indian batsman Virat Kohli has described England as ‘one of the toughest venues for sub-continental teams’ but said they are focussed on putting up a strong performance in the five-Test series to start the transition of the young Indian team to a good quality side.
The opening Test begins on Wednesday here, as both teams started their preparations today at Trent Bridge.
“This tour is right up there with South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. I would say these are the four places where sub-continental players do want to perform well. I too have that in my mind,” said Kohli.
“It is a pretty special place to play cricket and I’ll be playing a Test at Lord’s for the first time. So all in all it is a very exciting tour for me personally because I have never played Test cricket here before and I am really looking forward to it.
“I have some goals I want to achieve, and I have been thinking about them. I am pretty excited about playing here.”
India have not done too well against England in their recent Test encounters. They lost the 2012-13 home series by a 2-1 margin and prior to that suffered a humiliating 4-0 whitewash in the summer of 2011.
It might appear to be a big burden on the outside but Kohli negated that this factor is having any effects on this new-look Indian team. (PTI)
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